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Compared to the Ramada Plaza, these hotel stories sound like paradise. I'm not going to go into much detail about our problems, but we had a few major complaints. The first thing we noticed was the 30 minute wait in the lobby while our lovely counter assistant attempted to find the reservations. During the wait, several members from other teams warned us about using our heaters, as they were "known to catch fire." That was uplifting.
We then commenced cramming our team (and luggage) into the world's tiniest elevators... These things honestly could only comfortably fit up to 3 people - without luggage. The smell, which obviously came from the decaying animal on top of the elevator, was not all too enticing, either. Then there was the shaking... I have seriously had one nightmare about those elevators since our trip. Anyways, upon arrival at our rooms, we were quite dismayed when we found no microwave (which were advertised), and our mini-fridges must have been old mini bars the hotel found 20 years ago.
As the day progressed, we heard several complaints from other teammates about the lack of hot water in their rooms, but they certainly got enough yellow-orange water. We tested ours... Our water was relatively clear (about the same as the white water described in the first post), and we certainly DID get hot water. In fact, hot water was the only water we got (NO cold, there's a first). Well, that news spread around the team rather quickly, and our room became host to several early-morning showers from other teammates.
The under-staffed hotel also provided the "luxury" of new rooms every night to patrons whose rooms were not able to be cleaned (due to the lack of cleaning personnel, of course). This happened several times, but mainly to adults/parents on the team.
Well, I said I wasn't going to go into much detail... too late. The rest of the problems were relatively trivial, like the televisions with no working volume-down buttons, the glowing green splotch of Freon leaking through our ceiling, the cockroach-infested elevators, and disturbing continental breakfast. I don't believe the 3 towels provided were ever taken out of our room, just simply re-folded and placed back on the rack.
- - And you complain about your bath robes?
Least to say, I would have loved to camp out in our bus, if only our team sponsors would have allowed us.
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