Hilton Hotel Questions and Answers

[HILTONSTAFF]

The whole Hotel will be renovated... so All the rooms will be redone.

HILTON STAFF

[FanFicGuru]

Sorry about that...

come next Fanime (in 2009) our newly renovated rooms will all have flat panel LCD TV's with outlets so you can bring your gaming consoles and enjoy... See you in Fanime 09

HILTON STAFF

Score! Maybe I will stay at the hilton again next year...

[Moonblossom]

Once the hotel has been renovated, will there still be a smoking floor? I love your hotel, but I admit the main draw for me is the smoking rooms. It's the only hotel in the area that allows it, and I would be quite upset if we lost that.

[HILTONSTAFF]

Regarding the Smoking Floor, we don't know yet.  It's 50/50 right now

[AbsolutelyCursed]

I'll be back next year.

[Moonblossom]

Regarding the Smoking Floor, we don't know yet.  It's 50/50 right now

Oh god, please don't remove it. I really like your hotel, and I'm sure the renovations will be gorgeous, but San Jose needs at least one hotel that still allows people to smoke if they so choose, rather than treating smokers like second-class citizens, which your competition does already. It's a terrible business practice. Smokers have money too. :/ The argument that it disturbs other guests is kind of asinine, because so do moronic parties in the elevators, people who hog the hot tub, people who run up and down the halls at 4 am, people who run the showers in the middle of the night, and the convention has more than enough of those. But god forbid someone wants to relax with a cigarette at the end of the day...

[FanFicGuru]

Regarding the Smoking Floor, we don't know yet.  It's 50/50 right now

Oh god, please don't remove it. I really like your hotel, and I'm sure the renovations will be gorgeous, but San Jose needs at least one hotel that still allows people to smoke if they so choose, rather than treating smokers like second-class citizens, which your competition does already. It's a terrible business practice. Smokers have money too. :/ The argument that it disturbs other guests is kind of asinine, because so do moronic parties in the elevators, people who hog the hot tub, people who run up and down the halls at 4 am, people who run the showers in the middle of the night, and the convention has more than enough of those. But god forbid someone wants to relax with a cigarette at the end of the day...

All due respect, but parties in elevators, hogging hot tubs and running up and down hallways doesn't kill people.

Second-hand smoke does. Granted you just want to relax with a single cigarette at the end of the day or whatever, and that's totally cool...but the chain smokers, etc who basically flood their entire rooms and hallways with smoke make it worse for everyone.

Anyways, we'll see how the Hilton renovates their building next year.

[Moonblossom]

Please provide sources where it's definitive that second-hand smoke has been directly responsible for the death of someone. You'll be quite surprised when you can't find any. :/

Also, I'm not even the one who smokes.

Last year I had to deal with people drinking some ridiculous watermelon cocktail IN AN ELEVATOR that caused my throat to swell up. I could have died in there, I had to take an injection for it. How is that not more harmful than exposing yourself to three days of dispersed cigarette smoke?

[Tony]

Let's not get into this here, as it's highly off-topic... ^^; Thanks.

[abcbadcat]

people who run the showers in the middle of the night

Hey, I need to shower off after I rave my face off at 4am.

[lyricaldanichan]

Sorry about that...

come next Fanime (in 2009) our newly renovated rooms will all have flat panel LCD TV's with outlets so you can bring your gaming consoles and enjoy... See you in Fanime 09

HILTON STAFF

Is there a list of rooms that will be renovated or possibly a way to request one of the said rooms when making a reservation? :)

I am wondering that too, but does this mean the hotel rooms cost will go up ?

[Squeeky_Moonkin]

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Is there a list of rooms that will be renovated or possibly a way to request one of the said rooms when making a reservation? :)
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I am wondering that too, but does this mean the hotel rooms cost will go up ?
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I would also like to know the answers to those 2 questions and if its known, when will renovations take place?

[Kender]

Is there a list of rooms that will be renovated or possibly a way to request one of the said rooms when making a reservation? :)

I am wondering that too, but does this mean the hotel rooms cost will go up ?

I would also like to know the answers to those 2 questions and if its known, when will renovations take place?

The first question was already answered on May 27, 2008, 02:00:34 PM with this:

The whole Hotel will be renovated... so All the rooms will be redone.

HILTON STAFF

The other questions have yet to be answered though :3

[BrightHeart76]

I don't think they're monitoring this thread anymore.  The first post said they would monitor the thread for the 2 days leading up to fanime.  You can always e-mail the hotel if you have questions.

[wickedbi1ch]

Hello,

I will be monitoring the forums these 2 days before the Convention and will try to answer any questions or concerns regarding The Hilton in San Jose.

Please post your questions and/or concerns...

Thank you for choosing the Hilton San Jose and we look forward to servicing your needs during Fanime!!!
HILTON STAFF

Because we're spending most of our time and money on the convention, we're actually going to be bringing in dry and preserved foods that can be stored at room temperature, would that be a problem? And also are there water boilers or anything that could be a water boiler? Are there refrigerators in every room?

My only concern is that my friends and I won't be able to eat the food we bring.

[BunofGovt]

Hello,

I will be monitoring the forums these 2 days before the Convention and will try to answer any questions or concerns regarding The Hilton in San Jose.

Please post your questions and/or concerns...

Thank you for choosing the Hilton San Jose and we look forward to servicing your needs during Fanime!!!
HILTON STAFF

Because we're spending most of our time and money on the convention, we're actually going to be bringing in dry and preserved foods that can be stored at room temperature, would that be a problem? And also are there water boilers or anything that could be a water boiler? Are there refrigerators in every room?

My only concern is that my friends and I won't be able to eat the food we bring.

I think as long as the food is in a container and not spread about on the desk/table area it should be okay.  We brought cups of noodles in the box and a grocery cooler cart for our other food and kept all of it in the corner under the telephone table.  We also brought a hot water pot to plug in.  Bought it at Ranch 99, something like 2.5 liters.  If you have a coffee maker in your room, you could try heating the water in that.

We also brought extra plastic bags to put our trash in, since the trash cans in the rooms aren't that big.  Just to help keep things a little neater.

I think you have to ask for a fridge and if there's one available, you may get it.  I don't remember if the rooms at the Hilton come with refridgerators.  That would be a nice addition to the renovations, though.

[wickedbi1ch]

I think as long as the food is in a container and not spread about on the desk/table area it should be okay.  We brought cups of noodles in the box and a grocery cooler cart for our other food and kept all of it in the corner under the telephone table.  We also brought a hot water pot to plug in.  Bought it at Ranch 99, something like 2.5 liters.  If you have a coffee maker in your room, you could try heating the water in that.

We also brought extra plastic bags to put our trash in, since the trash cans in the rooms aren't that big.  Just to help keep things a little neater.

I think you have to ask for a fridge and if there's one available, you may get it.  I don't remember if the rooms at the Hilton come with refridgerators.  That would be a nice addition to the renovations, though.
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you were able to get a water boiler in there? that's great! we were planning that we just weren't sure if there would be any problem with that or not. Thanks!

[Moonblossom]

Before the reno, all the rooms at the Hilton had fridges, and coffee makers that can also be used just to heat water. If you fill one up and run it without coffee in it, you get water hot enough to make noodles and things.

Not sure about now though, and I don't think the hilton staff member is still checking this thread?

[Steve.Young]

We can poke the Hilton staff to come back and check =D

[sysadmin]

I'm going to lock this thread for now.  After the hotel room pricing has been announced to the fans, I think only then will it be meaningful to ask these questions.

Patience is awesome.