Statendam Review

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Statendam - Asia

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Sail Date: Mar 2007
Cabin: Large Ocean-View Stateroom with Porthole

After booking our cruise I checked the Cruise Critic Reviews on the Statendam. We have cruised three times on the Statendam as well as her sister ships. While these ships are not the flash of some of the new huge ships, they are comfortable and beautiful in many ways. The reviews from Australia were not all that good, so when I applied for my Shareholder Benefit from Holland America I mentioned that I hoped the reviews had been read and corrected. I purposely checked and found the complaints had been noted and changes had been made—the ice cream counter open until 5:00 pm rather than 2:00 pm etc.

We flew into Hong Kong on a very long flight from San Francisco and arrived at 5:30 pm the day of sailing. Our embarkation was handled by many efficient young women, but only two laptops and not organization of the line until the milling about became a mess. I don't know what Hong Kong was thinking, but you walk through a maze of shopping floors for a million miles before getting to the ship. Our luggage got to the cabin at the same time as we did so that was very nice.

The ship, while certainly not new was kept very clean. The cabin had the most comfortable "pillow top" king size mattress that I have ever had onboard a ship. There was a DVD player with the thin flat screen TV, very nice towels and "spa" shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc., were constantly replaced as used. A professional hair dryer was furnished to augment the lousy one in the bathroom—I wouldn't have had to bring my own. Thank goodness we were on Holland America with their roomy cabins in all categories. We had an upholstered loveseat and side chair with a coffee table that could be raised to table height. When you read on you will realize why the size of the cabin was so important.

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Large Ocean-View Stateroom with Porthole

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