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| - I got a room on priceline, and after reading the reviews here I was a bit worried. In Scottsdale for an interview, I hoped to have a bit of mini vacation and brought the family. Rolling up to the check in, several valets greeted us enthusiastically until they realized it was more like the Clampetts arriving in Beverly Hills. Baby screaming, husband gets out in tee shirt and flip flops, bags falling out of the car as we open the doors. Ahem, those bellboys and valets cleared out fast.
at checkin, my husband told them he did not want to pay a resort fee, but was told it was part of whatever price we paid online. So that made me happy.
Our room smelled musty but aired out acceptably.yes, it needs updating, but it wasn't too bad. The two beds were more of a full size, and four adults would not have slept comfortably, but two adults and two kids did fine. The front desk was accomodating and sent up extra blankets and a TV repair guy quickly when called for. As Rose L mentioned, they charged for wifi, which is pretty unwelcome. I saw it as a challenge to not check my email for a day. No big deal. You can always go across the street to the train park, which offers a wifi hotspot for free. The refrigerators are locked for safety, I think, but you just need to ask for a key at check in and they will provide.
The overpriced sdas and candy bars are just silly, but if all the rooms are going for what I paid on priceline, I can see they'd need to mKe money somwhete to pay for the army of gardeners to keep the grounds so nicely tended.
We walked around the grounds at evening, and it really was very nice, with rabbits on the lawns and Lots of very beautifully landscaped grounds.
My only real beef with this place is that the pool area was having a private party. The staff had staked out the children's wading pool as " reserved" and would not allow anyone to go in it. The party looked like a class reunion, and no one went anywhere near the wading pool the entire time we were there. Why would a group of 30 something people at a party want to go in a 3' deep wading pool anyway? I thought it was petty to not allow my child access to the pool just so they could put a rope around it and feel special.
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