When I arrived at the hotel, I was able to find a spot near the entrance. After retrieving my bag, I entered into the lobby to find the front desk agent, Connor, just leaving his post to go do something. When he noticed me, he immediately went behind the desk to check me in.
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Connor was very amiable and upgraded me to a King Suite in room 314, which was located on the top floor and above the portico at the entrance of the hotel, which faced opposite the highway, which made the room quiet from outside noise. Connor remarked that I had reserved a "double points" stay, which was close to accurate. I booked a Marriott Rewards promotion, where I would receive 2000 Marriott Reward points for each night of my stay. In this case, I was staying two night, so I should receive an extra 4000 Marriott Rewards points. Connor then confirmed with me that I would like the 200 MR points as my welcome gift.
When I entered my room, I noticed that the suite was similar to one that I had stayed at near the Newark airport. The room was spacious with the large bathroom to my left as I entered the room. I entered into a separate seating area with a couch and chair, plus a tv and work desk. The walled off bedroom area, also had a television and a seat. The room looked newly remodeled, except for the thermostat, which looked like it was original to when the hotel was built. Nonetheless, the thermostat worked.
I was awoken at about 6am to the sound of the next room's television. The rooms must be poorly situated, where the television is on the opposite side of the wall of the the next room's bed. The walls seemed pretty thin that morning.
I went down to the complimentary breakfast at 7:45pm and found only two businessmen working at a table. I poured myself a cup of coffee - definitely not Starbucks quality - and perused the offerings on the breakfast buffet. Nothing new jumped out at me. Warm items were waffles, oatmeal, scrambled eggs and turkey Canadian bacon. The other offerings were the same as you would find at any other Fairfield Inn. I did notice that they only offered orange and apple juice. I decided to try a bit of the scrambled eggs (actually pretty good) and Canadian bacon (very so so). I am always a sucker for Belgian waffles, so I made myself a waffle and put lots of butter and syrup on it - yum!
I went down to the front desk before a conference call at 9am to see if they might have some hair gel, but he could not find any behind the desk. He suggested looking in their market or heading over to Target, which was less than a mile away.
The noise from the neighboring room in the early morning occurred again on the second morning, but I was checking out anyway. When I awoke, the night auditor had conveniently slid the bill under my door. I brought my key card down to the front desk when I checked out, hopped in my rental car and headed to the airport.
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