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Old 05-24-2015 | 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by scambo1
When was the park plaza the best hotel in the domestic system? Great location, end of comparison. That's like saying the sip n dip was a 5 star.

The best hotels in the domestic system, and I may be dating myself, were IMO the embassy suites in Cleveland and Portland. The MSP is top shelf, Chs was super nice too.
JW in GRR is very nice as well.
Old 05-24-2015 | 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by shiznit
It's not. So if you can't believe it, why would you propagate it???

It is doing a disservice to all Delta pilots by perpetuating it and other rumors. No one can force you, but for all our sakes' please edit your post to remove it Satch.

How do you know? I may be the only one, but I'm having a hard time reconciling the "nobody knows yet, so don't speculate" with "that's not true" positions that come from the same person.
Old 05-24-2015 | 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by BoyFromSouth
Amen brother, this place has defiantly gone down hill over the past year. Any bathroom you have to put one leg in the tub and sit sideways on the toilet just to take a dump is to small. Half of the rooms don't have a closet or a place to hang your jacket. I would hate to see the rooms where there is no bathtub.
I too thought the bathroom was a little tight..

Old 05-24-2015 | 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by scambo1
When was the park plaza the best hotel in the domestic system? Great location, end of comparison. That's like saying the sip n dip was a 5 star.

The best hotels in the domestic system, and I may be dating myself, were IMO the embassy suites in Cleveland and Portland. The MSP is top shelf, Chs was super nice too.
I've seen the Park Plaza go through at least two cycles of good and bad. That happens to hotels. They depreciate over a few years, switch owners, get new loans and remodel. The thing with the Park Plaza is the location. Super quick from the airport now that the big dig is done and a choice location. It really was one of the best domestic hotels we had at one time, before we ever stayed at embassy suites or the new Marriotts. The Benson out in PDX and the Mayflower in SEA, the Palmer House in Chicago, the Captain Cook in ANC, the Skydome in Toronto and the Biltmore in Miami were all top layover spots. The rest were a mixture of mom and pop hotels, skeezy chain joints, and run of the mill Holiday Inn types. Plus the occasional oddball Red Lion, usually in the Western system. NYC got pretty bad, the Mildew and the Penn were easily the worst in the system. Scary bad. Hopefully the Park Plaza will get another facelift soon. If it's getting bad, then definitely write it up. I'm not sure that another downtown alternative will be any better though, I don't think DL will spring for the W, unfortunately
Old 05-24-2015 | 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by iaflyer
I too thought the bathroom was a little tight..

How the hell is that to code?
Old 05-24-2015 | 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by full of luv
JW in GRR is very nice as well.
We might not be there anymore. I'm too lazy to look it up but I saw one of overnight there at a different hotel.
Old 05-24-2015 | 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by satchip
Anyone seen the lasted "rumor du jour" ? Can't believe it could be remotely true.
I so want on chit chat. Still nothing.

15% per year for 4 years?
Old 05-24-2015 | 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by iaflyer
I too thought the bathroom was a little tight..

And standing in the sink to get the pic couldn't have been easy.
Old 05-24-2015 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by PilotFrog
How the hell is that to code?
It's to ALPA code... see... it has a tub. That apparently is the acceptable standard.
Old 05-24-2015 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by flyallnite
I've seen the Park Plaza go through at least two cycles of good and bad. That happens to hotels. They depreciate over a few years, switch owners, get new loans and remodel. The thing with the Park Plaza is the location. Super quick from the airport now that the big dig is done and a choice location. It really was one of the best domestic hotels we had at one time, before we ever stayed at embassy suites or the new Marriotts. The Benson out in PDX and the Mayflower in SEA, the Palmer House in Chicago, the Captain Cook in ANC, the Skydome in Toronto and the Biltmore in Miami were all top layover spots. The rest were a mixture of mom and pop hotels, skeezy chain joints, and run of the mill Holiday Inn types. Plus the occasional oddball Red Lion, usually in the Western system. NYC got pretty bad, the Mildew and the Penn were easily the worst in the system. Scary bad. Hopefully the Park Plaza will get another facelift soon. If it's getting bad, then definitely write it up. I'm not sure that another downtown alternative will be any better though, I don't think DL will spring for the W, unfortunately
According to the limo drivers, United stays at a nice place not far away. Most of them seem shocked we stay at the Plaza. I do write it up... but then Truman Era furnishings have never been my thing...nor is crawling under a table to unplug the alarm clock so I can charge my EFB.
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