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Hotel Question - Seattle
Ardor
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I had a blast this year and stayed in the Roosevelt. Neat, rustic place and very close to the convention.
However, I'm wondering if any hotels in the area would have anything like courtesy continental breakfasts or a pool etc. That would speed up the morning and a pool or something would be great for hotel parties and the like.
I did a little searching and didn't see anything so thought I might ask you folks for advice for next year. I'm hoping I have the time to go and if so, I'd like to see if there are any recommendations for places that also have more amenities or whatnot.
Thanks for your time.
However, I'm wondering if any hotels in the area would have anything like courtesy continental breakfasts or a pool etc. That would speed up the morning and a pool or something would be great for hotel parties and the like.
I did a little searching and didn't see anything so thought I might ask you folks for advice for next year. I'm hoping I have the time to go and if so, I'd like to see if there are any recommendations for places that also have more amenities or whatnot.
Thanks for your time.
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If you don't mind walking, it has practically everything you could want.
If you want to stay further out the Embassy Suites hotels will have cooked-to-order buffet breakfasts (which are normally pretty good) and also free booze at night (but who wants to drive to pax every day from bellevue, lynnwood or the dang airport just for free booze that you'll have to leave the convention early to get anyways)
I appreciate your help.
PAX would rape it. Rape it hard. We would convert the breakfast to a sack of cash in the currency of rape dollars.
Also, I've always found that such breakfasts are only any good when you are staying somewhere pricey (ie. on business trips, score!). When I've stayed economy on road trips at a place with a breakfast the breakfast was always extremely sketchy. Once this was at a Quality Inn, once at a Super 8. I mean really, breakfast of horror. I didn't eat either. It was unpossible to do so.
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That's where we stayed.
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The pool would be neat and many of their rooms state max 4 people in them. So after taxes and such it looks like one could estimate roughly $60 a person for 4 per night?
I was disappointed about this. I soooo wanted some spa time and needless to say my girlfriend was also less then pleased.
220 is what we paid. We split the second room 3 ways because the 4th guy got us a free room w/ executive status. We stayed extra nights too, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
It was waaaay better than the stupid Sheraton in every aspect (except distance to the convention)
Beds were comfy, huge walk in closet, decent bathroom, free continental breakfast, mini-fridge, kitchenette with GAS STOVES, and a big screen TV with easily accesible AV jacks.
Free breakfast (fruit salad, cereal, eggs, sausage, baked goods, and hot cinnamon rolls) AND free dinner (Monday through Thursday - full meals with free beer and wine).
We paid 190 a night for a ~700 sq/ft one bedroom suite.
No pool, though....
They had self made waffles, cereal, yogurt, bagels and muffins. It was pretty good, but the atmosphere was quite stuffy (imagine everyone in the hotel trying to get their breakfast in a small breakfast area). We didn't complain though, the food was good, the rooms were adequate, and the price was right.
I was wondering why everyone would spend so much to go to a fancy hotel like the Sheraton or Hilton? Youre only going to sleep there, and then spend the day and night away at PAX.
Because they are 1 block from PAX. This is espically important for the Enforcers and most attendees. After a full day of doing pax you dont want to drive to a hotel, you want to take 1min to walk to a bed :P
Also the PAX rates on those hotels are very very cheap in comparison to their normal rates. Most of them were around $169 a night.
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Here's the reason to pay for one of these hotels: you don't have to get up in the morning and say "I'm not coming back here, I need to make sure I have everything I need." Likewise, you don't have to lug everything you accumulate during the day at the expo with you. You can make trips to and from your hotel room as necessary - I could get out of the convention center, into my hotel room, and back to the convention center in under 5 minutes if the elevators were on my team. I like most people brought a backpack to keep with me during the day, and by the third day I left it in the hotel room. I just didn't need it, being that my room was so close and convenient.
This is especially true if you're into tabletop stuff, like WarMachine or Warhammer. You can bring your minis, leave them in the room, and take them only when you're going to play.
That being said, I think it's entirely worth it to pay the extra for a convention center hotel (Hyatt, Sheraton, Roosevelt). I loved it. But I would like one with a pool/spa, breakfast, etc. I'm probably going to try and get into the Sheraton next year just for the hot tub. After a long day of PAXing, a hot tub sounds heavenly.
Organizer of the Post-PAX Party. You should come!
Satellite Theater for life!
Had an LCD tv though... which was nice....
Actually before I forget to ask, does the hostel have anything for cooking food like a microwave oven?
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
And crazy asian ladies that clean your room.
AWESOME!
Unless you are collecting pop cans from the freeway to pay your way, this is not a compelling degree of savings.
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Actually my budget for the trip is usually around 250 bucks. So yeah it is a good bit of saving.
Waring pro makes the best waffle maker ever. I've had those self made waffles using it. Eventually I bought one.
Best 70$ spent-- EVER.