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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 2:50 am
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Originally Posted by mkless
I have stayed in the WA dozens of times over a 30 year period and take my word for it...find another hotel in NY. It is a shadow of its former self...
Originally Posted by Raffles
Hasn't it always been a mess? I stayed there about 10 years ago
Originally Posted by mkless
..you might get a nice room, or you might get a dump. You spend half a day negotiating for a decent room.
I used to stay at the W-A a lot in the early '90s when my company (news organization) had a contract deal there... always hated it. Shabby, threadbare, indifferent service, and sometimes you'd get a rotten little shoebox of a room. I'll never forget whacking these huge thick funeral-parlor curtains one night while waiting for my use-up-your-whole-per diem room service cheeseburger and seeing billows of dust swirl out everywhere. Then the shower tap control came off the wall in my hand. Begged the bosses to let us stay somewhere else without success. Never understood the allure of this old place. Prefer Hampton Inns.
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