Background: My wife and I are in our late 30's, and have no children. We are Americans from California, and we currently live in Germany. We work for the U.S. Department of Defense as Civilians. This is our second cruise. Our first cruise was an Eastern Mediterranean cruise two years ago with Royal Caribbean on the Splendor of the Seas, and we absolutely loved the ship and the destinations.

We chose this cruise because it did not start in Dover, (I have been there before, nothing special about the place), and I did not want to pay for a longer cruise because it did not seem worth the extra money for the boring part. We also liked the fact that the cruise took place after school started, so it would minimize the amount of children on the cruise.

Copenhagen: We flew in the night before, which is a nice small airport. There is an ATM immediately on the left once you clear the baggage claim (If you don't know, ATMs give you the best exchange rates, so we always try to get local currency from them). We rode the Metro into town, which was very cheap compared to a taxi. Getting tickets from the ticket machines was difficult, one type only took credit cards with the chip in it, and the other type took only small bills and coins, but we only had big bills from the ATM. So we had to stand in line and buy tickets from the ticket counter. We stayed at the Scandic Hotel; it is a few blocks from Tivoli. It was a nice and clean hotel, but it is a little on the older side, and is due for a refresh. I do not know why, but they upgraded us to a suite, and the suite was very nice. It had a great view, and it was a big room. The breakfast was pretty good, and all things considered, we would stay there again. Read more