Watching the Blizzard from a Hotel Room

Where: 55 Church Street [map], New York, ny, United States, 10007

2/14/2006 at 3:27 PM
Tags: Miscellaneous

While New Yorkers were watching the snow come down, hotel guests were also stuck inside, watching the blizzard ruin their travel plans from their hotel rooms. Some guests at the Millenium Hilton in downtown New York over the weekend wrote on FlyerTalk about the experience. Apparently, room 5308 is the best for blizzard watching and other things:

I've managed to get this room a few times, including this past Saturday and Sunday night. Never seen a blizzard from 53 stories up before.

Another guest chimed in saying,

We had room 2702 on Saturday night, amazing view of the blizzard and Ground Zero. Seth, the doorman, somehow convinced a taxi driver to take us to Queens when our car service flaked out and no other cab drive would do it.

While guests were having fun blizzard watching, more than 40 hotel staff members were forced to spend the night a Marriott, in the city which was 80 percent occupied.

Related Stories:
· Room 5308 at the Millenium [Flyer Talk]
· Didn't see it coming [North Jersey News]
· Millenium Hilton reviews [TripAdvisor]