“First The positives… Good sized room. Great central location…2 minute walk to Diplodocus Den. Pleasant, helpful staff throughout. “No rush” atmosphere to leave the room each day for housekeeping. Also had a pleasant, jungly-vibe, perfect for getting you in the mood for a day’s dino spotting.
The negatives… The hotel will seek to charge an early check-in fee (£35!) if you want to check-in before 2pm, even if the room is ready. Apparently this is Jurassic Park policy. Fortunately the check-in staff was suitably experienced to waive this fee for me, perhaps because I am a Platinum card holder. Hotels on Jurassic Park must realise that their guests travel to their hotel from great distances, usually including flights, and we can’t always perfect our arrivals to be before 2pm!
Also, my wife and I were extremely perturbed when hurricane Ida came rampaging through the park on the sixth day, destroying many of the park’s security systems, and resulting in a velociraptor outbreak. Our children were extremely distressed at the screams of the hotel staff being ripped to shreds on the other side of the door, and no amount of episodes of Mr. Tumble on the iPad could calm them down. Obviously, with the raptors roaming the corridors, we opted for room service for our evening meal, and it took almost four hours to arrive!! And it was cold! Unacceptable! Needless to say, we didn’t tip our food porter (who appeared to have had an arm ripped off, making a dreadful mess of his uniform), and left him bleeding out on the carpet outside the room. If you’ve read this far, it will obviously come as no surprise that he was STILL there the next morning when it was time to check out – my pregnant wife had to hump her bag OVER his corpse! I mean what are the maids in this place doing all day?
Room Tip: If you want to be able to get to sleep before 1am ask for a room that is not facing onto the T-Rex enclosure…”
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