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| - If you're "young" (under 35-to me that's young, I'm 46) and you really don't know the difference between a 4 star hotel and Motel 6, then you probably would like this place. I stayed here for a week while waiting for my condo to close escrow and the longer I stayed here, the more I noticed all the "little things" that are wrong with this place.
Originally this was built as a Holiday Inn Express. I used to live in the area and I remember they built this from start to finish almost "overnight"....it went up super fast, and it shows. The tile in the bathrooms look as if it was installed by an eight grader, the paint job is so sloppy, there's paint all over everything...I don't think they even bothered to tape anything off at all. Looks like someone painted it all freehand.
The towels have a terrible chemical smell, and aren't soft and comfy at all. The beds squeak and move around all over the floor, the A/C is loud and the temperature balance is either cold as ice or hot and stuffy and has a really odd odor.
I don't think they insulated this building at all, you can hear people through the walls, the floors, in the hallways, at the pool, on the streets. Annoying.
The windows are absolutely filthy and you cannot open them. Seems like that should be some sort of "fire-code" violation to me, but I'm no expert on that.
The place is crawling with party goers on the weekends and this place is SUPER noisy and there is absolutely nothing in the lobby or the bar/restaurant areas to absorb the sound, whatsoever. The lobby is on the 2nd floor so you either have to take the stairs up or wait on the elevator just to check in. The lobby is cramped and the traffic patterns are ill-conceived, which makes it difficult to navigate around all the party people and arriving guests wanting to inquire or check in and people going to their rooms and/or the elevators. Its a very small "cross roads" for all traffic. Like I said, its very "ill-conceived".
But if you're not fussy and really don't know or care what the difference is between a "fine" hotel and this party palace, then you'll probably not notice or care about these things. I find most "young people" just take what is thrown at them without the slightest bit of personal reference. Some do and I'm sure they're not the ones' staying here. I chose it strictly for location's sake.
If you want to take a Taxi to anywhere, be SURE to specify what kind of taxi you want to take. I ordered a cab to take me to a bar way downtown Phoenix. They ordered me a "luxury" livery service and it cost me $35.00 for a 6.6 mile trip according to google maps. And I don't think this guy was actually legally licensed as a taxi service (which is a MAJOR FELONY...in case you didn't know this...it is a felony to act as a taxi service without proper licensing authority) there were no visible signs of any licensing whatsoever in this guy's vehicle. So if you were to be involved in a traffic accident with an unlicensed taxi service, you could probably end up owning this dump after all the legalities were settled....guess that could be a plus? Depends on how you look at I suppose.
On the plus side, the beds were surprisingly comfortable, the pillows aren't feather, they seem like just your ordinary foam pillows, which I have never really liked. The linens aren't very high quality, probably around 300 to 400 thread count or less, so don't expect anything great there. But I guess, for the price of the room, you get what you pay for.
There was no refrigerator in my room, not sure if other rooms have one, but it was pretty inconvenient not to have one. Being here for a week, it would have been handy.
The fixtures in the restroom were wonky...the cold water handle was clearly not tightly secured to the counter top. The shower handle had about two inches of play in it, which was pretty annoying and the "sunflower" shower head seemed to drain the power right out of the water pressure. Luckily I travel with my own shower head and I replaced it with mine and the pressure was terrific.
The waste paper baskets are made of chromed tin and when you throw away a plastic bottle or anything rigid, it makes a terrific noise! LOUD! Obviously a "were going for pretty instead of smart" instinct in design.
The mirror in the bathroom was circular with the lighting behind a frosted glass ring surrounding the mirror. So when you turn on the lights and look into the mirror, your eye balls reflected back this white ring making your eyes look like something out of a John Carpenter movie. It was quite a shocker at first and really quite disturbing, but I got used to it.
I think this hotel was designed and built by and for children.
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