Recent content by Lord Fantasius

How Awesome! But yes...just came back from there last month and saw the construction of these two monstrosities! They really do dominate the area with as much generic and incoherent architecture as an over-sized Hilton Garden Inn. And there's no place to hide from them in the rest of the...

Disney has not yet created a second sign yet that says, "Yes, we really are napping, please do not disturb us at this time!" Unfortunately, so many people use the Do Not Disturb sign as a "I don't need room service" sign or "I'm going green" (like one of the major hotel chains as a reminder...

I don't think anyone has said anything about daily room checks for these hotels, but most of them are every other day. If you hole up in your room for more than a couple of days, someone will either call or knock on the door to make sure "everything is alright with the room" or to ask if you...

I travel frequently for work and, if you based your decision on whether to stay at a resort or hotel because of "room checks," you would have to avoid pretty much all of the major hotel chains (Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, etc.) and budget chains, most, if not all resort areas, and even whole states...

I was thinking Hilton Garden Inn, myself...but maybe at least they'll let us earn Marriot Reward or Hilton Honors points if they're going to be ripping off their architecture.