aspara

Why not? If the smallprint doesn´t exclude guests who already got the vouchers from getting them twice.
But you could get some hassle like checking out of your room and checking in another. Not to forget the time gap between check in and check out times.
We did this several times using vouchers of different tour operators. Sometimes the hotel staff was not always helpful, even in our cases the hotel didn´t lose anything, like in this case.
But for the bonus offered I would go for it.

chunky649

How good can breakfast be to be worth the hassle of checking out, storing your luggage for a few hours, then line up and check in again?

ntt68

Plan to visit Niagara-on-the-lake the 2nd day so it won't be for us a problem to pack our bags and check-out :-)

Pucnit

Personally, it is one of my favorite Hilton breakfast's. The view and the food are fantastic.

blackjack-21

I note that the offer you got is from an email from the hotel's email list that you've probably signed up for, and not directly from the Hilton Hotels website, as I got the same offer. Does it say "Danima" or something similar on the bottom of the offer? If so, note that you can't click on the different Hilton property types on the bottom of the email page, and I wonder if you'd get HHonors points booking from the that email. Better to call the hotel to inquire. You can also inquire then if you could book a second night on a different reservation to get the breakfast coupon again.

Since you say you'd be visiting Niagara-On-The-Lake after your first checkout, why not overnight there for one night, then check back in to the Hilton Fallsview, thus breaking your first stay by one night. There's a good HGI near N-O-T-L (ten minute drive from the actual town, and 15 minutes from the Hilton) that while it calls itself the HGI N-O-T-L is actually a few minutes drive from the town and very near the QEW (exit 38). Comped breakfast there too if you're HHonors Gold or Diamond and have your MyWay settings indicating breakfast rather then bonus points for HGI's.

Don't know how much time the OP may have in the area, but here's a thread from the Canada forum on FT, which may help a bit too.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/canad...ling-gaps.html

bj-21.

HHonors OUTSIDER

Yes unfortunately to stay 2 nights back to back and receive 2 packages you have to book 2 seperate reservations under different names. If you are doing 3 or more nights staying one night at Niagara on the lake HGI is also a good idea to break up the 2 package nights. But 2 nights under 2 names will earn 2 package bonuses.

Colonel Heero

We stayed there on 6/30. Booked a regular suite with both falls view and got upgraded to the premium suite. The view was spectacular and we enjoyed the stay.

As for parking, I guess due to holiday weekend, the casino was listing $20 self park. I was told two different versions regarding free parking: The parking deck cashier (I asked on my way in) told me $20 play is needed on the card to get free parking. Then when I applied for the card inside the casino, the lady said any play on the card would qualify.

We are not gamble people, but trying our luck for $20 is acceptable and even if we lost it all we would still be $5 ahead of valet. By the time we played all $20 we put in, we were almost $40 up so we just cash out and left

MtlFire

Just back from a stay last week. Booked a regular room and was upgraded to a corner suite in the north tower.

Its worth noting that the parking rate at the Casino changes on a daily basis. When we arrived it was 5$, following day 15$ and Canada day it was 20$. You ultimately pay the rate of the day you are leaving. I didn't bother to get the casino card, and since we left the car there for the whole stay it was only $15 for 4 days. They don't track when the car comes in, only when it goes out (unlike most parking lots that give you a ticket when you come in), so if I had left one evening when it was 5$ it would have only cost me that for the 4 days.

blackjack-21

Back this afternoon from a two night stay at the Hilton on Friday and Saturday. We don't usually travel to NF over the weekends (particularly during the summer when everything is packed down there), but yesterday was our anniversary, so we booked it anyway. As expected, everything was crowded, from the casino's parking garage, to the hotel, and at the casino on Friday and Saturday evenings. But we had arrived early enough on Friday afternoon, about 1:30 PM, to get a good spot on the seventh level of the casino garage, and were able to get to our requested room (using the faster HHonors checkin line) in the South Tower without any delay. Noticed from our room on the 29th floor that even the large parking lot by the Skylon Tower, which is usually half empty most times, was almost fully filled with many tour/charter buses and cars. Several business meetings and other groups were using the meeting/conference/dining rooms on the mezzanine level of the Hilton, and chartered buses were bringing more groups to the hotel.

When we got up to our room, we saw many wires extended from the top of the Hilton to both the Skylon Tower and also attached near the base floors of the casino. Loud music started from somewhere at street level around 6:30 PM, and there were crowds of people in front of the casino, and looking through the fencing of the casino parking lot and from the open top level of the lot, also on the streets at the corners near the Hilton, and at one point the police had stopped all traffic on Fallsview Ave. and Murray St. Then from our windows at 7 PM we saw a tightrope walker begin his walk from the top of the Skylon Tower to the top of the Hilton's North Tower. Couldn't see if he had a tether attached, as Wolenka did when he walked across NF recently, and it took the tightrope walker on Friday almost forty minutes (in 41C humidex temperatures) to complete his walk from the Skylon to the Hilton. I thought that the tightrope walker was just there for the busy holiday's final weekend, but yesterday morning at breakfast in the Watermark, our waitress told us that this recent tightrope daredevil (didn't catch his name) would be doing his traverse every day at 7 PM for the next 81 days, weather permitting.

Enjoyed a really nice dinner on Saturday at the casino's Pointe Vecchio restaurant ($$$) for our anniversary, and I'm glad we had booked it the night before, as it was very busy when we got there at just after seven.

As expected, the casino was really jammed on both evenings, and they had all their table games opened, which we don't always see during the week.

Didn't notice the rates for the parking garage when we left for our drive home just after noon today, as my players card opened the gate and off we went.

bj-21.

FlyerGoldII

My wife, myself, and our 16 yr old daughter are considering staying at this hotel for the first time on the nights of Sept 1 and 2 (Labour Day weekend). I am a HHonors Gold member.

Of note - we have stayed several times at the Embassy Suites - with a falls view.

As a gold member, will all 3 of us get the buffet breakfast (I understand that there is no lounge).

As a gold member, will we likely get upgraded to a falls view, if I book the much cheaper cityview room.

Are there any other hotel specific benefits for Gold members?

Casino is not a big thing for us. Are there other features that FTers would recommend the Hilton over Embassy Suites, or vice versa - esp for Gold members?

blackjack-21

Obviously, on a holiday weekend there's no guarantee that you'll get the upgrade, as it always busy on weekends there, and this one will be even busier, so long lines at checkin (use the HHonors line for faster checkin) and rooms going quickly. Best bet is to try for a room in the newer North Tower (non-smoking in that tower) and request a higher floor when booking.
Try arriving a bit earlier then posted check in time, which may give you a better chance of an upgraded room.

Here's a link to a long thread about this hotel, with comments and suggestions to help you decide:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...lsview-10.html

bj-21.

sdsearch

Be aware that the Hilton is set signficantly further back from the falls, with the Casino in the way, so while both hotels have a "falls view" of some sort, the falls view at the Hilton is restricted to a smaller percentage of rooms (you have to be high up, not just on the correct side, to not have the casino "too much" in the way), and the view is more distant and probably more "cluttered". At the Embassy Suites, the view is almost "looking straight down" at the Canadian falls (especially from the higher floors, but even from the resaurant on the 9th floor), but at the Hilton it's more "looking across" at the falls (and perhaps more the American than the Canadian? I'm not sure on that).

blackjack-21

Any of the rooms at the Hilton on the higher floors (above floor 15 for example) will give you a decent view of both falls as long as you're on the Fallsview Ave. side of the hotel facing the casino, which is directly across the street. This would exclude the smaller "Mid-Tower" which has only much lower floors so not a good view of the falls. We stay in South Tower rooms (we smokers get relegated there) and our view of both falls and the Niagara River gorge from rooms on floors 28-32 (some of those floors no longer for smokers) facing Fallsview Ave. have been fine, with the note of course that the casino hotel's tower is in the middle of the view. If you're not a smoker, request a North Tower upgrade when booking online in the comments box, that might help get a fallsview facing room, as a Gold.

Since the OP is an HHonors Gold, he and his wife will get comped to the breakfast buffet, and if the Watermark restaurant is still open for breakfast during his family's stay (they don't serve breakfast in the Watermark during the late fall and winter, rather in the ground floor restaurant) and if you get the Watermark on the 33rd floor of the South Tower, the view is excellent, weather permitting. Can't comment whether or not they'll comp the OP's daughter too, as they usually comp my wife and me, being Golds, but I'd guess that a request at the front desk for a comped breakfast for his daughter MAY get honored also, but be sure that you list three guests in the room at booking. You'll get the breakfast coupons at checkin and these must be presented at the restaurant each day for the comp.

Note that the valet parking can be hectic at times, and the waits for picking up your car can be long, especially on busy weekends. The self parking lot at the Hilton is small and fills quickly.

The tightrope walker from the Skylon tower to the Hilton North Tower is fun to watch, and he does the walk around 7 PM daily, weather permitting.

After staying at the ES for several years from shortly after it opened, and getting some rooms on high floors both facing the falls or facing the tower next to it (with very little views unless we craned our necks to look out of the corner of the windows), we found the rooms there had started to get very worn and dated looking, so we prefer the Hilton, and definately rate the Hilton's buffet breakfast, both in the Watermark or the main floor restaurant, to be better. Best to get to the breakfast as early as possible to avoid the very large crowds and long waits for a table. Also be sure to put into your MYWAY preferences that you choose breakfast rather then the bonus 1,000 HHonors points for the stay.

Use the HHonors line (right side of the lineups at the front desk) for checking out also, to avoid what will be very long lineups too.

Suggest looking at TripAdvisor for both good and not so good comments on the Hilton, and similarly the ES.

bj-21.

pragakhan

I booked a reward "2 BDR DELUXE SUITE WHIRLPOOL U.S. VIEW" for later in July. Has anyone stayed here recently?

I have a few questions.... LOL

1) Is it safe to park at the casino for a couple of days?
2) Still no lounge I assume, you only get 2 coupons for breakfast? We have six in our party.
3) Is this an all non-smoking hotel? I can't tell from the website!

It appears the south and mid towers have been renovated and gone is the option to have 2 actual bedrooms (??), instead it seems only the north tower offers a embassy-ess two bedroom setup.

Anyone got any tips or anything to share about this property? Thought about the DT but like this location to the casino.. ^

blackjack-21

Stayed there in April for the Mrs.'s birthday. After being a regular visitor almost monthly for several years, we were told late last year that they were going non-smoking after the renovations were completed in 2013, so we hadn't booked again until April, as my wife and I both smoke. Called and emailed the FD manager, and she said that they would try to get us in a smoking room for those days. We had usually been relegated to the South Tower in recent years, as the North is completely non-smoking.

Surprised on our arrival to find that we were in a two room (3 king beds, 1 main and two in the other room) suite with two flat screen TV's, and the large jacuzzi tub. It was a corner suite on the tenth floor, and on our arrival, it was obvious that we had to be the first one's to use the room, as small glitches (vestibule light not hooked up, not much water pressure in the jacuzzi jets), but the room was super, and it was, indeed, a smoking room. All BRAND NEW and very modern furniture, bedding, carpets, drapery, bathroom setup, etc. That floor was still so new (in early April) that the main hallway's baseboards had not yet been replaced after repapering/repainting, but everything was brand new. On checkout, we saw a housekeeper that we recognized from other stays on the higher (28-32) floor smoking rooms. And she showed us one of the other regular king rooms on the tenth floor. It had also been completely redone with all the new decor and was spotless. She also mentioned that, at least for the time being, all rooms on the tenth and eleventh floor of the South Tower are still available as smoking rooms, but that could change of course, and with the smaller availability they could go quickly. Views from the tenth or eleventh floors of the South Tower are not too good if you're only interested in seeing the falls, as we had a view of the casino's garage roof from our room, with the Niagara River in the distance, and a partial view of the American Falls on the other side of the casino. Best views would be from at least above the 15th floor or higher, but you won't get a smoking room higher up. Can't comment on the Mid-Tower, as we've never stayed in it, and it's much lower then either of the other towers. But no more comments needed about the "dated rooms"in the South Tower, as that's all changed.

Parking should be okay in the casino's garage. We've parked there on overnight and two day trips and haven't had any issues so far. Weekends are busiest (we usually try to go during the week), and more so with the summer holidays, so the garage tends to fill quickly. Usually find space available on levels 8 or 9, then elevator down to level five (not the casino level) for a walk back across to the other side of that parking level for the walkway across to the Hilton. Be sure to get the free players card from the casino (and use it before you go) to avoid any parking charges when you leave the garage. Use the casino parking garage entrance just beyond the casino's main entrance and after the Hilton. Left turn past the main casino entrance, and the gates go up automatically, then hard left up the ramps to the parking levels. Don't use the parking garage entrance at the side of the casino, as that won't be anywhere near the crossover walkway to the Hilton.

If you're a Gold or Diamond, you should (may depend on booking) get breakfast coupons for either the Watermark (33rd floor South Tower, with great views of the falls), or the same breakfast in the restaurant on the ground floor. Hot buffet with eggs made to order and good choices of meats, sides, and breads, muffins, etc.
Otherwise, costs are $19.99 pp Watermark, or $14.99 pp downstairs.

I'm guessing all the renovations have been completed by now (haven't been there since April) so it should be okay.

Hope this helps, have a good trip.

bj-21.