Competition: Tovar vs Maswik vs Mandalay – Hotel Throwdown
We stayed at three hotels during this vacation. One night at the home of the buffalo above: El Tovar (on the rim of the Grand Canyon), five nights at the Maswik Lodge (a very short walk from the Grand Canyon), and six nights at Mandalay Bay, at the South end of the Las Vegas Strip.
I can tell you the loser right now: El Tovar. Gary couldn’t sleep on the bed. He claims it was a particular type of Serta mattress that has no springs. Instead, he slept on the floor. Here, the evil bed:
One night later we moved to the more economical Maswik Lodge. I got a good vibe the minute I opened the door. I don’t have any photos of the room but I do have an image I found online of a similar room:
It took a few hours, but I realized why I liked the room so much: it felt like home. See the fan and the popcorn ceiling? This is my house:
So it looked like home, that’s where the vibe came from. Plus, it had a balcony, and we ate at the cafeteria for a mere $30 a day: the cheapest food of the trip.
On the last leg, we stayed at Mandalay Bay.
The room was both the most sumptuous and least expensive. On the down side, there was a terrifying toilet. You would gently touch the handle on the commode and it roared like an airplane while Woosh! Everything was violently sucked down … and then reappeared a minute later, after you had exited the bathroom. There was one day they shut the water off entirely. The plumbing problems soured me on the room.
Winner: Maswik Lodge
I know. I didn’t expect it, but reasonable, convenient food and a popcorn ceiling goes a long way for me. Who would have guessed?
12 responses to “Vacation vs Vacation: Hotel Edition”
I always feel funny and often have trouble sleeping at high altitudes. That could have been part of Gary’s problem. And was that one of those foam beds? We slept on a foam bed at Sedona, and it was kind of creepy, I thought. And only queen size. We need a king size bed to sleep comfortably.
No foam beds for me – I get stuck, and can’t roll over. It’s pretty disturbing.
No foam beds for me – I get stuck, and can’t roll over. It’s pretty disturbing.
No foam beds for me – I get stuck, and can’t roll over. It’s pretty disturbing.
No foam beds for me – I get stuck, and can’t roll over. It’s pretty disturbing.
No foam beds for me – I get stuck, and can’t roll over. It’s pretty disturbing.
I don’t know what happened, there. I apologize.
I don’t know what happened, there. I apologize.
I don’t know what happened, there. I apologize.
I don’t know what happened, there. I apologize.
I don’t know what happened, there. I apologize.
Hattie – Not foam.
Oh, I felt the altitude sickness every time I got off the bus at each point in the way to Hermit’s Rest. Each time I’d say “Why am I so woozy” and each time Id have to remember the bus went up the hill to get there, so we were even higher, so I was woozy again. Gary just can’t share a bed anymore. I don’t think I can blame that on altitude.
Tami – I am tempted to answer you ten times.