Our cruise on the Norwegian Encore from Seattle to Southampton, UK, is over.  Day 35, yesterday, might well have been the worst day, while Day 1 on land, mostly in Amsterdam, could well have been the best day of the trip.  I'll explain. To begin, I began to have some sleep problems during the final few days on the ship.  The final night was the worst, with only one hour of sleep.  This was partly because of the stress of having to awake at 5AM to be off the ship at 7AM.  Just the thought of then having to catch a bus to Heathrow Airport, then fly to Amsterdam was stressful.  Well, on the bus, and goodbye to the Norwegian Encore. After an hour and a quarter, Heathrow Airport.  Got there at 8:30.  Our flight was to leave at 2:15PM.  On the board were signs that indicated you could not check in to the flight until 2 hours before departure, which meant a wait of almost four hours.  But then, we learned that business class passengers can go t...