disappointing view, price mix up
I recently stayed for a conference in the hotel. I have stayed here for business before. I had a confirmed reservation and upon checking in the front desk handed me a key card with a price per night 40 dollars more than I had anticipated. I had to pull up my reservation on my email and after the front desk girl went into the back for several minutes, they decided to honor the price I had reserved. Glad they changed it, but still a mix up.
 I also payed a little extra for a corner king. Now here was a waste of money. The room was bigger but not much storage, a tiny crowded closet and three drawers. The bigges disaapointment was the view. If I looked kind of sideways out of one window I could see the river, which was nice. Out two of the bigger windows was the lake, also nice. But out of the main row of windows was an extreme closeup of the adjacent buidling. In particular, a floor under renovation complete with construction workers. It was really close. I could lay in my bed and read the exit sign above the elevators on the opposite side of the floor. Defintely had to close the all the windows before I changed or showered. Now I know it's a big city and quarters can be close, but this was really close, and remember I paid extra for this view. At night the construction workers left all the lights on so couldn't open the windows then either. So in summary, paid more for some windows I could never open.
 I never had a problem with the elevators. The escalator by the Palm is the best way to get to breakfast in the Geneva room. If you swing to the right facing the elevators you can take a shortcut through a back exit to the grocery store Mariano's or the CVS. I had to go to the Fairmont and the Radisson Blu for some meetings and it was nice to be able to go underground to get there!