As I noted in my trip report (Twenty thousand steps or more per day) we did this cruise last June and are returning this year. You will have a great time! This will be our 6th cruise with
DCL and it is by far the best one. The 2014 WBPC was great too and so was the 2016 to Norway. But there is so much to explore and do on this cruise, you will love it. Hopefully we'll have as good weather as we enjoyed in 6/2017. The only rain we had was in the afternoon while in Stockholm.
As far as flights, we fly out of Chicago. We flew SAS for our Norway cruise, which serves great food for free but our tickets were over $1,072 each. Last year as I indicated in my report we flew Iceland Air ($795 each), which is great because they allow you to stop over in Iceland for 3 - 7 days on your way or on your return on the same round-trip ticket. Although CPH can be expensive, Reykjavik is crazy expensive. Burger and a beer was $50 there at Hard Rock Café. This year I got tickets on Vayama.com for Swiss Air for $730 and we get into CPH around 1 PM on 8/5.
For lodging, in 2016 I found the Avenue Hotel through Orbitz. We stayed there for three nights prior to our cruise for $218/night, which included a wonderful buffet breakfast. The hotel doesn't have AC but, with windows open and no bugs, the temperature in our room was bearable. Noise from traffic on the wide avenue out front wasn't noticeable either since I requested a room in the back of the hotel. A Metro stop is located only two blocks away and with 72-hr. pass we had easy access from the hotel to the airport and to the city.
On our way home we stayed in the Crowne Plaza for one night for 25,000 IHG points. In 2017 for our Northern Europe cruise we paid $250/day to stay there for three nights prior to the cruise. Breakfast buffet wasn't included, but it's worth paying for. This year we are staying there again and we're paying $860 plus 75,000 IHG points for six nights. Three nights before the cruise and three nights afterwards. Yes, we love CPH! The Crowne Plaza is such a wonderful hotel and has a shuttle to and from the airport. The hotel now also offers a shuttle to the Magic, but it's expensive. A cab is also. We just use the train/metro combination I discuss in my report.
Our bedroom w/bath at the Avenue Hotel in 2016.
This is the normal room in the Crowne Plaza. I don't have a picture of the very large attached bathroom.