Once we deplaned at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in the E Gates, we exited through a very efficient passport control and headed toward our connecting gate to Madrid, which were in the C Gates. Schiphol has two KLM Crown Lounges, one of them, the "Schengen Lounge," located between the C and D Gates (where most of…
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Hi, thanks for the great review. Appreciate the conciseness.
Visiting AMS for first time in August(with wife and 17yo son)-- flying in from DUB (Aer Lingus) and, then after 2 nights, on to TLV (Transavia). Would love to access KLM Crown Lounge--is there any way for me to access it? Does it even make sense given my airlines and their locations? (And any other advice always appreciated!) thanks.
The way the Dutch eat stroopwafels: pour yourself a hot drink (coffee, tea, hot chocolate, whatever). You put the stroopwafel on top of the mug for a minute or so, warming it up. Then you eat it. It's far tastier than eating it straight-up cold.
@Erik: seriously, that's why people put their stroopwafel on their cup? I'm 38 now, Dutch, and I never ever knew that, hahahahaha!
@Nick: even though I'm Dutch, I really love Schiphol as well. That is... unless you have to go from one side of the airport to the other. There are no trains/subway/buses, so you'll have to walk all the way. Going from a high numbered C-gate to an F-gate will take you a very long time. I'm happy to hear immigration went fine, it tends to get busy at the desks.
However, I find it horrible that you ONLY mention the stroopwafels and not the other cookies on the picture. Why do you want to emphasize only their existence? Next thing you know, you'll be talking about Chinese cookies! (j/k of course)
If you ever have more time at AMS, just let me know. I'll drop by and get you a stroopwafel the way it was meant to be. Not some dry cookie (as it seems like they were), but the real thing!
The shower cabins in the KLM Crown Lounges at AMS are pretty nice, but I absolutely hate the wall-mounted soap dispensers. While I prefer my toiletries in disposable mini-bottles, I understand the environmental argument against them, especially in a lounge shower that is turned over every 20 or 30 minutes. Accepting the need for bulk dispensers, then, I still can't comprehend why KLM doesn't supply proper shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. The lone, all-purpose cleanser currently offered feels and smells like hand soap.
@Mark S.: Really good point. I try to only shampoo my hair a few times a week, so I only used the cleanser as a body wash, and it never registered to me that (indeed) it was an all-purpose cleanser. Which is, to be sure, a little chintzy.
@Nick — Chintzier still when one considers that KLM supplied individual bottles of shampoo and conditioner and a bar of soap until a few years ago. Again, I understood the switch to bulk dispensers, but the consolidation to one all-purpose cleanser was, frankly, bizarre.
We were eating some Dutch apple pie at Winkel 43, and two KLM flight attendants told us about putting the stroopwafels on top of our "wrong coffee" to warm them up. Wrong coffee is another way to say American coffee. Those guys were awesome, and I'd love to have them on my flight.