Cruise was 12 day with 2 sea days and stops in Tallinn, St Petersburg (overnight), Helsinki, Stockholm (overnight), Warnemunde, Kiel, and Copenhagen (overnight).

We flew into Copenhagen a day early and took HAL's pre-cruise package at the Palace Hotel. We had a bit of a problem at arrival in that we missed the rep who was there to meet us. It was quickly resolved and we were on the bus to hotel. Hotel room was comfortable and the location was excellent.

Transfer to the pier was no problem. We were at the new terminal which is much farther from the city than the old one. After a bit of confusion about proper lines in check-in it went very smoothly. They had quite a few agents working the counter so it moved quickly. Read more