This is a guest trip report written by Carol, who sailed on the most recent 10 night cruise to the Norwegian Fjords and Iceland on the Disney Magic on August 16, 2018. You can start the trip report from the beginning by clicking here.
Copenhagen: Day 2
The next day in Copenhagen was packed full of activities. We started our day with breakfast at a Danish pastry shop called Lagkagehuset.
We had many choices of pastries and the coffee was delicious. It is located within the train station right across from Tivoli gardens, which makes it very easy to get to, and has many choices for an easy and reasonably priced breakfast.
Our first activity for the day was a tour by Richard Karpen – he gives a walking tour of the old city as Hans Christen Anderson. Richard is an American who has moved to Copenhagen and loves Copenhagen and Hans Christen Anderson. He gives a very interesting tour of the old city with great facts. He interacts well with the children and answers any questions you have. It is well worth your $20 and the 1 1/2 hour of your morning. Tours start at 9:30 am almost every morning. You can read more about his tours here: http://www.copenhagenwalks.com/
Richard, our tour guide:
This used to be a jail:
Town Hall:
The cathedral:
Inside the cathedral:
Inside the cathedral (this represents the world):
After our tour with Richard, we then went to Rosenberg Castle where the Crown Jewels are kept. Rosenberg began as a summer home for the kings of Denmark, but eventually was used as the residence for the monarchy. Currently the queen lives in Amalienborg Palace. Rosenberg hosts the Crown Jewels, which are still used today for special occasions by the royal monarchs.
Rosenberg Castle:
A guard at the castle:
Photos from inside the castle:
The Crown Jewels:
After the Rosenberg Castle, we returned to Stroget Street for some shopping. This is a famous street with many stores and restaurants that I spoke about in my blog about our first day in Copenhagen. We returned to the Lego store as they were having a free event to build a Harry Potter wand – so since my son is a HUGE Lego fan AND a HUGE Harry Potter fan, we had to go and do this. Both my kids built their own wand, and had fun doing so.
After the Lego store and some more shopping, we went to the National Museum of Denmark. This is a museum full of history, not just of Denmark, but early civilizations as well. It was very interesting and we did not have time to explore all of it. What we did see was interesting and fun to look at.
A traditional Danish dress:
A cross from an old church:
To finish the day we went to Tivoli Gardens. Tivoli is an amusement park in Copenhagen with many different kinds of rides, restaurants and beautiful gardens. It really is a must see if you go to Copenhagen. You pay an entrance fee, and then pay to go on the rides. Similar to many fairs you can buy just enough tickets for the rides you wish to ride, or you can buy an unlimited ride pass. Each ride takes anywhere from 1-4 tickets. If you think you will ride more than 3-4 rides, the unlimited ride pass is really worth the money. We bought the unlimited pass, and made very good use of it. There are many rides there, and I think we went on at least 6-7 rides. My kids loved it!
There are a multitude of restaurants to choose from, which at first made our choice rather difficult, but then my son wanted to eat at the pirate ship restaurant so there we went. It is literally a restaurant on a pirate ship. It was a fun experience – and the food was decent!
After we ate dinner, we explored the rest of Tivoli gardens and went on many rides. We finished off the night with some ice cream! It was a great way to end a busy, but fun day in Copenhagen!
One of the roller coasters, which reminded me of the Matterhorn at Disneyland. Many people say that Walt loved Tivoli!
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Up Next: Copenhagen, Day 3
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This was so fun to read, and I’m so excited to get to follow along on this cruise! I wanted to throw this out there in case anyone reading didn’t know…Walt used Tivoli Gardens as an inspiration for Disneyland. The books I’ve read say that he visited numerous times as he was growing the idea and planning for how the park would be laid out and run. As a fellow Disney lover, it is such a treat to get to see it through your eyes, Carol, and it’s high on my bucket list of places to visit! Thanks for all of your details! 🙂