WHAT price would you pay to score your very own cruise ship – one cheeky teenager from Iowa decided it should be in tweets – two million, to be exact. Dylan Baer tweeted that cruising company Royal Caribbean International would give him personal dibs of Oasis of the Seas if...
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WHAT price would you pay to score your very own cruise ship – one cheeky teenager from Iowa decided it should be in tweets – two million, to be exact.
Dylan Baer tweeted that cruising company Royal Caribbean International would give him personal dibs of Oasis of the Seas if he managed to have his message retweeted two million times.
The youngster went so far as to post alleged screenshots of a conversation between himself and the cruising giant that showed it was – shall we say, on board with the crazy plan.
Despite being called out by dubious followers, Dylan remained adamant the deal was legitimate to the very end, until the charade was shut down by the company’s official Twitter account after 66,000 retweets.
Ten points for trying, Dylan – you’d better start saving real dollars if you want that holiday!
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