http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T20:10:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Family-Friendly%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/30/10816/382 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/legolandukhotel.jpg" class="top"><p> Great news for parents of LEGO lovers--When the The LEGOLAND UK Theme Park opens again for the season on March 16, there will be a brand-new 150-room LEGO-themed hotel opening along side it called <a href="http://www.legoland.co.uk/Book/hotel/"><b>The LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel</b></a>. Even though a new Legoland recently opened in <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/10/155950/94/travel/Live+From+The+LegoLand+Florida+Opening">Orlando</a>, this is actually the first official LEGOLAND <i>hotel</i> to open outside of Denmark (where the original LEGOLAND is.) <p>The UK LEGOLAND hotel will be very similar to the <a href="http://www.hotellegoland.dk/">Denmark hotel</a> in that the place will be wall-to-wall LEGOS from the entrance which will feature a fire-breathing dragon perched in a tower, to the restaurant, LEGO Skyline bar, and a LEGO pirates-themed pool. And of course, there juliana 2011-11-30T13:55:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/27/12288/9171 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/GreatWolf.jpg" class="top"><p>In the era of complimentary iPads and electronic check-ins, it is the job of certain people to ensure that kids&#151;as well as adults&#151;benefit from all the newfangled gadgetry adorning hotels. And over in the Pocono Mountains, PA, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Great+Wolf+Lodge+-+Poconos+Pa/ian/238958"><b>Great Wolf Lodge</b></a> has unveiled a new interactive video game called <b>Great Wolf Story Explorers</b>, in which <b>the kids themselves become the main characters of the story</b>. <p>Here's how it works: the little tykes are first paired off with an RFID-tagged stuffed animal. Interestingly, this was the same technology used by hotels to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/13/111329/271/hotels/Bad_Guest_Whatcha_Gonna_Do_When_The_Towel_Tracker_Comes_For_You_">track stolen</a> linens. But instead of catching criminals, the RFID wristbands here "unlock" each successive part of the interactive story. As they travel from one video ASchechter 2011-09-27T14:13:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/19/20372/2462 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/claridgeskidskit.jpg" class="top"><p> Precocious and perennial hotel guest <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/eloise"><b>Eloise</b></a> never went to London but if she did, we know exactly where she would stay--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Claridge%27s/local/1454"><b>Claridge's.</b></a> Not only is the tea service <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/3/85251/81582/hotels/Where_Katy_Perry_Had_Tea_in_London">exciting</a> and the suites oh so <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/23/02952/1605/hotels/We_Went_Inside_the_Diane_Von_Furstenberg_Suite_at_Claridge_s_And_Didn_t_Want_to_Come_Out_">fashionable</a> but the hotel now offers its littlest guests <b>The Claridge's Kids Kit</b>, a signature tote bag full of fun toys and games to play with during their stay. No Nanny required! <p>Inside the kit is a card game called "I Insist!"; a fact-teller that when folded and peeled back reveals facts about the hotel ("The number of cups of tea served in the afternoon total up to around a staggering 164,250 per year!"); a "Dress Me Up" paper doll juliana 2011-09-22T13:49:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/23/113744/635 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Itzy_Bitzy_Baby_Room.jpg" class="top"><p> Everyone altogether say, "Awwwwwwwwww."<p>Yes, that is one of the brand-new baby hotel "rooms" that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RITZ+CARLTON+CANCUN/local/2683"><b>Ritz-Carlton Cancun</b></a> has begun offering for guests who won't let the arrival of a little one stop their jet-setting ways. <p>The <b>Itzy, Bitzy Ritz Kids</b> rooms are actually ocean view deluxe rooms inside the hotel but outfitted with baby-centric amenities to resemble a home nursery such as: <blockquote><p>A safety-approved crib; a changing table over the chest of drawers; a television armoire positioned so as not to disturb baby at naptime; miniature hangars in the closet to fit an infant&#146;s wardrobe; and a telephone programmed to light up, not ring.</blockquote></p><p>Even the Do Not Disturb sign gets the baby treatment saying "Shh, Baby juliana 2011-08-24T15:31:09-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/4/133455/1199 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/latherbabyproducts.JPG" class="top"><p> There's nothing wrong with getting your kids addicted to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel toiletries"><b>hotel toiletries</b></a> while they're young, is there? Like six months young? Because that's probably what we're doing with own spawn after a stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Trump+Soho/local/27424"><b>The Trump Soho</b></a>. <p>As part of their TrumpKids program, babies get not just a tricked out crib complete with a soft blankie, a stuffed elephant, a rubber duckie and a bib (emblazoned with TrumpKids logo) but also a travel kit of <a href="http://www.lather.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=632&idCategory=233"><b>Lather Baby</b></a> products. Lather toiletries are found in hotels all over (particularly <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jdv hotels">JDV Hotels</a>) but this was the first time that we've seen Lather Baby and indeed, it looks like the Trump Soho is the only juliana 2011-08-04T15:24:04-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/