Originally Posted by
dboston
Access is a pain: you have to take AirTrain to Terminal 5, walk to the Terminal, then find the elevator to the hotel from inside the terminal.
Do you need to go through T5 security to get to the elevator? (Right now, I'm thinking of dropping the bags at T8 and taking the AirTran to the hotel and back and not going through security until we return to T8.)