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What key things do you think should be on EVERY cruise ship and in EVERY cabin? Here’s my list – but have I left anything out?

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on November 3, 2021
  • Opinion

Would love to hear your suggestions!

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A Scottish lament: As my cruise is cancelled, why I’m begging Nicola Sturgeon to once again open the lochs and give us the quays

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on July 13, 2021July 20, 2021
  • Opinion

End this ban on cruise ships

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Wife leaves husband behind at service station on way to join a river ship, tells nobody and carries on cruise without him!

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on April 27, 2021
  • General

AmaWaterways boss recalls his funniest memories

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Things every cruise ship should have – those little details that make all the difference!

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on March 19, 2020
  • Opinion

What do you think should be added to the list?

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What do these two ads tell us about the cruise industry approach to tempting new passengers in 2016?

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on October 19, 2016October 19, 2016
  • Opinion

Play spot-the-difference with Virgin and Celebrity videos

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Guest blog: Why Antarctica should be on your cruising bucket list

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on September 5, 2016
  • Destinations

All you need to know about sailing to the White Continent

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I’ve never told anyone my favourite cruise ship before… here’s the answer

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on March 9, 2016January 7, 2019
  • Opinion

For my Cruise1st article, please click here

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The truth behind Sex, Lies, And Cruising – an interview with author Cathryn Chapman

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on July 15, 2015August 31, 2015
  • News

Behind the covers of the new bonkbuster at sea

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The only way is ethics – will travellers fathom out Carnival Corp’s new socially aware cruise line?

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on June 5, 2015May 2, 2016
  • News

So Carnival Corp’s big reveal was made in New York last night. It wasn’t – as some hoped – another transatlantic ship for Cunard or a new addition to another brand but a whole new […]

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From the subbed limes to the ridiculous – cruise passengers’ complaints

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on November 21, 2014May 2, 2015
  • Opinion

I was chatting to an executive of one top-quality cruise line who told me the following story. A family spent thousands of pounds on a voyage and always insisted on having lime in their gin […]

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