My top ten Wow factors about Quantum of the Seas

This is a fuller version of a piece I wrote for a Royal Caribbean advertorial in Metro newspaper, UK.
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Shipmonk ‘highly commended’ for blog in Cruise International awards

Shipmonk blog commended at top cruise awards
At home... Dave on a cruise

Viking founder Tor Hagen honoured for outstanding contribution to the cruise industry at Cruise International awards

Viking founder Tor Hagen honoured at the 'cruise Oscars'
Torstein Hagen, chairman of Viking Cruises, at the float-out of Viking Star (Picture: Viking Cruises)

A guided tour of Quantum of the Seas by Royal Caribbean boss Richard Fain

Dave Monk takes a tour round the 'wow' factors on Quantum of the Seas
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Fancy a cruise with a difference? How about a trip on a nuclear-powered icebreaker for a barbecue at the North Pole

Take a cruise that's really cool
Adventure of a lifetime: the North Pole on an icebreaker (Picture: Captain's Choice)

Days of Rhine and poses: Recreating the adventure of my cycling trip as a 17-year-old in Germany by taking a Viking river cruise

‘This story I am about to write is the strangest true tale I can recount. To think we two youths,...
Age span: Standing on a Cologne bridge with the cathedral in the background at ages 17 and 53. I can't pull off the same broody teenage pose now!

A love story that shaped a city: The amazing piece of history hidden in Fort Lauderdale

Driving along the sprawling freeways past vast developments towards the towering ocean-front hotels of Fort Lauderdale, it’s hard to imagine...
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Jamie Oliver: I’d like to teach children to cook on Quantum and Anthem of the Seas

Dave Monk chats to Jamie Oliver about his plans for his first restaurants at sea
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Historic rare newspapers from transatlantic liners are published online

Papers used to be printed on the voyage
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