Crown Princess Deck Log
Crown Princess made her final approach to Copenhagen. After 2713.6 nautical miles traveled and seven countries visited, she was quietly alongside on her berth.
Wake up call - 4:30 a.m.
Buffet breakfast, then meet at Club Fusion before 6 a.m. to be escorted to bus.
We were on board the bus and on our way at 6:15 a.m. We first picked out our bags from the Princess luggage tent, and then checked bags and listed at the Lufthansa desk.
We found our bags!
Copenhagen Airport - the line to check in with Lufthansa:
Dick is ready to check in and get rid of the bags:
Copenhagen Airport:
Lines and more lines:
Our plane to Frankfurt:
The Copenhagen Airport didn't have our flight on the monitor yet, because our flight was scheduled for 10:15 a.m. It was hurry up and wait all over again.
We flew Lufthansa from Copenhagen to Frankfurt where we had another significant wait.
Then Lufthansa again from Frankfurt to Toronto, where we collected our bags to go through US customs before boarding Air Canada to Detroit. Two things are memorable at this stage - 1. Why did we need to collect our bags in Toronto? Nobody even glanced at them as we pushed the cart through customs, and 2. Air Canada to Detroit is on an FLPJ (Funny Little Prop Job). None of us have been on a plane that small in years. It held 33-37 passengers.
Arrived in Detroit, got a great wheelchair man who took over, helped all of us get our bags, and procured a nice big van to take us to Sniders. Hooray!
Pizza at Sniders, and then to bed. Bye bye Scandinavia. We'll have sweet dreams always.
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Return trip was less than a dash.
Wake up call on board Crown Princess; 3:30 AM GMT (3:30 local) Get up, shower, have breakfast, go to departure lounge and wait.
Board and take shuttle to Copenhagen airport, pick up luggage and report to line for airline check-in and wait. (They don't open until 7local) board shuttle to terminal, go to gate area and wait. (The gate was not posted until 9) Report to gate and line up to check in and wait. (You can't check in until the arriving plane has emptied and you can't enter the departure lounge until you've checked in.)
Board plane for 1 hour flight to Frankfort, deplane and enter terminal to find next gate, repeat previous experience. While waiting, purchase 2 OJ's, a diet Coke and a coffee plus a croissant, $35 (Once admitted to the departure lounge, there are no shops or johns, to make a purchase or use the restroom, one must leave the area and return through the check-in)
Board plane for Toronto and wait, there is to much air traffic over the UK, it takes 35 + min. to get a slot.
Land in Toronto and take a shuttle to the Terminal. This is an Airbus 300 and they park it and bring out buses. Better than waiting for a gate I guess. Get off shuttle and follow the crowd to check in for Detroit. Must wait an hour for bags. Collect bags and wheel them through customs. Then check them back in, then go through security, then take shuttle to departure terminal, then wait.
Fly to Detroit on a twin engine prop job.
Collect luggage, all except the one of Snider's that didn't make it to Toronto, grab a cab to Bill and Jan's, have a drink, some pizza and go to bed. 10:30 PM local, 3:30 AM GMT, a 23 hour day.
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