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| - The Westin Kierland was the last stop on our 11 day vacation where we stayed at 7 different hotels. Of the 7 hotels we stayed at, I can say that we saved the best for last. It didn't matter to us that the outside temperature was only 106 degrees in the afternoon. It was a dry heat. It didn't matter that there was a full blown monsoon complete with lightning, thunder and lots of rain during the middle of the night. The blackout curtains worked great, and the walls were well insulated. We couldn't hear a thing.
We arrived to the resort at about 5 PM. As you pull into the entrance of the hotel, the bellman are there to greet you and to help you unload your car. Even if you are a cheapskate like me and unload everything by yourself (so you don't have to tip them), they are still nice to you. They have both valet and self park. As you enter into the hotel you walk into a grand lobby. It was nicely arranged, and all the guests in the lobby gave it a lot of energy. Check in for us was fast and smooth.
Our room was very nice and clean. The room had plenty of space for all our luggage and more. They had a large screen television where my wife was able to watch HGTV and dream. It was a very comfortable room. Bathroom was clean and functional. Nothing was broken. They provide you with White Tea Aloe shampoo, conditioner and body wash. Mouthwash is also provided in case you need it. The Westin Kierland is the only hotel that I have seen with their own wrapped toilet paper.
They have activities for the Children at the Kierland Mining Company. At the Mining Company, the children can go on a scavenger hunt throughout the Westin Kierland Property. Children are given a passport of places to go. Children need to go to various places around the hotel property where an Kierland employee will stamp your passport. When they are finished, they Kierland Mining Company will reward the children with some very nice pins. They also have a kid's club where they can babysit your children for a fee.
They have 2 swimming pools at the resort, the main pool with lazy river, and the adult pool. I was able to swim laps in the adult pool. The adult pool is a 25 yard pool. Lane lines were set up for 2 lanes for people like me who want to exercise by swimming laps. The rest of the pool is open for anyone who wants to go into the pool. Most of the other people in the pool were not swimming laps, so they stayed outside of the lanes doing adult things. Very nice of them to let me swim in peace. Unfortunately, we were not able to try the lazy river because the daughter started getting rashes.
They had three concierges. One of concierge was a stuck up man. He seemed perturbed that I asked him about the buffet at the Talking Stick Resort. The other 2 were friendlier. The female concierge convinced us to visit the Westin Kierland Villas where they could sell us a timeshare. They tried hard to get us to buy, but, we didn't bite. We were only interested in the $100 American Express gift card that they gave us.
They have a game room downstairs with both a shuffleboard table and a pool table. We spent time playing shuffleboard. We also let the daughter play pool. Some nice boys were already playing when we told them that we wanted to play next. My daughter the pool shark, who has never played pool before made her first shot she ever tried. She beat the boys when one of them scratched while shooting at the 8 ball.
Fabulous hotel! Hopefully we can come back, and spend some more time here. We had a blast at this hotel.
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