"House of KLM" - Crown Lounge redesign
Feb 17, 2019, 12:49 am
#76
Join Date: Sep 2015
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Tried to get in just right now. What a zoo! Had to leave after circling the place 2 times with no success to find a seat. I am connecting from a Schengen flight. Will they let me back into the Schengen zone to use the Crown lounge there?
Feb 17, 2019, 4:30 am
#78
Join Date: May 2016
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Did you go upstairs or in to the room on the other side of reception?
Feb 18, 2019, 7:44 am
#81
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Feb 18, 2019, 9:18 am
#83
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wow. I was there from about 11 am to 1230 pm on Feb 6. Fair amount of space downstairs, ‘empty’ upstairs.
Mar 20, 2019, 7:51 am
#84
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Mar 21, 2019, 7:22 am
#86
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Mar 22, 2019, 8:37 am
#87
Join Date: May 2012
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I was lucky to avoid the morning rush on my 1st visit (early evening departure). I must say I was very impressed. Design, spaces, catering, atmosphere, all above my expectations. I think it's a question of gritting teeth until both halves are complete and joined. Once that has happened I think KLM can be quite proud of the results.
Mar 25, 2019, 6:25 am
#89
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: BRS
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I was in for the first time on Friday evening. Very crowded, but that may have been due to all the weather. I was peering at a notice about showers coming soon when one of the help staff volunteered that currently they are using eight of the Mercure showers, and that there will be 25 showers when all is completed (or perhaps that last bit was on the notice - my flight was very delayed by then and I had been learning how to pour my own Heineken. What was wrong with the push-button machines?).
Mar 25, 2019, 9:28 am
#90
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 4,279
Beautiful but too crowded
Hi,
I had a morning flight yesterday to the US and visited the new lounge first time yesterday. I did read about it being crowded, but did not expect it to be so crowded that it was really standing room only. Hopefully this will be solved with when the other section opens later close to summer. I did hear a lot of comments from different KLM personnel walking around commenting on how busy it was and that there were more in flow rather than out flow.
My impression - I am impressed - really liked how they have turned it into a sort of KLM memorabilia deco with some Dutch touches. All in all, I do like how they have done up the place - only thing is that they should have maybe reduced the different sections which at the end of the day will be quite useless since each of these 'sections' will not be able to support the number of people wanting to be at a particular section.
Cheers!
Here are some photos which I took during my visit. Enjoy!
I had a morning flight yesterday to the US and visited the new lounge first time yesterday. I did read about it being crowded, but did not expect it to be so crowded that it was really standing room only. Hopefully this will be solved with when the other section opens later close to summer. I did hear a lot of comments from different KLM personnel walking around commenting on how busy it was and that there were more in flow rather than out flow.
My impression - I am impressed - really liked how they have turned it into a sort of KLM memorabilia deco with some Dutch touches. All in all, I do like how they have done up the place - only thing is that they should have maybe reduced the different sections which at the end of the day will be quite useless since each of these 'sections' will not be able to support the number of people wanting to be at a particular section.
Cheers!
Here are some photos which I took during my visit. Enjoy!
