A few random notes about this cruise:

1. We did this cruise after spending three nights in Copenhagen to start, followed by a trip to NorwayBergen, Balestrand, and Oslo. We basically combined a Norway/Denmark trip and a Baltic cruise into one three-week trip. From Oslo, we took the DFDS ferry back to Copenhagen, where we boarded the Emerald. Although not luxurious, the DFDS Commodore class stateroom was more than decent, the ship's food was quite good and reasonably priced, free Wi-Fi was available for my laptop, and the ship had a huge duty-free store where we bought bottles of wine to bring on the Emerald (which was no problem getting on the ship). The cost of passage was less than a 3 or 4 star hotel room in Oslo or Copenhagen and included an excellent buffet breakfast. I would highly recommend this overnight trip if it fits within your travel plans.

2. The DFDS ferry docks at 9:30 AM about a mile or so away from the Emerald. We walked from one ship to the other as we had a reasonable amount of luggage. Normal people would either take a bus from the ferry dock to within a couple of hundred yards of the Emerald, or a taxi right to the ship. Read more