MN Minneapolis-St Paul Marriott Airport MSP-MofA

[Grumpup]

Stayed here 12/4/09 (Friday Night) 12/5/09 (Saturday Night) - $50 each night.

We got this hotel right before the Bloomington split that Priceline now has. This hotel now falls in the Airport Mall of America area on the Priceline website. In fact all the hotels in this area (in and around the Mall of America and MSP Airport) are found in this section.

This hotel is easy to get to from I494. It is located across the street from Ikea which always has a $0.99 breakfast! Parking is free and plenty of it. There is a door man to help with bags, taxi, and just questions you may have. There is a free shuttle to and from the Mall of America and also MSP Int. Airport.

Staff was great, no worries about being a Priceline buyer here. The night front desk supervisor even commented on what a great deal we booked. Staff was always friendly and very helpful. My wife had everything she needed to look good spread out on the bathroom sink and when we returned back on Saturday afternoon we found that staff placed a nice towel on the counter and lined all of her things up to just to make the bathroom look great!

The hotel shows that it has been updated in the lobby area and main walkways. I did see a board showing what the rooms are going to be updated to look like. I would expect that some major deals will be found soon at this place as it looks like all the rooms are in for a major update. Honestly the only thing that I could see as a much needed update right now was a new TV. The current ones are old - but the new ones are going to be 32" flat screen LCD's. I found the bed to be very nice and soft, my wife said it was hard - so who knows. I rested very nice which is hard to do not in my own bed.

The room was very nice - we had a King. Everything you needed was there, even a couch. We were on the top floor - 5th. The hotel is near a runway for MSP - I494 still is inbetween the hotel and the airport so it's not really that close. Honestly we only heard the jets a few times when they were taking off - was no major issue with us. Landing jets there was no noise. We didn't check out the pool or the fitness room. We also didn't eat any food or stop in the bar for a drink.

This seems to be the place that all the Delta Airline crews stay at. There was a mess of them checking in when we got there at 8:30-9pm. They were all nice and gone in the morning back on their planes.

Overall I would be glad to bid and get this place again. This place is 3.5* all the way.