Advantages: Superb location and communal areas Disadvantages: Hotel rooms being allowed to deteriorate
The Waldorf Astoria, An iconic, Landmark Hotel. This hotel has been in many films, so....I suppose I should be saying wow. My husband and I visited New York in the February of 2005. I was treated to a stay at the Waldorf Astoria. When we entered the hotel, I was.......blown away. The entrance is plush, extravagant yet elegant, with a pianist playing music, for those that wish to sit and enjoy a drink and just take in their surroundings. The reception area again was stunning. That unfortunately is where the glamour of it all stopped, during our 10 day stay, I lost count of how many times their \"systems were down\". Checking in therefore took an age. When we eventually got our key and were directed to our room, the disapointment set in. The room was shabby, the bathroom, although ornate and I am sure impressive in it\'s time ...
Advantages: fun, catchy, great riffs Disadvantages: not a vast fan-base
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I?m not going to make The Ataris out to be something special, but if your looking to get into the band, or simply wish to purchase a fun record, you could, and will, do a lot worse than try ?So Long, Astoria? by The Ataris. If you like Blink 182, Good Charlotte etc, then this is right up your street, in fact ?. Its at you front door !
Track listing
1. So Long, Astoria2. Takeoffs and Landings
3. In This Diary
4. My Reply
5. Unopened Letter To The World
6. The Saddest Song
7. Summer ?79
8. The Hero Dies In This One
9. All You Can Ever Learn is What You Already Know
10. The Boys of Summer
11. Radio #2
12. Looking Back On Today
13. Eight of Nine ...
Advantages: 5 Star hotel in central location Disadvantages: Some areas could be improved upon
I stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in January 2004, which was my first (and only so far) trip to New York, and at the time only my second trip to the USA. Given that I didn't feel I'd be regularly jetting off to New York, I'd decided to check us into the hotel I'd always heard about and hence had always wanted to stay at.
We arrived late evening by taxi which dropped us off at the main entrance to the hotel on Park Avenue. The lobby area is large, with the reception being located right at the back, meaning you have to walk through the lobby and past the main lifts to get to check in to your room. It's not a problem as such, but you are left following your nose and common sense, which, when your body is telling you it's 2am, you're not really up to doing.
We booked the hotel stay through BA Holidays rather than directly ...
