My wife and I are both college professors. I am 65 and my wife is 59. This was our 12th cruise since Aug. 2001 and our second on HAL. Our other 10 have been on Princess Cruise Lines. We both love cruising.
We booked this cruise late last year through one of our dearest friends, who is a travel agent and we met on our first cruise. We had looked forward to this cruise ever since we booked it, reading books, viewing DVD's and planning our shore excursions. I followed the Eurodom blog almost every day. We booked our air transportation on our own, but booked our hotel stays in Copenhagen and New York through HAL.
We flew to Copenhagen on Aug. 12 and arrived on the morning of the 13th. As we left customs we were met by representatives of HAL, who helped us with our luggage. in no time we were at the Scandic Hotel where we were processed. Because the rooms were not ready yet we went for a walk around town. This was our second visit to Copenhagen. When we got back our room was ready. It was a wonderful room with a great view of the city. The next morning after breakfast we waited to go to the ship. Again all was handled very efficiently and within 30 minutes of arriving at the pier we were on board and in our stateroom. It was at the very end of the ship and our balcony overlooked the aft end. It was a very large and spacious cabin. Everything was wonderful. The only improvement HAL could make would be to have more and better lighting in the closet/storage area. It is very hard to see inside the closets.