Anyone stay at the Doubletree lately?

[tbuot]

Hi all--we are thinking of staying at the Doubletree in Cocoa Beach the night before our cruise in Nov. and wondering if anyone has some recent reviews.

Thanks in advance

 

[tbuot]

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[tbuot]

anybody?

 

[Dave_from_Marietta]

Somebody recently posted about how unhappy she was because her DH, who'd booked a bunch of rooms for a conference, had his personal reservation screwed up. Even though he'd reserved a non-smoking room, all they had left for him were smoking rooms with the wrong type of bed. They were both pretty unhappy.

I've never stayed there, but I think it couldn't possibly be worth the rates they usually charge... it could only be worthwhile if you got a really good special rate or if you booked it throuh Priceline or Hotwire.

 

[tbuot]

thanks Dave...I did get a rate better there than the Radisson so I may give Doubletree a shot...I will however confirm before we get there about our room request.

 

[twhipple]

We'll be staying there on 10/15 before our RCL cruise. We got a great rate (Free) by using Hilton Honors points. Will let you know what it's like when we get back.

 

[donnaMD]

My husband sponsored a convention there and was very disappointed; the hotel was very smokey; even in the non-smoking rooms; the conference rooms had poor air conditioning and the service was rather bad. He said never again and he likes the Radison much better. We have experienced some problems at the Radison in the past, but the management tries to take care of problems and they are much more pleasant to deal with.
We had a problem a year ago also at Doubletree; we guaranteed our room with American Express; arrived around 8 and were told our room (an upgraded one) was given to someone else and we would have to take a standard smoking room. They said sorry; gave us cookies and we left and were lucky to get a room at the Radison which was quite nice-- an "evergreen" room (has an air cleaner in it and water purifier) for much cheaper. We should have known never to go back to the Doubletree. They are real poor business people, because my husband's conference will be going to Florida a lot--more than once a year and my husband and his boss have relatives closeby so have a reason to pick a hotel or conference center located near there.
I would not stay there; there has to be better places at Cocoa Beach and I know Melbourne Beach Quality Suites was quite nice 8 years ago. I know that is far away, but I personally like that beach better.
Good luck!