Quick summary of my trip to Houston:
Monday: Plane was supose to take off from Denver at 3:15, we boarded at 2:45 and did not take off until 4:00. I was supose to get in to TX at 6:00 but ended up arriving at 7:30 to find that Bush Airport closes down at 8:00. First off, they lost my bags but managed to find them. Then I had 3 airport shuttles to choose from.....gave the first one $20 and 20 minutes later the girl takes off for the night...eventually found out that last shuttle took off before I even purchased my ticket so I finally got a refund. 2nd shuttle company was nice but found out later after waiting that they do not go out to the "medical plaza" hotels...that leaves the 3rd shuttle company left and their shuttle took off 5 minutes before and would have to wait for an hour until another one comes. NO WAY, done waiting...took a cab for $60. Got to the hotel at 10:30 at night.
Tuesday: Coworker finds roaches in her room, boss wakes up to bugs crawling all over him. I finally saw my beautiful view of the condemned pool (ok, not really condemned...but should have been) Someone from another agency tells me we are located in a "high crime" area, great the entrance to my hotel hallway is unlocked and outside of hotel lobby.
Wednesday - woke up with bug bites on my ankle from sleeping in the bed. My coworker woke up with bites as well. Went to conference rooms that smelled like mold and mildew. The rooms were freezing cold and we all ended up sick.
Thursday - Came back to the room to change for dinner. I heard water running so went to the bathroom to see what I can find.......As I walked into the bathroom, I saw the ceiling. Yes, that's right, the floor was soaked and had puddles on it from housekeeping leaving the shower on all day and I slipped. Had to file an incident report with the hotel and they wanted to drive me to the hospital, I refused and asked if they could drive me home instead!!!!!!!
Good points of Houston: Many things to laugh with coworkers about, found a really good steak house (SaltGrass), discovered you can use roach spray on your luggage that smells like an air freshner, and learned that the Galleria is an awesome mall!!!!!!!!
By the way, if you need a rental car company...DO NOT use EZ Rental. We had to pick up the vans outside a Holiday Inn and dropped the vans off outside a Subway Restaurant. They close at 8:00pm, possibly so they can go and steal more cars. Definitely you get what you paid for comes in mind here.
Barb - I booked the same cruise that my sister is going on, September 15th. It is the 7 day Eastern. I am kind of holding out to see what they announce for 2008 since the Magic will be 10 years in 2008, I am hoping they have a big celebration and a special cruise.