My husband and I do not get to stay at 3 1/2 stars very often-we work very hard and were excited. We get there & find out that our room prefs were not guaranteed We're smokers paying our own way...not murderers. They put 2 smokers in a non smoking room with no balcony & they told us that the balc rms were all rented-only 3 had ppl in them-I could see. It was a 10 min maze to the street-it stormed horribly. The desk lady was nice but it was a condescending nice-We were told we could go to Clearwater-get wild and crazy but we were to relax there-their facilities closed at 9. The site said on Tampa Bay-I guess b/c they own the 10 mins of sts it takes to get to the bay then yes, tech. they're on the bay. We did see Manatees from their pier. It stated they were close the beaches of clearwater-that to me means walking dist.-but still 10-12 miles? Really. Then we find out the great price we got on priceline (our 1st and last time!) did not incl the resort fees-and they cov'd the same things that I've had more at "lower class" establishments-a gym, a hottub & sauna-their cont brkft costs $11....whoopee! the massages were outrageous!-I have never even had one and I knew that. Apparently according to the reviews that are included here-the 'ex' svcs weren't very gd anyway! We left 3 days early-they never asked why. There was a leak in the bar area outside of the bathroom that made the hard ceramic floors constantly wet-too bad I didn't fall!-it wasn't only a water leak-it was leaking from a 4" or so LED lgt that was in the ceiling (hanging down about a 1/2 ") above the bar area-next to the exht fan. The outlet fan for the AC had water drip'g down the walls! The therm. said outside temp was 124, the rm temp was 84! and the system was set to 68-the low't it would go. I don't have AC in my home-I live in KY & have felt some weather w/out the AC but come on-Really? We were told they would have a tech look at it. The carpet was beautiful. It really fit with the cheesy Grecian decor. It reminded me of an old-fashioned bedspread where the background is one color and the 'swirlies' are another-striking. It must've been the orig carpet made by Mr. de Soto (check their history) b/c it stuck to my feet. I like to go barefoot but not here-it was gross! As for the bed that someone said was the best in the world next to their own-well with the 80's in the room and the lumps in the awful imitation of a feather topper I guess that other person must sleep in a box or something. I keep bringing up KY because she spoke to us in a manner using KY in her sentences that made me feel like I wasn't good enough for her establishment. We had never used Priceline and was shocked when they accepted our price...our low price until the fees added up...that we jumped on it...literately packed and in the car in 1 hr so we could be sure to not miss this opportunity. We didn't check things out first-afterall,they were 3 1/2 stars! Crap by any other name is still crap! As for Pricline, they haven't heard from me yet. The way she spoke to us we figure that we were guilty by association and this was the "Priceline" room-I have stayed at lower rated places with much better results and satisfaction. Run very very fast!
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