astoria stopover

[Baxterburdis]

Has anyone stayed at the waldorf astoria in new york for a pre cruise stopover. I have booked this through cunard as it was an option in thier brochure. I would love to hear anyones experiances perticularly if booked via cunard, as i am begining to hear mixed reviews.

 

Thanks

Lisa

[roscoe39]

hi., we are booked into the warldorf 3 nights before the world cruise in jan 2006. We managed to get a 1 bedroom suite for $349 per night off the hilton website which i booked this week in fact....this seems to be a very good deal as it includes taxes etc. I know from experience that the public rooms there are stunning and certainly the pictures of the rooms that they have on the site look as you would expect in a hotel of that quality however I use the following site to travel with..

http://www.tripadvisor.com/

 

punch in the name of the hotel and do a search...there are a number of reviews of the hotel and my experience of this site in the past is that mainly people with a grudge seem to be the ones who do reviews. I bet you cant put in the name of any hotel that you can think of and not find some sort of bad review.... i like to make up my own mind.

 

Id be interested to know what rate cunard are offerring and for what level of room....

[elaine61]

Seeing your message brought back memories!!!

 

We stayed at the Waldorf Astoria when our daughter was 9 months old. She is now 21!!

 

It was very grand back then. The room was massive (in comparison to hotel rooms here in the UK). We went out for a meal one night at the Rockerfeller Centre and had a babysitter to look after our daughter. Gosh wouldn't dream of doing that nowadays if she was 9 months old, leaving her with stranger!!

 

We then came back to the UK on the QE2 but there was a dockers strike and we had to go to France and fly back to the UK (the whole idea was so that I didn't have to fly)!!!!!!

 

Oh memories!!!!!

 

Elaine

[Allis154]

My husband and I stayed the Waldorf Astoria in December of 2003, after crossing the Atlantic on the QE2. I booked it myself, through their webpage. We had a lovely room with a King bed, for $159.00 a night. We would stay there again in a heartbeat.

[Baxterburdis]

Thanks for the replys it seems like i would have gotton the room alot cheaper if i had booked with someone other than cunard i have paid £700 for 2 nights.

[roscoe39]

regardless of the price Im sure you will have a great stay. There will always be someone who paid less for their room.....but did they enjoy it anymore.? Have a great time and i would for one love a review of the hotel when you get back! roscoe