We arrived in Copenhagen a day early and checked into the Marriott. Great value if you book via Priceline. We stayed there one day Pre-Cruise and one day Post-Cruise. $120 plus tax pre and $103 plus tax post. We traveled around a little the first day until our room was ready and then took a chilled out. Copenhagen is the most expensive city I have been to. If you take Manhattan and double it-that would be about right. The next day we took a tour around Copenhagen by bus. Was pretty good. I think it was around $50 person. We took a cab to the ship around 2 O'Clock. It was about $40. Embarkation was very easy. Even though we are Platinum and get preferred check in, we didn't need it at that time.

Room We had an interior room on the Aloha Deck. We had booked this cruise last September, and by following the price drops, we saved about $1600. We were very satisfied with the room, and our room steward was very competent.

Ship Even though we have been on many Princess ships, and the Sapphire last Feb., I just kept getting confused on direction on the Emerald. Our room location was perfect in the middle of the ship. Just had to go to the nearest elevator to go to deck 5 every morning and use my coffee card for brewed coffee. Just to let you know-you can save your card from previous cruises. Ours was from our last cruise. The ship was in good condition, and the staff was very nice. Read more