Not Impressed...
This weekend, I stayed at the InterContinental because I was a contestant in the Miss Texas Teen pageant, and that was the hotel where the pageant was taking place. However, when we first got there, the line was a mile long, which at first I assumed was just a bunch of other pageant contestants and their families. Later, I found out that the majority of those families were going to talk to the front desk because they had complaints. Later, I found that you could take your pick: Only 3 of 6 elevators worked, making going up and down from the rooms to the lobby and ballroom take approximately 10 minutes just to get down there, they charged for Wi-Fi (THE HOLIDAY INN HAS IT FREE!), they charged for parking (THE HOLIDAY INN ALSOOOO HAS IT FREE), they had no refrigerators in the room, and they screwed up our reservations, so my mom and I ended up staying in a king bed instead of two double beds, the way they said they would arrange it. There was also no breakfast available, although my mom and I discovered a room for breakfast, supposedly if you have a special card on the 15th floor. I'm not sure, but I think that they didn't tell any of the people with National American Miss that there was a breakfast room if you had a card, just so they wouldn't mob the place upstairs. I can't really say that's fair... Because if we're going to be paying $110 dollars per night PLUS a ridiculous amount of tax, I expect good service. That's why I was not impressed really whatsoever with the InterContinental. The one good thing going for them was that the rooms and bathrooms were very pretty and clean. I feel like if we had just stayed at the Mariott across the street or the Holiday Inn down the block that I would have been able to get to the Pageant activities quicker (seeing as the elevators moved like 1 foot every minute...). Unfortunately, I would not recommend the InterContinental to a friend. But if you plan on staying there, you can decide if you like it for yourself!