Great Location, Huge Room, but Dirty, and Poor Sleep Quality
After getting off our cruise ship, we got to the hotel and left our bags with the bell boy and then had about 5 hours to burn with our 3 year old and 1 year old. We were so tired when we got back to the hotel and happy to get to our room.
It started out interesting as I walked into my room to find 2 of the maids sitting on the couch taking their break. They were very apologetic and left quickly. There were also 2 windows open in our room at the end of January with no screens or bars. I don't know why windows would be open in January and it was very unsafe for children as we were on the 10th floor.
The place is very old fashioned and seemed like it was at the very least 50 years old. There seemed to be no effort to update the hotel at all.
Our room was very interesting. It was absolutly enormous. We had a living room with a seperate bedroom with 2 double beds. There were 2 tvs in the room, a kitchen with table and a living room with a couch, but it looked like a room out of an old horror movie.
The carpet was old and disgusting. I don't know how to explain this, but the floor was uneven underneath the carpet. You'd be walking along and hit a bump, then it would drop, etc... The bathroom wasn't absolutly disgusting, but was still pretty gross. I guess the maids couldn't reach up high on the walls and in corners. It looked like mold was growing in a few spots up high.
Around 11:00 I was about to fall asleep and my wife got my attention when she said "did you hear that"? I tried to ignore it, but I couldn't. I still have no idea what it was, but it sounded like someone was on the outside brick wall of the hotel, trying to smash through with a pick axe right outside our room. It honestly scared the crap out of us and like I said, we still have no idea what it was. It happened every 45 minutes or so and every time we looked outside it stopped. Needless to say, with the loud noise and fear that someone was trying to get into our room, I couldn't sleep at all and was very disappointed in the morning and frustrated all night.
It didn't help that the room was very dry and the pillows sucked.
I have never said this before in a review, but I don't think I would stay here again. Other than the great location and helpful bell boys, this place doesn't have much going for it.