(NEXSTAR) – Gearing up for your first cruise? Don’t be surprised if you find a few rubber duckies sometime between the breakfast buffet and bingo. Over the past several years, it has become ...

I packed a lot of unnecessary things for my family’s first cruise on the Norwegian Escape this past spring: extra clothes, portable fans, a waterproof phone case I never used – you get the idea. My in ...

Ryan Teetz, a Wisconsin-based travel agent, has been hiding and finding cruise ducks for several years and says he heard of the trend long before he started participating. "I don't recall when exactly ...

Cruisers are taking to hiding the toys like, ahem, a duck to water. The Facebook page Cruising Ducks has more than 288,000 fans and there are copycat groups, all urging members to take ducks on-board, ...

Although the scavenger-hunt-style cruise tradition of hiding and hunting for small rubber ducks around the ship is not an official cruise line-sponsored onboard activity, it’s a trend that’s been ...

Travelers onboard cruise ships around the world are taking a new approach to souvenirs by bringing — and leaving — rubber ducks around boats. The trend has people purchasing rubber ducks and hiding ...

Have you participated in the cruise duck craze? It’s a phenomenon among cruise passengers who either hide or find a rubber duck hidden somewhere on a cruise ship during voyages. But it won’t be ...