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Feel free to vent or praise or whatever you wish to do regarding your hotel situation this year.

I know one thing that people will mention first off is the whole elevator tango. Unfortunately, with so many people needing to go up and/or down and a limited amount of elevators, that problem is sure to happen and there's not much we can do about it unless we pay to add a couple more elevators to the Marriott and the Hilton.

As far as my actual stay, it was excellent. I was treated very kindly at check in and check out...the suites at the Marriott were nice and big (I will definitely be interested in staying in them again) the bed was heavenly, and so was the view. Easy AV connections made gaming really easy and overall it was an awesome stay.

I've always enjoyed my stays at the Marriott and they certainly didn't disappoint this time either.

My two nights at the marriot was okay, however i didnt get the suites. I will definetly get them next year though =).

Yes, the elevators i am use to now since it would be my fourth time staying at that hotel. Although i did have some noisy neighbors, but everything was good.  :D

Despite running into problems in the Crowne Plaza (construction, only two elevators, and others), I had a good stay. Odds are, next year I will be staying at the other two hotels, but I'd like to see what the Crowne Plaza would look like when the hotel is done with the renovations.

Our stay was good. However, housekeeping did not clean our room one of the days we were there in the Mariott. That was kind of annoying.

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Stayed at Marriot and except for the elevator issues on Monday morning, my stay was very good.  Only two minor complaints:

1. Jr.Suite smelled like the previous occupants were smokers.  Smell was strong but for someone that doesn't smoke, you could tell it was there.  Smell was strong enough to stick to my clothes that were hanging in my closet.

2. NO WIRELESS INTERNET IN THE ROOMS THEMSELVES?!?!  Only in the lobby.  What's that all about?  You're a business class hotel next to a convention center?!?!  Not even third party providers were an option.

With that said, a couple of cool things:

1. Leroy from FanimeCon housing = awesome dude.  Had allot of questions and requests for a noob con attendee but Leroy was professional and courteous from the start.  Gave me several accommodation options and was patient with me.

2. Marriot staff = awesome as well.  Front desk got me checked in at 12pm instead of the normal 3pm.  Housekeeping hooked me up with extra blanket's, pillows and tried to help out with smoke smell of the room. Valet helped me out with my parking issue when I ended up parking in the convention parking instead of the Marriot parking the first two days (I was there Fri-Mon).

3. Marriot connected to the convention center.  What can I say...two thumbs up!

Quote from: Karisma BlackOur stay was good. However, housekeeping did not clean our room one of the days we were there in the Mariott. That was kind of annoying.

Did you sleep in that morning?  You might have been at the beginning of their rounds so they skipped you if you were still in.  You would have had to call the front desk to request that housekeeping go back or just talk to the housekeepers themselves if you saw them in the hallway.  A good way to make sure they always come back to turn your room is to leave a small tip for them every day.

Our stay was pretty good, although I personally didn't check out/in.
My friend lost her camera charger in the room, which was kinda odd, but it's true. My other room mate as well as myself did not take it... :/

The storage for bag service was very nice and the staff was very accommodating. I had two loose posters sticking out of my backpack a foot and a half or so, and it came back nicely and wasn't lost or damaged [although one of them was damaged probably when I bought them. D:]

I'd rate it pretty high, but I hate numbers, so... xP

Stayed at the Hilton:
-15th floor. Not as bad for me as last year (I forgot my floor from 06)
-Sometimes the water pressure in the shower and toilet would "mess up". But I worked simple remedies to get over them.
-None smoking floor, but at random times, I would smell cigarette smoke. I'm not making it up. So I turned the airco on.
-Woah! It turns out I could have brought a game console with me.
-I think RyuHayabusa had the same floor as me. I think.
-Staff was helpful for me and my mom.

Overall: Sastified. 8)

I had a great stay this year. The staff at the Marriott was really nice. The people at check in on thursday chat with me about the con and mentioned they had passes and were excited to go see some of it.

I did make sure to leave a small tip for house keeping everyday, and tip the bellhop and parking staff. But even without that everyone was really nice.

I dont know how lucky I was, but at first I booked my hotel at the Fairmont, but at the literal last second, 4 days before the con I was able to book at the Hilton for the cheap price, ended up upgrading due to 3 of my staffers needed a room badly, but it was all good.

I checked in at 12pm and I scored a 3rd floor slot. Yes, a 3rd floor slot that was also close to the stairs just in case the elevators were full. The same usual good service as also a longtime hilton visitor, but aside from saturday morning not having any toothpaste despite a request that never made it until 8 hours later, I enjoyed it.

I stayed at the marriott in a double. It was the same as last year, and I got a corner room so we had a short hall way at the door which reduced noise from trailing into the room. Staff was very nice, although it took them almost 2 hours to get us some extra towels late night. Valet parking was cool, too, and the discount fanime got made it worth valet. Will definitely stay with them next year.

The Sainte Claire was great as always. Free wireless internet, a fridge, and no questions asked about our extra person.

Stayed in a king room on the eighth floor of the Hilton. The service was awesome, the staff there were really accommodating. We checked in early without any trouble. Somehow, our request for a smoking room had gotten misplaced, but they managed to find us one (even with the early check-in) very quickly, and with a smile the whole time. We requested a microwave and got it within the first hour or so of being checked in.

My luggage got misplaced by the airline, and the hotel staff brought it up to my room when it was delivered there. The rooms were always tidied nicely and the staff was always there to hold open a door or offer me a bottle of water while I was waiting in the lobby.

The beds were incredibly comfortable, soft sheets, nice pillowtop matress. The pillows were a bit floofy for my tastes, but still good.

The only qualm I had was sometimes first thing in the morning, the water pressure and temperature in the shower were a bit hard to control, I guess a lot of people were showering at once or something. It was inconvenient, but certainly manageable.

The lack of free wireless in the rooms struck me as a bit odd, as many less "classy" hotels offer it, but I just dragged my laptop down to the lobby every evening to check my email.

Quote from: BarnesStayed at the Hilton:
-15th floor. Not as bad for me as last year (I forgot my floor from 06)
-Sometimes the water pressure in the shower and toilet would "mess up". But I worked simple remedies to get over them.
-None smoking floor, but at random times, I would smell cigarette smoke. I'm not making it up. So I turned the airco on.
-Woah! It turns out I could have brought a game console with me.
-I think RyuHayabusa had the same floor as me. I think.
-Staff was helpful for me and my mom.

Overall: Sastified. 8)

We were on the same floor. :)
I smelled cigarette smoke from time to time too, but then I realized that it was coming from outside (maybe someone was smoking with the cigarette hanging outside the window or something?) so I just closed the windows and turned up the AirCon. ^_^;;

Hilton stay.  10th Floor.

The service was awesome, the staff was friendly and accommodating, the room service was speedy.  The room was actually missing the footstool that goes with the lounge chair, but housekeeping called the room and informed me about it.  After a couple snafus with management I got it into the room for no fee.  Yay.  

Unfortunately, I'm not as happy about the behavior of the con-goers (and anyone else who was at the hotel that weekend).  >_<  Like the folks on the 15th floor, occasionally the room would just REEK of cigarette smoke even though all the rooms near mine were non-smoking (and mine was as well).  I have a feeling someone was actually smoking in the hallway or near the elevator considering the smell originated from there.  It was disgusting and a health hazard to anyone with lung problems (got people with asthma in the family, I keep these things in mind).  Also, the behavior of some of the congoers on the last couple days wasn't so hot either.  Not much to be done about that I guess, but having people literally stampeding through the halls screaming and STREAKING as well...  Yeeeah.  It's not the con's or the hotel's responsibility to have people standing around supervising us (considering how many people hated being treated badly by the hotel staff at the Santa Clara con center especially) but it was just dreadful.  

Otherwise stuff was just fine.  Didn't have too horrid a wait for elevators.

I stayed at the Marriott...TWENTY-FIFTH FLOOR, DUDE. It kinda sucked being up that high, but it was easy to get in an empty elevator. Just press the up button instead of down. -grins-

The staff, as far as I could tell, was very nice. My friends and I didn't want our room cleaned while we were there (we're all the type who scatter things but know exactly where they are, so if someone tidies up we can't find anything), and the housekeeping was okay with that. Something got messed up with the hotel reservations, but the staff helped us greatly with it, and everything worked out fine. :D I still prefer the Hilton, but the Marriott is awesome.

My only qualm: the elevators did, in fact, make some of my friends dizzy and nauseous. I didn't notice it, but they were pretty bothered.

Good ~ The room was decent even for 6 people, although one guy left, and two girls moved in, then one switched out... it was kinda funny, since we're MANLY MEN, WE SLEPT ON THE COLD HARD GROUND, UNDER THE DESK, BETWEEN THE BEDS, IN THE TUB, AND IN THE CLOSET! Hell, one of us slept in the damn slidey chair. :D

It was good, even tough housekeeping never cleaned our room, we're respectful and did it ourselves. :) Wish the bottled water wasn't so overpriced, but you can go steal from the fitness room. >_>;;

The thing I loved most, when we left ALL our cardkeys in our room, the lobby guy didn't let us back in because we needed to be on the account [we understand thieving precautions] but the maid on our floor was nice enough to let us in, so then we got our cards, wahahahah.

And the best thing of all, we got plugs for our TV so we can play SSBM and Guitar Hero, however the girl's room is another story. ^^;

Another great stay at the Marriot.  20th floor.  Check in was a breeze, and check out was surprisingly easy.  I called the front desk to request a luggage cart, and they sent one up (I was expecting to have to go down and get it).  Not only that but I got to take the service elevator down, and laugh at everyone waiting for the regular elevators.   :D

The only downside was that the Marriot elevators made me queesy.  Oh and the construction at 8:30 IN THE FREAKIN MORNING on Saturday, but that wasn't the hotels fault.

And why do they put so many pillows on the bed?  I really don't need that many pillows...

Stayed at the Hilton, 6th floor.  

Overall the stay was very good.  We checked in an hour early.  

One downside is that the stairs were marked emergency exit only so we were confused as to whether or not we could walk until we started hearing other people hoofing it up the stairs.  

For some crazy reason I got charged for 80 dollars for valet parking (for two cars) on the second and third night, but I was able to clear that up after I showed them the bill (where the first night was self-parking for a single car) and showed them my in and out pass and my car keys.  Otherwise, I would've had fun tracking down "my cars" and retrieving "my keys".  The gentleman at the counter fixed that up right away, and we paid for the bill the night before so we didn't even have to get in line to check out on Monday :3  

The staff at the cafe in the hotel was also very nice.  Too bad they didn't advertise the breakfast buffet more (like... a sign, maybe?) and I bought two regular breakfasts before I found out about it.  x_x

I stayed the weekend at the Crowne on the third floor. Too bad it was under construction and one of the elevators was not working. I haven't stayed in a hotel in the U.S in quite a long time, so it honestly blew me away how nice the rooms are.

My only complaints were that the TV was really crappy in that it had rendering lag when connected to my PS2 so playing fighting games was instantaneous fail. Also, either on Saturday or Sunday morning, some random people were MAKING their cosplay costumes out in the middle of the hallway so you could hear all this noise and even hammering on a constant basis. This was at like 10AM or so and even then that's way too early for me to be getting up >_>

Anyways, good stay overall and I'll probably be giving either the Hilton or the Marriott a try next time.

Stayed at the Marriott, I've stayed at the Marriott last year as well, I really liked it but here's what got me vote a 6

1) The restroom door doesn't have a lock (that a real big no no, especially if you have a total 10 people staying in your room (although some goes out at night so it's less then that), and some of which are girls staying in your room because they got screwed out of there rooms (because of personal issues that happen before hand)).
2) We ordered 2 rooms this year, but never gotten a confirmation on the second room, screwing us out of another room (would of been really nice considering the fact that we had a lot of people staying over)
3) No wireless internet access >_> (I need my internet dammit!)

Seems the Hilton's not so fab about returning forgotten items. I finally got my luggage today (it got lost in transit) and one of my favourite skirts was missing. There's really no other place it could be than in the room, but housekeeping claims they didn't find anything :(

Edit: I take this back, sorry housekeeping! Somehow my friend packed it, it was a very similar fabric to one of his dress shirts, and they got balled up on the floor together. Oops ><''

Quote from: LisiiI stayed at the Marriott...TWENTY-FIFTH FLOOR, DUDE. It kinda sucked being up that high, but it was easy to get in an empty elevator. Just press the up button instead of down. -grins-
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There's a phrase for something like that in a subway system during evening commute time. "Going in to go out".
It's a no no for obvious reasons. For elevators I guess you would call that "going up to go down".

Have you ever ridden down in an elevator and when the doors open, nobody is there? Seems like a wonderful waste of time huh? You know why? Its people who push both the up and down buttons. They want to go down but hop onto the first elevator that stops (which could be going up). When it comes time for them to go down again the process is repeated by somebody else. Makes my head spin thinking about it.

I stayed at the Hilton.  Loved it!  My room was comfortable the service was great.  It was nice to have a fridge to keep my snacks cold. They let me check in at 10:30 in the morning, they held my luggage the day I checked out.  I was very happy with the Hilton, I will stay thre again next year.

Stayed at the Marriott and will definitely be trying to stay at the Hilton next year.

Woes of the Marriott 2007

- Came in at 1pm on Thursday, earlier than check-in to ensure that we would have connected rooms. The concierge said that we would, but the rooms weren't ready to go into just yet and to come back in an hour.

- 2 1/2 hours LATER, they let us into 1 of the rooms, saying the people from the other room hadn't left yet and that they were a 'late checkout' and they should have the room cleaned within the hour.

- 1 hour later, we moved from the 11th floor to the 18th floor, because the adjoining room? It was occupied by an airplane pilot and they weren't leaving until 10pm. To which I had to have a very nice 'discussion' with the front desk once I had called and they told me the information and suddenly said our rooms WOULDN'T be connected. **NOTE: The 18th floor did have adjoining rooms.**

- In the process of repacking everything from the first room to the new rooms, I left my nice shaver in the bathroom on accident. When calling the front desk later that day (and recalled the next day) they said house keeping never turned in a shaver. GO FIG. >.O

+ Got a Fridge in each room

+ The Bellhops are AWESOME there.


So as usual, I will do everything in my power NOT to stay at the Marriott again. Even if they gave us free movies in the rooms. It isn't like it does much at a con when you're just watching Anime all the time. ^^;

Stayed at the Hilton this year.  I give them a 10

Good Price for the room.
Arrived at 12:45 Thursday, and was able to go straight to my room.
Wireless internet in the lobby.
Optional self park (and only $10 a day to boot!)
Convienient elevators (although one was out of service most of Friday)

Will definatly try to stay there again next year.  :D

Stayed at the Hilton, 6th floor.

Luckily my friend checked in a day in advance so getting a room wasn't a problem. The woman who gave me my room key was pretty nice, actually. I also didn't have to put up with a lot of drama so that made my stay even more enjoyable.

My only qualm was that the shower wouldn't stop leaking, and the beds were strangely uncomfortable, but other than that, it was a worthwhile stay.

Stayed at corwn. Sucked that it was accros the street. I wanted a hotel conected for sure doing that next year.

Everhting was pretty great except we lost a Camra and a prom suite. It was my cusins and my date was borwing it. I got in big torble for that.
The worst thign was when we asked they said they did not find it. More liek it was stolen by a maid. Whatever I guess it was not that bad.

Stayed at the Hilton this year, only thing I did not like is that the video rooms are on the Marriott side.  But we were able to check in just after noon, got a fridge in the room (!!!), did not get connecting rooms, but were able to get rooms right next door to each other.  The Hilton rooms were a little cheaper, that was the only reason we stayed there.   And we were certainly lower than the 23rd floor on the Marriott two years ago (thanks to the fire alarm in 2005, and the elevator situation in 2005/2006, I have made it a point to ask for something no higher than the 10th floor).

Don't know which hotel we'll be at next year, but certainly either the Hilton or the Marriott since they're attached to the convention center.

no-one's mentioned off site rooms yet, so i guess i;ll break the ice.

stayed at the Ramada a block away from the con, clean simple rooms, mini-fridge, large towels, free wifi in all the rooms and VERY hot showers, great for washing off the funks. only downside was that the room was across from the elevator, and right above the supply room.  7/10

I stay at the Marriott for Fanime07. It was just like the year before, perfectly fine. They let us check in at 11am and had our room ready at the 4th floor, which was cool cause we could take the stairs instead of the elevator if needed. I had my best friend with me and two girls. Being two guys, we were fine with the bathroom having no locks. For the girls, it was a different story. We basically put up a sign that if the door was closed, don't open it. And we had to have someone guard the room just in case whenever the girls were inside. It's interesting to see how the girls can be so understanding, and then turn on us because we're guys and the bathroom doors aren't lockable. That's something to keep in mind if you're gonna have opposite sexes in one room.

The discount for the parking was a nice bonus, too. The front lobby kept our things for us when we checked out. I had a big scroll sticking out of one of my bags and it came back perfectly fine. I'll definitely be staying with the Marriott again next year. Maybe I'll even bump up to a suite, since I've heard a lot of good things about it.

Marriott. Like 8th floor.

I was the one who primarily payed for the room with 2 of my friends. It ended up having like 8 people in there with me not being in there except 4 hours of sleep and 2 showers. So I cant quite say how good the whole room was because I wasn't in there.

However, checking in was a breeze and pretty easy. So not much i could really say.

Quote from: Aya Brea on May 31, 2007, 11:41:59 PM
Stayed at the Hilton, 6th floor. 

Overall the stay was very good.  We checked in an hour early. 

One downside is that the stairs were marked emergency exit only so we were confused as to whether or not we could walk until we started hearing other people hoofing it up the stairs. 

For some crazy reason I got charged for 80 dollars for valet parking (for two cars) on the second and third night, but I was able to clear that up after I showed them the bill (where the first night was self-parking for a single car) and showed them my in and out pass and my car keys.  Otherwise, I would've had fun tracking down "my cars" and retrieving "my keys".  The gentleman at the counter fixed that up right away, and we paid for the bill the night before so we didn't even have to get in line to check out on Monday :3 

The staff at the cafe in the hotel was also very nice.  Too bad they didn't advertise the breakfast buffet more (like... a sign, maybe?) and I bought two regular breakfasts before I found out about it.  x_x
There is a breakfast buffet!!! I'm going to check this out!!!

I like to stay on the Hilton, even though usually the con it's on the Marriott side, I did stay for one night at the Marriott and to me the rooms look pretty small compare to the Hilton. I would stay on Hilton.

Quote from: Shinsengumi on November 04, 2007, 01:18:00 AM
I like to stay on the Hilton, even though usually the con it's on the Marriott side, I did stay for one night at the Marriott and to me the rooms look pretty small compare to the Hilton. I would stay on Hilton.

The rooms I had in 2004/05 wereon the small side, but the one I had in 2006 were HEWYJ!  I was on the side that faced the outside court area of the convention center, on the 6th (I think) floor.  there were windows accross half of the room, and across the restroom. 
But if I can go this year, (not looking likely  :'( )I'll probably stay at the Hilton again like I did this year..  It was cheaper, and parking was more convinient (re: self parking).

This will be my first year!! I was wondering what each hotel had to offer such as what events go on in each hotel.  I have only been to Anime Expo and I liked to stay in the hotel that the dance and arcade was in.  If anyone remembers what went on that would be great! thanks!

In terms of what events take place, you have the Asian film rooms taking place in the Marriott. The dance you are referring to is closer to the Marriott hotel. The arcade I believe is closer to the Hilton but I could be wrong on that. Hope that helps.

Quote from: AbsolutelyCursed on November 04, 2007, 11:38:08 PM
In terms of what events take place, you have the Asian film rooms taking place in the Marriott. The dance you are referring to is closer to the Marriott hotel. The arcade I believe is closer to the Hilton but I could be wrong on that. Hope that helps.

The arcade was about equidistant from both hotels.  Most of the screening rooms are closer to the Marriot.  But really it isn't that big of a deal.  Walking from one side of the convention center to the other isn't difficult.

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Quote from: Aya Brea on May 31, 2007, 11:41:59 PM


Overall the stay was very good.  We checked in an hour early. 

The staff at the cafe in the hotel was also very nice.  Too bad they didn't advertise the breakfast buffet more (like... a sign, maybe?) and I bought two regular breakfasts before I found out about it.  x_x
There is a breakfast buffet!!! I'm going to check this out!!!

The Hilton has a breakfast buffet? do you know what they were charging?

I guess it was okay. I was more worried about not having enough money.

I stayed at the Hilton and it was great. Just the downside when I stayed in my friends' room was that even though it was the 3rd floor (used the stairs most), our room was freakin' right smack where the pool is.  :-\ So, we had to hear little kids screaming and poking at our window. Other than that, I'm quite happy with the Hilton and staying there again.

Just need to remember not to have a room near the pool....

It was a pretty nice stay. ^^  The only real downside was that my friends and I had to split our nights at two different hotels, because we waited too long to book our rooms (we stayed Fri.-Mon.). XD  Duh-hur-hur-hurrr.

Anyway, the first hotel we stayed at (the Crowne Plaza) was okay.  Didn't really like the color scheme of the room, but hey, when it comes down to it, it really doesn't matter. XD  Didn't like the fact that the front doors locked after certain hours (since not everyone among my friends had access to a key), but whatever.

The second hotel we stayed at was the Marriott.  All I can say is, woohoo! ;D  We lucked out and got a corner room (two windows, baby!) with an awesome view of the convention center entrance (where the fountains are).  The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful, and as a side note, I LOVED the bathroom in our room.  (Nice and rather spacious!) XD

This year, because we're a little bit smarter, we booked our rooms WAY earlier and will be staying full-time at the Marriott.  I can't wait! :3

Last year a friend of mine checked out of a hotel there and had some of his stuff stored in the Locked room for bags, But later that day he went to get them and half where gone and half where missing stuff! In the end he lost alot of anime wares, the hotel payed for his loss, but It only got his money back, and with dealers room shutdown he could not go and re-buy his stuff again..