Two for the Price of One: The Crowne Plaza O’Hare
In this epic…
- Two for the price of one? Or when two become one?
- Off to Manchester Airport on the edge of my seat…
- BA Domestic – BA1387 Manchester Airport to London Heathrow
- Heathrow Transit, American Airlines Flagship Lounge
- American Airlines – AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago, Main Cabin
- Streamlined Immigration?
- The Crowne Plaza O’Hare
- Evening adventures with the Sony A5000
- The Hyatt Regency O’Hare
- Off to O’Hare, American Airlines Admirals Club
- American Airlines – AA1205 Chicago O’Hare to Boston Logan
- A Boston Omnishambles
- British Airways – BA202 Boston Logan to London Heathrow Terminal 5 in World Traveller Plus
- Transit and changes… from holiday to work, British Airways Galleries North Lounge
- British Airways – BA974 London Heathrow to Hamburg
- IBIS Budget St Pauli, Hamburg
- Trade Show 101 (or… don’t sleep on your glasses).
- Pounding the Halls of AIX – What you might had missed…
- A Walk around the Hamburg Dom
- Rushing back to Hamburg Airport
- British Airways – BA967 Hamburg to London Heathrow
- Homeward bound
- Mixing business with pleasure
Yep. Still using the same file photo for this property. I’ll get a new one sometime… (Admittedly, I’m normally way too jetlagged to consider taking it normally).
I arrived in, and was seen to immediately. I was welcomed back again and my keycards were waiting for me. With a swipe of a credit card I was on my way to the room. All done and dusted in under 2 minutes – including the time to select a freebie gift (I went for points).
It’s how I like my hotel check-ins – fuss free.
Check-in and reception area
To the guest rooms!
Business Centre and Restaurant this way…
With that done, it was time to head to the room – this time on the 13th floor. Good thing I don’t suffer from triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13).
Unlucky for some…
Sadly, I had been assigned a room at the end of the corridor. Which when you’re towing along the luggage I sometimes carry – it’s an unwelcome thing.
Corridors seem longer depending how much luggage you’re toting along.
So onto the room – and it’s a pretty typical Crowne Plaza Room. That’s no bad thing in my book – the bed is comfortable, the aircon is controllable, and the TV has content I want on it.
The bedroom
Desk and TV
In the corner there was tea and coffee facities, and windows out into the world.
Tea, coffee or me?
The bathroom was reasonably appointed – with the usual Crowne Plaza smellies and soaps
Washbasin
Shower
The one thing this room did have – was some darn good views – both of the City of Chicago and of Chicago O’Hare.
At night. All is quiet.
American Airlines Boeing 787-8 coming into O’Hare.
A United Boeing 737 coming into land
A view of the city of Chicago
And even a reasonable view over Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Sadly, there was no welcome amenity (which sometimes does, sometimes doesn’t turn up – so no real loss).
Internet access was interesting to say the least. There was a “constant sell-up” opportunity after logging to the service to “upgrade” the service. Even after dismissing the warning on one page, it appeared on the next.
Log out to Upgrade Wifi. It’s a shame once you dismiss this message, it appears on the next page you load!
Annoying to say the least. HTML injections are never welcome – and are a great way for attacks to start.
Check-out when the time came was a breeze, with me settling the bill in cash (it always scares people when you choose to settle in cash, but there you go)
Overall: The Crowne Plaza O’Hare continues to deliver for me in terms of location, amenities and comfort. Considering these are the things that I need after getting off a flight – this is a good thing. The Internet nagging was… annoying, but workable.
Next: An Evening adventure with the Song A5000
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