mike7649

We were on the Statendam for the recent Inca Empires cruise and several times had a group of 10 and they were able to accommodate us in the MDR. We went after the early show - 7:15 or so - and had no more than a few minutes wait. My recollection is that there were at least 2 tables for 10 - could have been 4.

Thank you for the high & low lights. They are very helpful as we too will be on the Zaandam doing that same cruise on Jan 29. We are hopeful to also visit the Falkland Islands and have tentatively booked a tour to Volunteer Point.

We returned Dec 3 from 31 days on the Statendam. Personally thought it was starting to show some signs of needing refit - carpets worn on stairs, window coverings in central stern MDR not functioning properly, bathroom shower/tub had seen better days, water coming up between boards while walking on sports deck. Mind you, there was constant work going on while we were cruising - sometimes to our annoyance as the hammering and grinding to remove old paint and rust would echo through the ship. But would agree with previous poster, the ship was kept very clean except during the last week when we were on Red Alert - the staff was kept very busy having people sanitize hands and serving us everything including packets of sugar, salt and pepper, etc. even in the MDR.