Dolphin Hotel during their Food and Wine 2 day event

[tbssenterprises]

Thinking of the Dolphin during their Swan/Dolphin food/wine event. Question. Will the pool (s) be off limits on that Friday and Saturday? Does anyone have any direct experience with staying there during this festival (November).

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

I have in the past - from what I recall the Swan pool was in the thick of everything (though I was not trying to visit). Dolphin was fine…but this was pre-Covid so maybe the layout has changed.

 

[happily single]

I have no idea about the pool, but I just checked the price for both the Dolphins nd the Swan for a two night stay in October. I was expecting the price to be $350ish per night. Add a 1. $1,305 for ONE night. In a standard room!

 

[Dave006]

I was expecting the price to be $350ish per night. Add a 1. $1,305 for ONE night. In a standard room!

That is the Marriott Dynamic pricing at work. That indicates the resort is almost sold out or is actually sold out since most times if you attempt to book a reservation at that price it will fail and say "Sold Out".

Dave

 

[gottalovepluto]

I have in the past - from what I recall the Swan pool was in the thick of everything (though I was not trying to visit). Dolphin was fine…but this was pre-Covid so maybe the layout has changed.

I cannot imagine they are combining their F&W event with the large, expansive Dolphin pool. There is simply too much alcohol for that to be a good idea…

My concern would be noise. I was at SR last Spring with a large conference that had a wrap up beach party and I could hear the karaoke from my high floor (NONE of them should have been singing ).

 

[kylenne]

I have no idea about the pool, but I just checked the price for both the Dolphins nd the Swan for a two night stay in October. I was expecting the price to be $350ish per night. Add a 1. $1,305 for ONE night. In a standard room!

As Dave said that probably means sold out. October is a busy month at Swolphin as it’s a popular spot for the big Gartner IT conference that happens every year around that time.

 

[Dave006]

October is a busy month at Swolphin as it’s a popular spot for the big Gartner IT conference that happens every year around that time.

@happily single as @kylenne indicated the Gartner Conference is scheduled for Oct. 21 - 24 this year and it impacts all the resorts around Crescent Lake. The Gartner Group also has another Conference Reimange HR Oct. 28 - 30 at the Swan & Dolphin resort.

Dave

 

[happily single]

@happily single as @kylenne indicated the Gartner Conference is scheduled for Oct. 21 - 24 this year and it impacts all the resorts around Crescent Lake. The Gartner Group also has another Conference Reimange HR Oct. 28 - 30 at the Swan & Dolphin resort.

Dave

I was looking at October 13-14 and it was $1,305+ a night,so not the conference , but probably F&W pricing

 

[gottalovepluto]

I was looking at October 13-14 and it was $1,305+ a night,so not the conference , but probably F&W pricing

Definitely not. F&W doesn’t draw those sorts of crowds to Swolphin. These rates only happens when conventions hit and the amount of conventions Swolphin hosts is mind boggling. Maybe 5% are talked about on these boards. There is no place you can just go see a list of these private events.

Also, in order for it to be F&W demand people would have to buy rooms all the way up from $300 to $1300 as the system gradually increased the prices. Ain’t gonna happen. Nobody is paying$1k/nt for Swolphin. Therefore the inventory was chunked out resulting in the high price for possibly remaining inventory (recall, sometimes the inventory isn’t even bookable).

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

Definitely not. F&W doesn’t draw those sorts of crowds to Swolphin. These rates only happens when conventions hit and the amount of conventions Swolphin hosts is mind boggling. Maybe 5% are talked about on these boards. There is no place you can just go see a list of these private events.

Also, in order for it to be F&W demand people would have to buy rooms all the way up from $300 to $1300 as the system gradually increased the prices. Ain’t gonna happen. Nobody is paying$1k/nt for Swolphin. Therefore the inventory was chunked out resulting in the high price for possibly remaining inventory (recall, sometimes the inventory isn’t even bookable).

Completely agree. And OP - keep checking. There have been MANY times when I saw a similar rate posted and because I stalked the site, ended up getting it for $250 (including tax/resort fee).We’ve overlapped with Gartner. conference so often I feel like I work there