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Has anyone ever stayed at the Best Western Marina Inn a Yacht Harbor In Fort
Lauderdale?We'd like to hear your pros and cons about it. Also, the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort. Any comments? We will be flying in a day or two early and are looking for a nice place to stay. Thanks, Julie |
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"Julie" wrote in message ... Has anyone ever stayed at the Best Western Marina Inn a Yacht Harbor In Fort Lauderdale?We'd like to hear your pros and cons about it. Also, the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort. Any comments? We will be flying in a day or two early and are looking for a nice place to stay. Thanks, Julie We had reservations there last November (six months in advance), but the hurricane put them out of commission just before we were scheduled to sail on the Carribean Princess.! We ended up at the Motel 6 in Danai instead. (Very last minute, and we were lucky to find anything!!) It looks like a nice place--maybe next time we'll be able to give a trip report! Let us know how you like the place if you do stay there. Avoid the Motel 6 VBG! Pete |
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"Julie" wrote in message
... | Has anyone ever stayed at the Best Western Marina Inn a Yacht Harbor In Fort | Lauderdale?We'd like to hear your pros and cons about it. Also, the Ramada | Plaza Beach Resort. Any comments? We will be flying in a day or two early | and are looking for a nice place to stay. Thanks, Julie | Yes, it was about four years ago we stayed at the BW Marina Inn and Yacht Club and I will never stay there again! We booked it because it was advertised as having free shuttles to/from the airport and Port Everglades. It is also a stone's throw away from the Port. When arriving at FLL, we called for a pickup and were told if we wanted the shuttle we would have to wait four hours. We took a cab for $15. On arrival, the rooms were clean but hadn't been remodeled for at least 30 years. With outside facing doors and walkway like an old HoJo or very old Holiday Inn, you heard people walking past your door and window at all hours. They had a day-before sign up sheet for Port Everglades shuttles in the lobby. My wife refused to eat breakfast in the dining room as she thought it was not clean and maintained. Time to go to the port..... They ran one van and had a least 150 people trying to get the shuttle. The entire back parking area was filled with luggage. It seemed hopeless and no attention seemed to be paid to the sign up sheet. We went out to the street and got a cab just to go over the causeway and into Port Everglades, making sure the driver at least got a decent fare. Not a pleasant place for me. I considered it a barracks for pre/post cruise passengers. No one else was staying there. Mike in Ohio |
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We'll keep the light on for ya! haha
" Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:m6ABf.11987$bF.10367@dukeread07... "Julie" wrote in message ... Has anyone ever stayed at the Best Western Marina Inn a Yacht Harbor In Fort Lauderdale?We'd like to hear your pros and cons about it. Also, the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort. Any comments? We will be flying in a day or two early and are looking for a nice place to stay. Thanks, Julie We had reservations there last November (six months in advance), but the hurricane put them out of commission just before we were scheduled to sail on the Carribean Princess.! We ended up at the Motel 6 in Danai instead. (Very last minute, and we were lucky to find anything!!) It looks like a nice place--maybe next time we'll be able to give a trip report! Let us know how you like the place if you do stay there. Avoid the Motel 6 VBG! Pete |
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"Plasma" wrote in message news:F9ABf.42064$tK4at least got a decent fare. Not a pleasant place for me. I considered it a barracks for pre/post cruise passengers. No one else was staying there. Mike in Ohio Maybe we lucked out with the Motel 6!! Ha ha!! What is a good place to stay when coming in a day early? |
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Hi Julie,
I once asked about the BW Marina Inn and also got negative feedback. We stay at the Marriott Marina across the street and on the other side of the bridge from the BW. Love it - have stayed their numerous times. If you get a port facing room above floor 5, you should be high enough to see the ships over the bridge. Doug On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:48:50 -0600, "Julie" wrote: Has anyone ever stayed at the Best Western Marina Inn a Yacht Harbor In Fort Lauderdale?We'd like to hear your pros and cons about it. Also, the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort. Any comments? We will be flying in a day or two early and are looking for a nice place to stay. Thanks, Julie |
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:48:50 -0600, "Julie"
wrote: Has anyone ever stayed at the Best Western Marina Inn a Yacht Harbor In Fort Lauderdale?We'd like to hear your pros and cons about it. Also, the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort. Any comments? We will be flying in a day or two early and are looking for a nice place to stay. Thanks, Julie Hi, We have stayed there! NEVER again. The room was not cleaned, there were comment cards dated three weeks earlier in a drawer saying, "the room is not clean". We had a second floor room, shower would not drain. We paid extra for the water front view. There is a draw bridge that opens all night long ,,. The clanging bell never stopped. We used valuetrips.com and got a room in Amerisuites, 17th street. For $99 per night, midweek Feb. You have to wait two business days to see if a room is availbale, but it works. Worth a try if you have time. I have since cionfirmed and everything is go. Jeri |
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:16:14 GMT, Now Voyager
wrote: Hi Julie, I once asked about the BW Marina Inn and also got negative feedback. We stay at the Marriott Marina across the street and on the other side of the bridge from the BW. Love it - have stayed their numerous times. If you get a port facing room above floor 5, you should be high enough to see the ships over the bridge. Doug On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:48:50 -0600, "Julie" wrote: Has anyone ever stayed at the Best Western Marina Inn a Yacht Harbor In Fort Lauderdale?We'd like to hear your pros and cons about it. Also, the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort. Any comments? We will be flying in a day or two early and are looking for a nice place to stay. Thanks, Julie Hi, We have stayed there. NEVER again. Room was dirty, there was a comment card three weeks old in a drawer. Saying, "room is not clean". Shower would not drain in second floor room. We paid more to be on the water side, there is a drawbridge that operates all night long. The bell on the bridge clanged all night long. We used valuetrips.com this year and got Amerisuites on 17th St. for $99 per night midweek Feb. You have to wait two business days for a confirmation, but it does work. The least expensive on their website is $249. They have a lot of Florida hotels on the valuetrips site. Hope this is helpful. Jeri |
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We just stayed at the Embassy Suites on 17th St. VERY disappointed ---
the list is too long to post. $300/night. If you go to the beach (A1A), you can find some low-$$ but adequate properties - but you'll have to force your way into recently refurbished rooms. Remember, every one of those places has "good" and "bad" rooms, and guess what they want to rent? If you don't check first, and then argue, you'll be stuck with a room from which they're trying to squeeze the last nickel before refurbing it. Good luck. |
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Julie wrote: Has anyone ever stayed at the Best Western Marina Inn a Yacht Harbor In Fort Lauderdale?We'd like to hear your pros and cons about it. Also, the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort. Any comments? Apparently no one had any good comments about any of those. We will be flying in a day or two early and are looking for a nice place to stay. Thanks, Julie Try the Hilton Garden Inn nearest the airport, off the intersection of Stirling Road and I-95. It's about 3 miles to the pier (by direct route) and farther via I-95. It has free shuttle to the cruise ship pier -- cruise ship passengers on all cruise ships use this hotel. Parking at the pier is $17 a day, and the hotel will tell you to park there and that they don't have parking except for hotel guests, even if you are willing to pay to leave the car there. But if are discreet about your parking, you can park there (plenty of spaces) and nobody has bothered my car parked there for weeks after a 1 night stay while I was on cruises. The hotel parking area has a room-key operated gate -- but that's only for ENTRY to the parking lot. Exit doesnt require any key. You can figure out the rest. Just DON'T ASK the hotel clerk if you could park there during your cruise. The hotel free shuttle only takes you to the cruise pier. You'll have to take a taxi to get back. The last cruise I took in October 2005 and left my car there, I got off the cruiseship shortly after 8:30 am, and I was back to the hotel with the luggage and on I-95 by 9:00 am. -- Bob. |
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