Cabin Review

We boarded the ship at 11:00 a.m. and the cabin was already ready. Ryndam belongs to the Statendam-class of ships, noted for its exceptionally well-designed cabins. Our outside cabin, actually more a hotel room than a cabin, was indeed one of the most spacious, airy and bright that we have ever been in and its bay-window one of the widest ones. Storage space was ample, with many drawers, and the closets had folding shelves for even more storing capacity. The beds had adequate space under them to store a medium size luggage. The mattress was out of this world and accordingly we had a heavenly sleep (I remember they used to sell it -‘Mariner’s Dream’- for $900 plus transportation costs, but I don’t know if they continue). The sofa in the sitting area was not the more common 140cm, but a full 200cm, and so was the vanity, with a large mirror. The stateroom was perfectly outfitted with flat TV with DVD player, magnifying mirror and of course the usual safe. Bathrobes were also provided.The spacious bathroom was equipped with a full bathtub (almost every outside cabin on the ship has one). The ‘Elemis’ toiletries here surpassed those of more expensive cruise companies: ‘Refreshing’ came spontaneously to mind whenever I made use of them.Although the cabin was near the staircase and elevators, it was very quiet. It was quite soundproof, too.