Great Location, but why do they still charge for room wifi?
The location of this Marriott is unbeatable for exploring the very lower tip of Manhattan. There is so much to see here, most notably the new World Trade Center, the Memorial, and all the historic early New York locales such as Wall Street, South Street Seaport, Bowling Green Park, Trinity Church...the list really does go on and on. Subway lines all come through the area in one place or another and you can walk the fabulous Brooklyn Bridge to see more stuff across the river. The Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island tours depart from Battery Park where street artists perform while you wait. With so many new residential buildings going up, the restaurant scene is also vibrant.
The hotel itself is everything you would expect from a Marriott: comfortable beds, clean rooms, great views. My only criticism, but it's a big one, is the charge of $12.95 a day for internet access in the guest rooms. Granted, the first floor of the hotel has free wi-fi, which is evident by all the people sitting with their laptops in the lobby seating area. But who wants to sit in a crowded lobby just to check your emails or flight status, when you could do it in the privacy of your own room, like so many other millions of hotels? It's on the higher end of the Marriott tiers of classifying their hotels, so they are already charging more for the rooms. Why nickel and dime us on the wi-fi?