Day 10 July 21st Copenhagen to the “Star Princess”

Day 10 July 21st Copenhagen to the “Star Princess”
I am writing this episode sitting on our balcony on the Star Princess at 4pm after enjoying a nice buffet lunch. The sun has just broken through the cloud cover, the sea is calm, the sea is calm and the air is pleasantly warm. I reckon if I sat back and relaxed I would fall asleep it is so pleasant. Nice thought, but this blog post has to be written.
After a hearty breakfast we relaxed in our Airport Hilton Hotel. I blogged a little and organised some photos for Face book. I tried to publish them but the internet would not work.
At 1pm we walked 100 metres and caught the train that had travelled from Sweden and twenty two minutes later alighted at Øesterport where we caught a taxi to Frihavnen, where the Princess was berthed. My, what a ship; it dwarfed everything with its seventeen decks, thirteen of which are above the waterline. About twenty minutes later we were in our cabin awaiting the arrival of our luggage. We are on the 11th floor; we have a cabin with its balcony. When we look over the side rail we look down on two rows of balconies below us. We have more privacy as the balcony above is not set back. So if you ever want to travel on the Star Princess choose a balcony cabin on Deck eleven or higher.
After about a ½ hour our travel bags arrived so we un packed and took the lift up to the 14th level to enjoy a late lunch after which we set off to explore home for the next ten days.
This ship is really massive and exquisite. At the Stern there is “The Sky Walk” which an escalator that takes you to the Skywalkers Night Club. This club is above deck 17 and looks down at the sea all around the rear of the ship and also several swimming pools. I have not yet counted all the pools of which there are many. At the moment I reckon there are at least ten. Part of this club lounge was off limits to Fay and me as we are not elite members!
As the ship was getting ready to set sail we sought a better viewing platform at the bow. Last year we experienced the Queen May 2 which was a fine ship; I can only remember two swim pools on it which were so crowded with English tourists that we could not get near them. At the bow on this ship on the fifteenth deck there are several pools on two levels and plenty of room to enjoy them. There is also a large movie screen at one end orientated to the young of which there are many. At 6pm on the dot I could observe a slight movement of the ship away from the wharf. We were on our way. The exit from the harbour was through a very narrow gap between the breakwaters. We had to move forward from the wharf and then execute a ninety degree pivot turn in order to line up and move through the gap. There was not much room to spare. As we travelled into open water we passed a large number of yachts.
We dined well at 7pmon deck 14; as we did so we cruised past the beautiful farmlands of Denmark; we retired at nine.

The Star Princess Statistics:-
Built in 2002
Port or Registry Hamilton
Call Sign ZCDD6
Official Number 733709
Gross Tonnage 109000
Net Tonnage 71763
Overall Length 951 feet
Breadth 118 feet
Fuel Capacity 2649 tons
Fresh Water Capacity 2731 tons
Normal Passenger capacity 2600
Normal crew figure 1150
Cruising Speed 22.5 knots

There is a notice on the notice board which says the ship has capacity passengers for this cruise, I.e. 2600.