Photo Review: KLM Crown Lounge 52, Non-Schengen Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

 

KLM Crown Lounge 52 Non-Schengen, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS)

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Location: Non-Schengen Area, 2nd floor between Gates E and F
Access:  Flying Blue Platinum, Gold and Skyteam Elite Plus cardholders + 1 guest; Business Class passengers flying on Air France/KLM and other Skyteam member airlines
Opening hours:  Daily from 4:45am to 9pm

Date of visit: August 30, 2023

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Lounge Signage

Lounge Entrance & Reception

The escalator will lead you to the reception.

Lots of KLM Deft Blue houses on display as you take the escalator!

Reception

List of airlines with access

Lounge Guide

Lounge guide

Sea (left side of the reception, 1st floor)

Seating

Quiet room

Dining

Dining seating area

Hot dishes include rice, beef stroganoff, vegan yakitori stew and roasted vegetables.

Sandwiches, salads, dessert

Fruits

Coffee, tea

Hot chocolate

The bar serves wine and other alcoholic beverages.

This is where you can place your used plates after eating.

Relax

This booth allows you to use a VR headset and test different experiences.

I chose the Inner Smile and Wadden Islands and they were both cool. They even sprayed a scent during the Inner Smile as it was meant to relax you 👍

You can pay by card if you want premium experiences.

One of 20 shower suites using Rituals Amsterdam 👍

Polder (Right side of the reception, 1st floor)

Seating

Seating with nice views of the apron.

Business center

Work pods

A book showcasing paintings of Rembrandt.

Entertainment

This is like a open movie theater.

The normally use it when there is a football match or something.

Sleep Cabins

Book your sleep cabin (extra charge)

Sleep cabin fees

Lockers

Toilet

Dutch Mountain

This is the area of the lounge I love most when it comes to design.

Blue (Right side, 2nd Floor)

Blue timings

They serve premium drinks here (extra charge)

This is reserved for Flying Blue Ultimate members.

Blu (left side, 2nd floor)

Unfortunately, this restaurant (extra charge) has been closed since the pandemic.

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CONCLUSION

It was my first time to visit the lounge and I was impressed. We were supposed to visit this before the pandemic as we were supposed to fly KLM business class to Asia but did not have the chance. I loved the design of the lounge especially the Dutch Mountain. The lounge occupies 2 floors which is very good giving guests several choices on where to seat and stay during their visit. As for the food and drinks offering, they were okay albeit nothing to write home about. The booth were you can try several experiences for free was cool, and I hope more and more airlines would offer such idea. The sleeping cabin for extra charge is something airlines do not usually do. I have flown Qatar Airways business class and first class and have both used the rest booths/sleeping rooms for free. Overall, the lounge is a very nice lounge and getting rid of the extra charges for the sleeping cabins would really make it even better in my opinion.