Embarq Resort Fees

[Ken555]

We don't actually need it (we have a laundry "kit" we just bring everywhere) but a lot of the "common use" items of yore seem to be gone with covid, and whether it makes any sense at all (it doesn't), it doesn't seem to matter. In a pinch there is Ralph's 0.5 mi from here that has everything anyone could possibly want.

It’s actually a nice walk to the Ralph’s (and there’s always Instacart).

I always find it amusing when I see posts on TUG about things like laundry soap.


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[zentraveler]

IIRC, there was a big box of soup in the laundry room. You might check another laundry room in a different building.


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Undoubtedly before covid. "Big boxes" of anything seemed banned these days for no scientific reason at all. As someone in the health and science world, these blanket, "makes no real sense" but we feel like we need to do it, make me a bit crazy, but I digress.....

Laundry rooms were convenient and about as close to being in the uint without the noise. The front desk will send whatever you need.

 

[klpca]

Undoubtedly before covid. "Big boxes" of anything seemed banned these days for no scientific reason at all. As someone in the health and science world, these blanket, "makes no real sense" but we feel like we need to do it, make me a bit crazy, but I digress.....

Laundry rooms were convenient and about as close to being in the uint without the noise. The front desk will send whatever you need.

We were in a downstairs end unit. It was definitely noisy in the room on the other side of the laundry room. I love this resort but I don't think we'll go back if we need a 2 bedroom. The unit felt dark, and our room was noisy from both the laundry and the neighbors above (partiers).

 

[zentraveler]

Good to know. [We were here just before the resort shut down in an attempt to comply with the widely mis-interpreted CA 12/2020 order. So essentially, no one here.]

We were on a second floor 1 bdrm unit which was really quiet. I adored the scale of the resort - beautiful, no gates to go in and out of, parking for all the units not far to walk, walking paths very near by, low level shopping near by etc.

What was more flummoxing to me were some fo the oddities of the units: kitchen islands at an odd 45 degree angle, microwaves in a pull out drawer near the short end of the oddly placed island, all of the dishes under the counters and a bit hard to get to, master bed also at some odd degree angle to the room (putting my bedside unit and clock farther from me) etc.

I assume this is standard for the units. but can't imagine what the designers were thinking. But we truly loved the resort and looking at some of the larger Marriott and Westin resorts I can really understand, despite the unit oddities, why people love this one.

 

[klpca]

Good to know. [We were here just before the resort shut down in an attempt to comply with the widely mis-interpreted CA 12/2020 order. So essentially, no one here.]

We were on a second floor 1 bdrm unit which was really quiet. I adored the scale of the resort - beautiful, no gates to go in and out of, parking for all the units not far to walk, walking paths very near by, low level shopping near by etc.

What was more flummoxing to me were some fo the oddities of the units: kitchen islands at an odd 45 degree angle, microwaves in a pull out drawer near the short end of the oddly placed island, all of the dishes under the counters and a bit hard to get to, master bed also at some odd degree angle to the room (putting my bedside unit and clock farther from me) etc.

I assume this is standard for the units. but can't imagine what the designers were thinking. But we truly loved the resort and looking at some of the larger Marriott and Westin resorts I can really understand, despite the unit oddities, why people love this one.

I love the quirkiness, lol. My hot buttons are natural light and ambient noise. The downstairs 2 bedroom units failed on both. I let my mom sleep in the true master. The bedroom that we slept in had no windows. Zero. It was off of the kitchen and had a skinny window on the kitchen wall with an opaque film and another window in the shower, again with an opaque film on that window. It was cave like. I absolutely hated it. We will go back, but in a 1 bedroom unit.

 

[zentraveler]

I love the quirkiness, lol. My hot buttons are natural light and ambient noise. The downstairs 2 bedroom units failed on both. I let my mom sleep in the true master. The bedroom that we slept in had no windows. Zero. It was off of the kitchen and had a skinny window on the kitchen wall with an opaque film and another window in the shower, again with an opaque film on that window. It was cave like. I absolutely hated it. We will go back, but in a 1 bedroom unit.

I wondered what those opaque film windows were on the unit below us! We have one for our shower entrance, but it clearly was not for that. We love dark sleeping areas so would not have minded that, but I am with you on the light and noise so I think we should feel blessed that we lucked out on both. But the weird kitchen and the fact that I could not take a shower without getting my head soaked (I really do hate the straight from the ceiling shower heads) drove me a little nuts. I wrote a nice review because I think the resort is a real peach overall.

We used an AC for this (which was lucky, I know) so I checked out what should have been our second week (Westin Mission Hills - cancelled) as well as a few of the other Westins and Marriotts and they are just huge, with parking gates and nothing like the feeling of the Embarc. I am grateful to know about the 2 bdrm units because we nearly accepted an upgrade but decided the view would be better up here. Will try to get it in the future and bring what I can to mitigate the quirks!