Embarrassing outcome for kid who tried to win a cruise ship

Dylan Baer came up with a cunning plan to win a Oasis of the Seas (pictured). It didn't go well. Photo / Supplied

This kid thought he'd come up with the perfect plan to win a $1.8 billion cruise ship — until a single tweet brought it all crashing down.

Dylan Baer, from Iowa, claimed on Twitter cruise giant Royal Caribbean agreed to give him a cruise ship of his very own if he could get retweeted two million times.

It appeared Dylan was trying to emulate the success of chicken nugget-loving teen Carter Wilkerson, who last year won 12 months' worth of free food from fast food restaurant Wendy's after he took up their challenge of getting retweeted 18 million times. Not only did Carter's mission go viral, he ended up with most retweeted tweet ever.

Please help, man needs his boat! 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/19f2yO7x7b

— Dylan (@DylanBaer) April 3, 2018

Dylan was not so successful.

Last week he tweeted a screencap of what appeared to be a message exchange between himself and Royal Caribbean.

"How many retweets for a boat??" Dylan asked the cruise company in the exchange.

"2 million and Oasis of the Seas is all yours," it replied.

Dylan then appealed to the Twitterverse to help him get enough retweets to claim the $1.8 billion Oasis of the Seas.

The retweets came rolling in. A few people tried to call his bluff. But Dylan was adamant the arrangement was real.

Among the many, many holes in Dylan's story, one person pointed out the blue tick next to Royal Caribbean's name in the alleged message exchange looked a bit wrong.

"It's not photoshopped you're just using a android," Dylan shot back.

where my boat at? @RoyalCaribbean

— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2018

Even chicken nugget king Carter Wilkerson couldn't help but have a dig.

"where my boat at? @RoyalCaribbean," he tweeted.

More than 660,000 retweeted Dylan, appearing to lap up his word that two million tweets and one of the world's most famous cruise ships would his.

Until Royal Caribbean stepped in.

pic.twitter.com/wB9LVSxc4u

— Royal Caribbean (@RoyalCaribbean) April 7, 2018

"Hey. This is absolutely fake and we didn't agree to this. Sorry for any disappointment," a company representative tweeted.

We guess that's the problem with deals — the other party has to at least be aware of their end of the bargain.

Nice try, Dylan. But the Oasis of the Seas sails on without you.