I agree that the closets are annoying - going 'horizontal' for hanging is just ridiculous - although it seems somewhat property specific. At least the renos that I've been in haven't been too bad desk-wise. I think the last generation of renos (maybe 2012-2015 vintage?) actually seemed worse desk-wise. Many rooms had no desk space at all - these at least have a good 18-20" desk build into the wall. Smaller than I would like but tolerable.

I think the showerhead is likely property specific too. If there are high ceilings, I bet it works fine. But these just don't work at old legacy Marriotts that with low ceilings. The idea that you can put a rain shower showerhead at the same height as an old showerhead is just wrong. The old showerheads were already mounted below design standard, but it was not too bad because pressure exists at the source - as opposed to building pressure via droplet formation and gravity.