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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 9:21 am
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henryf
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Originally Posted by Flahusky
I'm guessing your employer is putting you up there?
I will just say this, book another hotel somewhere else. There are better less expensive hotels in the area.

edit to add:
Beach side police are notorious for pulling people over for doing 1 MPH over the speed limit or looking funny.
Why so negative on the hotel? Your location is listed as MCO. Have you stayed at this property? Is it getting bad press? Do you know someone who has had a bad experience at the property?

You are right about the beachside police. On one visit, I was presenting at a professional meeting at the airport Hilton. Stayed at the hotel then known as QS. Had a late meeting in TLH the previous evening.

Arrived on A1a sometime around 1AM. My passenger was an Egyptian coworker. I was driving a state vehicle. Got pulled over by the Satellite Beach PD. Accused me of exceeding the speed limit (no number was mentioned). The officer demanded ID's from both me and my coworker. He kept telling me that he wanted to help me but that I should "help him." This could have been interpreted as I should help him by not speeding or it could have been interpreted as a solicitation for a bribe...the phrasing was ambiguous enough so that I think that it was the latter. Maybe it was 1AM and the officer was bored. I ignored his entreaties and he eventually let me go with a warning.

I think that being in an official vehicle and being on govt business probably helped me.

Last edited by henryf; Oct 12, 2010 at 9:22 am Reason: adjust lcoation
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