@shipmonk

Award-winning cruise blogger and journalist who has written for the Daily Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Metro and World of Cruising

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A wonderful tasting menu paired with excellent wines in The Vintage Room chef’s table on Riverside Ravel (part 1)
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A wonderful tasting menu paired with excellent wines in The Vintage Room chef’s table on Riverside Ravel (part 2)
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A wonderful tasting menu paired with excellent wines in The Vintage Room chef’s table on Riverside Ravel (part 3)
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Riverside Ravel in Tain l’Hermitage today
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Your croque, monsieur? When it comes to who brought this lunchtime snack to my suite on Riverside Ravel, it turns out the butler did it…
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The Ideal Palace of Ferdinand Cheval, built single-handedly by a rural French postman who collected rocks in a wheelbarrow (fourth picture) during his 10-hour rounds over 33 years. As seen on an excursion from Riverside Ravel.
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Having spent 33 years building a palace from rocks, French postman Ferdinand Cheval wanted to be buried there, but when this was refused he toiled for another eight years constructing a mausoleum where he and his family are now interred. As seen on a tour from Riverside Ravel.
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The guest laundry on Riverside Ravel. Or you can always hand your washing to your butler to do…
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The indoor resistance pool on Riverside Ravel
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Sailing into the sunset along the Rhône on Riverside Ravel
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Part of the Waterside Restaurant on Riverside Ravel. Great to see so many tables for two. On a cruise, do you prefer to dine as a couple or sit with strangers and make new friends?
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Exploring Vienne and the Gallo-Roman Museum on an excursion from Riverside Cruises
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Leaving a lock on the Rhône on Riverside Ravel
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The Palm Court on Riverside Ravel
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A wide choice of breakfast on Riverside Ravel - including chocolate cake
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Settling into my suite on Riverside Ravel for a cruise along the Rhône
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Disney Imagination will be the name of the first ship of Disney Cruise Line Japan, a Disney-branded cruise business operated by Oriental Land Co Ltd, which owns and runs Tokyo Disney Resort under licence. The Wish-class ship will set sail from Tokyo in spring 2029.
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Riverside Luxury Cruises is expanding its fleet in 2028 with Riverside Mahler - a sister ship to Riverside Ravel and Riverside Debussy - which will sail on the Rhine, Main and Danube. The other ship in the fleet is Riverside Mozart, which will continue to sail the Danube.
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A 35-year-old crewman on P&O Cruises ship Arvia was fatally injured while inspecting a passenger lift after overnight repairs while the ship was sailing from Southampton to Tenerife in 2025, a @maibgovuk report finds. Carnival UK has since tightened up lift safety training.
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The world's first Encanto musical, a new Frozen Family Feast and a Grand Hall inspired by Moana will feature on Disney Believe when it sets sail from Fort Lauderdale onDecember 18, 2027. The theme will be courageous Disney characters who believe in themselves and in their dreams.
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