Lower Promenade Deck provides a 360 degree full-circuit teak promenade.  Guests may walk laps here or just settle in with a good book on one of the traditional deck chairs.

During Veendam's 2009 refurbishment, she gained the addition of 38 lanai staterooms.  This addition comes in the form of a conversion from former standard ocean view staterooms.  Guests occupying the lanai staterooms have access to the exterior promenade and exclusive use of deck chairs nearby.  A variety of ocean view staterooms still exist on Veendam's Lower Promenade Deck, some of which have partial sea views or obstructed.

'Jacob's Ladder' is a three-story spiral work of art created by Luciano Vistosi.  Vistosi is one of Italy's leading contemporary glass artists and each section of this crystalline tower in blue and gold was made by hand in the World capital of glassmaking, Murano, Italy.

The original Jacob's Ladder was the biblical Stairway to Heaven.  In nautical terms, a 'Jacob's Ladder' refers to a specialized ladder used at sea, especially a rope ladder, with wooden steps for ascending from the deck to the rigging.  Luckily for today's Veendam guests, they may ascend on the sweeping staircases encircling the Atrium or use nearby lifts.

Where senior staff offices were once located off of the Atrium, additional staterooms were created, including four of the lanai concept and two of which are wheelchair accessible with roll-in shower only and wheelchair accessible doorways.