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| - If you've ever wondered what it would be like to attempt to sleep on the infield of the Indy 500, while the race is in progress, and you don't care to spend the money on race tickets, just book a room at this hotel.
The property is immediately, I mean immediately adjacent to the infamous "Beltline" highway, and the sound attenuating properties of the windows are non-existent.
I thought the heavy curtains that frame the sheer might help to reduce the mind numbing highway noise. But guess what, they're decorative only and can't be closed.
I spent $65/night through Price Line, and that was about $50 too much.
A few annoyances, in addition to the brain gelatinizing cacophony:
1) What the hell is with the 30 lbs. down duvets that these hotels seem to think add a half star to their rating? They're excessively hot on all but the coldest nights, they weigh a freaking ton, and when they end up on the floor (as is always my deal) you have nothing left but the thread bare, pallid, dirty sheet. Which isn't enough.
2) Setting the alarm clock requires an advanced degree in electrical engineering. Seriously, you really expect people to use these pieces of junk? Which leads me to annoyance number 3:
3) When I tried to use the dirty, circa 1981 phone to set my wake up call, and I successively pressed all four of the "At your service" buttons I got nothing. I messed around with the phone for 15 minutes before I finally reached a guy working in the bar (I could never hope to duplicate this feat). He was kind enough to transfer me to the front desk.
4) I was going to use the in-room coffee maker but it had been filled, at some point, with sour smelling water. On my worst day of caffiene deprivation, I wouldn't have used that disgusting and antiquated little machine.
A flat screen TV and a weighty down (or down substitute, as it where) duvet do not make a 3.5 star hotel! This place needs a major capital infusion. Thank you for your time.
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