Disappointed
I was expecting a very pleasant, slightly better than "normal" stay at the Crowne Plaza, what I got was disappointment at nearly every turn. First off: They charge you 11 dollars to park. I'm sorry but why isn't this built into my room price? It seems money grubbing. Check in was effortless, but it should be. When I got to my room on the 3rd floor it felt a little clammy, something I expect from a 2 star hotels A/C unit, not a 3.5 star. The bathroom counter was vinyl, and it had a cheap looking detachable shower head in the tub/shower unit. There was a place for a minifridge, but no fridge. I didn't have an initial issue with the bed, until I had been laying in it for about an hour, reading, and I looked down at the sheet and there was a bed bug crawling across it. I nearly jumped out of my skin, I smashed it in the sheets and immediatly regretted it. Luckily (except not.. ew) it didn't take long to find another, which I killed a little more gingerly and then delivered downstairs. The front desk lady tried to tell me that it was a "carpet beetle" which.. I'm sorry but those two things look nothing alike. The bug I killed was reddish brown, had a segmented thorax and was very flat. A carpet beetle looks NOTHING like that. She assured me that she and all the staff had undergone training and knew exactly what bed bugs looked like and that they were smaller, almost invisible to the eye, and more clear.. which is true if you're talking about a nymph, but this was an adult, and it was a BED BUG. She changed my room without a fuss, I was moved to the 9th floor. The room was actually nicer than the one I had left, the A/C unit was doing its job, the bathroom had a granite counter top and there was a mini fridge where it belonged. I slept ok (of course every breath of air across my skin made me want to scratch at it). 
The breakfast the next morning was disappointing. They have a menu but the waitress was very keen on insisting that I eat from the buffet. They had grits (that were tasty) and eggs that I wasn't impressed with. Potatoes, sausage, bacon, an omelette station, and even french toast. They did not have any syrup for the french toast, they had a container for it, but evidently restocking wasn't anyones job. There were 2 small partially empty bowls of fruit that I took the last, I waited 30 minutes hoping they would restock them, and when I came back the bowls were still empty. There was only cantaloupe and honeydew melon, no other types of fruit. 
My overall impression of the hotel. If you are looking for a hotel with a view, don't bother, One side faces the interstate and the other side faces a nondescript church and it's parking lot. It's right next to the interstate and only a few blocks from downtown. You could walk downtown but I'm not sure the neighborhood is the best for that, also the hotel sits between two 3 lane one way streets, so crossing would be an enormous pain. For the money, I'd stay somewhere else.