HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Boats

Orlando: Inside The Theme Park Rock Hotel

markj — 2011-10-20T16:30:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hard_rock_orlando_view.jpg"> Here's why <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hard+Rock+Hotel+Orlando/local/1201">Hard Rock Orlando</a> is a great home base for a visit to Universal Orlando: The vibe is "cool parents", at least that is what we liked to tell ourselves while we were on the grounds. The giant pool, complete with sand and water slide is such a hit with kids it may be hard to drag them away from the pool and get them to the parks, so save the pool for an end of day activity. Real rock music, not "Kid's Place Live", permeates the lobby and the common spaces, as it does at all Hard Rock's, however, as expected, this property is far more family friendly than some of the other

Amsterdam: Of Course a Proper Amsterdam Canal Hotel Has a Proper Vintage Canal Boat

JetSetCD — 2011-08-10T16:36:51-05:00

For almost three years now, we've had a burgeoning obsession with hotels that have their own boats. it began with with luxury launch at the W Maldives and even stretched to the Universal Studios water transfers at the Portofino Bay in Florida. Now, hotel boats head to Europe and we drool over the luxury boat The Muze of The Dylan Hotel, Amsterdam.

The Muze is a restored 19th century salon boat, of which you'll find few plying the canals these days. Hop on from The Dylan's personal dock in front of the hotel and onboard, The Dylan can arrange a live cooking session and full meal from their Michelin-starred restaurant Vinkeles.

Palm Desert: Picture Yourself in a Boat on a River...in the Marriott Desert Springs Resort

juliab — 2011-03-30T14:46:27-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/marriottboat500.jpg" class="top"> We've heard of water features in the lobby, but this takes the biscuit a full on harbor with boats available for guests. Amazing! In fact, as heavyweight Vegas connoisseurs, we thought we'd seen all the ostentatious look-at-me posing a hotel could do - but then, this weekend, we checked into the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/2266'>JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa</a> in Palm Desert. Yes, we probably should have guessed something special was on the cards from the flock of flamingos in the palm tree lined drive on arrival. And we'd seen the huge waterway with vaporetto-style boats on the website. But nothing prepared us for the vision that was the boat dock in the lobby. Yup, there's a

Miami Beach: House Car? Pah! ONE Bal Harbour Will Send You to Sony Ericsson on a Yacht

MsRebecca — 2011-03-18T10:31:43-05:00

Driving from Bal Harbour to Key Biscayne--where the Sony Ericsson Open takes place from next week through early April--takes around 35 minutes. Unless traffic is a killer. But by yacht? Well, we don't know for sure because Google Maps isn't offering the boat icon for its directions yet.

What we imagine, however, is that it would be a leisurely sail, and one helluva lot lovelier than cruising down I-95 or A1A. The reason we're having this daydream in the first place is because ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa is offering a special package for guests wanting to get their Ericsson on and, yes, it involves a yacht.

Orlando: Our New Obsessions: Hotels with Their Own Boats

JetSetCD — 2010-07-01T15:56:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/PortofinoBayreflect.jpg" class="top"> Yea, we totally snapped this photo and the best moment between storm and sunset You may arrive to your hotel by limo, taxi, subway or even helicopter, but nothing beats the romance of gliding up to a magnificent hotel by boat. Naturally, when you think of hotel boats, your thoughts first turn to Venice's gondolas and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Danieli/ian/141155">Hotel Danieli</a> or the tender out to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/20/221754/578/hotels/Snapshot_The_W_Boat_at_the_W_Maldives">W Maldives</a>, but we found something a little bit closer to home. As part of the attempt to inject Universal Studios' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Portofino+Bay+Hotel/local/1200">Loews Portofino Bay Hotel</a> with all the charms of Italy, the hotel boasts its own water taxi for direct transport over the Universal CityWalk area, which you don't need