Yeah, I thought CC was harder too. I kept getting my arse kicked by Miguel. I was also disappointed by the TD. I guess my main question with that was why were we fighting a Lavos shell and not the parasite inside... I mean, I think it would have made more sense for Schala to be taken and merged with the inner core than the shell... but that's more plot I have problems with.
The difficulty was more than CT. But if you do New Game +... entirely too easy.
CT I only had trouble the first time through, and that was only at the Mountain of Woe boss, Queen Zeal and Lavos, mostly because I was unprepared. OTher than that, easy, but well worth it.