Statendam Review

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Nice Ship. Nice Ports. Lousy Food

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CroneWynd
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2009

My husband and I sailed on the ms Statendam, May 5th through May 10th. We were in a veranda stateroom.

I had previously notified, via our travel agent, that we are vegans. When we embarked, we made our first night's dinner reservation, and I told the person handling that about us being vegan. He told us that there was nothing to be done for that evening, but our restaurant steward would give us the vegetarian menu for the next night.

I was very dismayed to discover that over 75% of the items on the vegetarian menu contain eggs and dairy products. This left me with a small number of items to select from. I was even more dismayed to discover that this one menu was meant to meet my dining needs for the entire cruise. When I asked about a small change to an item, I was informed that such changes were not possible. So, not only was there just the one menu, but for the entire cruise I would be selecting from 5 items.

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Cabin V

The stateroom was lovely. The light switches, however, are confusing as hell.

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