We were on the July 8 sailing of the Eurodam with my in-laws (70’s) and 2 sons (18, 24). Our youngest had chosen the Baltic over doing the Mediterranean hoping for good weather. We were blessed with fantastic weather (no day hotter than 84) and about 30 minutes of rain during the entire two weeks. We also travel on a budget. We opted to use 3 inside cabins and received the $50 beverage card for each member of the group. (That was a great way to manage the spending of our children . . . they kept themselves within that amount for the week.)

Our family met at the Copenhagen Airport and used the free shuttle to Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers which we used for our first night stay. (It was expensive but the transportation made it our choice.) Our family room was actually two adjoining rooms. We walked to the metro, after some effort (had to cash bills down to coins) got 10 klippekart and went downtown for the evening. We got down just before 5 PM, kept ourselves walking, had some pizza (about 50 dollars for four of us) and headed back for the night.

NOTE on credit cards – Denmark was the only country we struggled with using credit cards (which caused some early panic). Even though we don’t have a PIN for our Visa, it often asked for a PIN. We had $200 in Danish Kroner and that was gone by the time we paid for the cab ride to the port. In every other country, if we said we needed to sign with the card, there was a button to push that overrode the need for a PIN. We did successfully use our Discover which had a PIN. None of our cards are CHIP cards; they are all magnetic stripe cards. Read more