We always stay at the Marriott riverside, which made the OP's list but kind of far down. We have always enjoyed the place and just came back again from there 4 days ago, but then again we live in the middle of BFE missouri so take that into consideration when we say we like it now my question, can someone tell me what some of the difference are that we would see if we stayed at a place higher up on the list? thanks, jeffrey and april