Up at 5:30am because I booked (badly) an early morning flight when I should have booked an afternoon flight — but at $19 each way the change charge would have been $100 plus the difference in fare, probably another $100. Flight was at 9am, and by 10am I was in my first room (166) at the Marina Pacific Castle Hotel— TV was dead, moved to room 100 which is on the courtyard by the pool, much better location, and they let me check in WAY before the 3pm check-in.
So, find the hotel in this picture:
This is an industrial area — a block away from the Nimitz Freeway and a row of car dealerships.
Here is a close up of the hotel, which is really more like a motel (think Holiday Inn from the 60′s).
But there are warehouses on both sides — but the courtyard is lovely — you don’t even know there is this oasis from the outside.
It’s a good thing there is a restaurant (of sorts — think plate lunch place) and a cocktail lounge (think karaoke) since the Wendy’s is4 blocks away across the freeway. Of course, if you need liquor or exotic dancers, that’s right around the corner.
Pros:
- Free airport shuttle.
- Tenminutes from the airport
- Pool
- Restaurant
- Cocktail Lounge
- Free Wi-Fi
- Lobby computer with printer for printing out boarding passes.
Cons:
- Price ($99 plus tax)
- Small (but clean) rooms
- Nothing in the neighborhood unless you want a new car.
I had the time to get the city bus to Waikiki ($2 each way) and I wasn’t pushed for time — oh well, it was nice to sit around the pool this afternoon reading the New Yorker and looking at the military boys (sorry, couldn’t get a picture).
Checked in for tomorrow’s flight. Check out time is at noon, but I’ll take the 10am shuttle and hang at the Delta Crown Room until my 1pm boarding. Got to remember to get to the gate early so I can hang with Jill for a few moments since she flies in on the flight I’m flying out on.
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