About Cruising Tiny Ships

My first cruise is set for May 2025 aboard the Celebrity Beyond. While researching, I discovered Cruising Ducks—a fun tradition where people hide rubber ducks around the ship for others to find. That sparked an idea, and things quickly snowballed:

• I should 3D print some ducks.

• Actually, printing little "Benchy" ships (a 3D printing thing) would be more fun.

• Even better—I should design a mini version of the ship I'm sailing on!

• I’ll print the cruise details on the bottom.

• I should create an Instagram account to track them.

• Why not add NFC tags so people can easily find the Instagram page?

• And just in case, I should make a website with instructions and extra info.

I focused on a couple of standout features of the Celebrity Beyond: the X on top (a signature of the X-line ships) and the Magic Carpet, the bright orange platform that moves up and down the side of the ship. I modeled it all in Fusion 360.

Who knows? Maybe I won’t even like cruising—but this has been a fun project regardless. These tiny ships will set sail with me in May, but another ship design will make its debut even sooner—on Wonder of the Seas in March, during my colleagues’ Siblings Cruise.