MARIOTT HOTEL DOWNTOWN DES MOINES, IOWA

MY FAMILY AND I STAYED AT THE MARIOTT DOWNTOWN DES MOINES, IOWA. THE AREA IN THE FRONT OF THE HOTEL IS REALLY LIMITED, SO IT GETS VERY CONGESTED, VERY QUICKLY. THE FRONT DESK FRIENDLY, BUT NOT OVERBOARD. WE WERE GIVEN A ROOM ON THE 22ND FLOOR. THIS HOTEL IS HUGE AND ONLY HAD FOUR ELEVATORS TO HANDLE OVER THIRTY FLOORS OF GUESTS. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND WE HAD TO WAIT A LONG TIME TO GET AN ELEVATOR THAT WASN'T ALREADY FULL OF PEOPLE. I KNOW I WAS NOT THE ONLY GUEST FEELING THIS FRUSTRATION. HOWEVER, WE WENT IN OUR ROOM, IT WAS NICELY APPOINTED. THE BEDS WERE VERY SMALL, DOUBLES I BELIEVE AND REALLY NOT VERY COMFORTABLE. THE ROOMS WERE CLEAN THOUGH AND THE BATHROOM PRODUCTS FEATURED WERE BATH AND BODY WORKS AROMATHERAPY. MY DAUGHTER DECIDED TO USE THE POOL THE FIRST EVENING WE WERE THERE, IT WAS WAY OVERCROWDED. IT STATES ON THE WALL THAT THE CAPACITY WAS 65, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 125 PEOPLE IN THE POOL. THERE ARE NO DRAINS IN THE POOL AREA, SO WHEN THE FLOOR GETS WET FROM ALL OF THE SPLASHING, IT STANDS ON THE FLOOR. IT IS VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS. I ALMOST SLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES JUST WALKING TO MY CHAIR. OUR ROOM THAT WE WERE GIVEN WAS JUST OFF OF THE ELEVATORS AND RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE POP MACHINE AND ICE MACHINE. WHILE IT WAS VERY HANDY, WHENEVER ANYONE GOT ICE, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WE HEARD IT. WE DIDN'T HEAR NOISE FROM THE OTHER ROOMS, WE HEARD ALOT OF CITY TRAFFIC NOISE. WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY SO WE WERE NOT USED TO THIS AT ALL. I CAN'T SAY THAT THIS ROOM WAS WORTH WHAT WE PAID, WE HAVE STAYED AT MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE HOTELS THAT WE WERE TREATED BETTER AND WE DID NOT HAVE TO WAIT A HALF AN HOUR ON AN ELEVATOR. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD STAY HERE AGAIN.