First of all, I want to say this was an AWESOME cruise. Even though we had a few dips and turns on this vacation.
Pre Cruise. We stayed at the Southampton Premier Inn West Quay. Near the cruise terminal and adjacent to the West Quay Shopping center that was AMAZING and fun to walk around in...was able to find this great map of Copenhagen but ended up NOT needing it as the cruise ship had very detailed maps of each port BUT you had to go down to Guest Relations to pick one up at each port.
TO get back to the Premier Inn. It is a NO FRILLS hotel...i.e. sans a check in counter...more like a kiosk from the airport, no luggage trolley and only 30 min free WI fi. They did have a podium that a young girl was at and she ended up checking us in'and a young man in the lobby ended up carrying our 5 pieces of luggage upstairs for us. For 70 lbs., we felt it was a bargain with vat and full breakfast included'Little did we know that in the UK the residents were only paying 39 lbs per night'
TONS of storage space in bathroom. Shower did NOT have a hand held nozzle but was still good. Balcony was a good size. Hallway very quiet and room was close to elevator. We brought 3 lg suitcases, 2 wheelies and had plenty of storageGot room service breakfasts exactly at the time we circled...CABIN 1251 on the 10th floorOur cabin stewards were very good...