Clausterphobics be aware....
....of the King Studio rooms.
The King Studios are a bedroom of the casita that is blocked off when the whole casita is not booked. They do indeed have a king bed. Unfortunately, the bed takes up almost the whole room. You have about 4 feet of space on each side of the bed and at the foot of the bed.
And then there is a wall-mounted flat screen TV. However, if it was placed at the end of the bed like they are in most hotel rooms, you would smack into it getting up to use the bathroom in the dark as it protrudes from the wall. Instead, it is on one side of the bed. Great for those times you want to spoon your honey while catching Sportscenter!
A major portion of the tiny closet was being used to store an old and out-of-service mini-bar, the carpet was old, worn, and needed to be replaced, and the shower spit out large globs of water that could put your eye out if you are not cautious.
I’ll have to say the bathroom was spacious. It also had a great view of the neighbor’s patio. We first discovered this when we first walked into the room and a small boy was peering through to see who his new neighbors were. The next day we peeked out to see grown-ups sunbathing about 15 feet from our commode. What a great way to encourage people to meet and get to know their fellow vacationers!
There was also a mystery door in our studio. It appeared to lead onto the above mentioned patio, but it was locked from the other side. It turned out to be an interior stairwell directly into the downstairs of the casita in which another family was occupying. This was confirmed by the noises of children at play traveling up the stairwell, through the door, and into our studio.
Despite getting a steal of a deal (with tax over $200 per night), immediately upon arriving to our room we decided we would spend a few extra bucks in order to have room enough to bring our luggage in with us. However, the front desk unsympathetically told us they were sold out, but we could check back on Friday (it was Wednesday when we arrived) to see if something opened up.
I refrained from showering and using the bathroom without the shade down (maybe we would be moved to another room at our neighbors request?) and we instead checked out a few days early and went to another resort. When we left early, the front desk rep again was not too concerned about our experience. We requested that we be given some sort of break on our bill, and he reluctantly took off 30% off of one night. Nice, but hardly enough to make up for our disappointment and inconvenience.
All in all, the Hilton Resort experience was quite different from our expectations.
Chris O, Colorado