About Me
My name is Nicola Milligan and I am lucky to be living in the beautiful Market Town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, with its historic castle and haunting tales of Mother Shipton. I have a husband Stewart and a 16 year old daughter who are both cruise fanatics and a Cocker…
Posted on Dec 19, 2016
Cruise.Co Christmas Conference
I have certainly started the festive Season with a bang. The annual Cruise.Co.UK conference, what better way to start the celebrations than sharing 3 nights on board Fred Olsen's Boudcicca with the amazing team I am honoured to work with and for. However myself and a few others had a…
Posted on Dec 5, 2016
Calling all Small Ship Lovers.
Cast your mind back to 2015. and the sad news when P & O told us that the much loved 710 passenger adult only ship ADONIA was leaving their fleet. Lots of the small ship lovers were devastated as so many huge new ships were coming onto the market leaving…
Posted on Nov 21, 2016
Big announcements from MSC
With the so many Cruise Lines competing for business it is not of any surprise that MSC have joined with all guns blazing to capture their market share. We have had an MSC ship nip in and out of Southampton for short cruises for a short period of time in…
Posted on Nov 7, 2016
Prague mini break.
My love to cruise is an addiction and passion I am happy to say is shared by my family and most of my friends. I say most,as one in particular, no matter how hard I try I just cannot seem to convince. So when we all got together to arrange…
Posted on Oct 24, 2016
Seasons to Sail.
Before we cruise it is vital that we match the right destination with the right season or time of year. This will depend on your individual needs and expectations. When I worked on the high Street and couples came in for a Honeymoon in July for example but wanted somewhere…
Posted on Oct 10, 2016
Splendida yes or no ?
I am back at my desk after a week on board the MSC Splendida which debuted in 2009 and is the oldest of the Fantasia Class of ships and is identical to Preziosa and Fantasia (also Divina I believe although experienced her). So identical it was weird a feeling of…
Posted on Sep 26, 2016
Birthday Celebrations oh yes a cruise.
That time of year again when we ladies take our annual cruise. As it falls in September I always claim as my Birthday celebration. But as not even a milestone year I am just looking for an excuse. But to be honest do I need one? No. We will be…
Posted on Sep 13, 2016
Koningsdam so much more.
My last blog was all about the lights flowers and artwork. But what about the beautiful Ship herself. Koningsdam is a brand new Pinnacle-Class Holland America ship. She arrived in April this year and has a 2650 guest capacity. So for those that are not quite so keen on the…
Posted on Aug 29, 2016
MS KONINGSDAM
This is my first Holland America experience and had no idea of what was waiting for me. With their black and white good old traditional liners I had the impression of all dark and old fashioned but what a surprise their latest edition to the fleet was. Koningsdam is the…
Posted on Aug 15, 2016
Good old English Seaside.
Wow what a beautiful view. Blue sky, golden sandy beach and the warmth of the sun shining onto our faces. But guess where we are ??? Now because of my amazing job you will automatically think a pretty Mediterranean port. But no the original North Yorkshire Seaside Town of Scarborough.…
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