Super 8 Castleton, IN (northeast Indianapolis)
The worst Super 8 we have ever stayed at. Easy to find just off 82nd Street exit of I-69; northeast Indianapolis. We made reservation 7 weeks in advance. Got there about 8 PM and our room of 2 queens was sold out. They upgraded us to a King Suite for the same price as 2 queens. This was the best part of the visit to this motel!! The person at check in was very good. Despite an error, they accommodated us very well. This is when it stopped. The room was on the second floor, directly above the breakfast room/office. Thumping music and the loud noise of kids playing video games went on all evening. We tried to go to bed at 10 PM as had driven some 10 hours to reach the motel. The thumping of the bass and screaming of the kids made it difficult. I dozed off until midnight. Then the alarm clock/radio went off!! Someone had set the alarm for 12:01 AM; the station was set to static; the volume was turned all the way up. A previous guest or an employee? Anyway, the kids noise and thumping music was still going on. I called the office and told the employee someone seemed to be having a party; could they ask them to quiet down? She apologized and told me the motel had booked a kids party until midnight. Doesn't this area have a curfew? The noise stopped about 12:05. Great! But then the noise moved outside as parents were coming to pick up their screaming children. There were about a dozen young teens. At 2:30 AM, there was lots of horn honking in the parking lot. Then screaming and hollering by adults.
This may not all be the fault of this Super 8 but we did not get much sleep, nonetheless. And why would a motel like a Super 8 turn their office/breakfast area into a noisy party for several 12-15 year old children and let them party until midnight--under the rooms occupied by paying guests?