How to enjoy traveling again! We bring you along to our favorite travel destinations as we explore National Parks, State Parks, the USA and Europe. Sharing some of our favorite RV campgrounds and camping destinations, as well.
So sweet! I got my first CPK in 1986 and I still have her along with her adoption papers. However, I went to Babyland General for the first time in 2021. I adopted a new baby from there and I have been going back every December since then. My sister has given me 3 more CPKs so I now have a family of 5.
Sadly the Ahwahnee has gone so far downhill form it's former glory. It's dirty, poorly run, and the food is simply awful now. What happened to you Ahwahnee?????? Stayed Aug. 2024
Very nice property to walk daily and the buffet in the AM and dinner was excellent. We stayed nearby at the Cable Mountain lodge. In my opinion, it is the very best place to stay. You will certainly save money over the Ahwahnee. You can walk there to the property in a few short minutes.
Glad I’m finding these vids as I plan to stay here as well on a pit stop. Must have passed it so many times & didn’t realize it’s right there. Thank you for sharing.
I was just there for a big birthday with a friend and had a Classic room but had a great view of Half Dome. I wish I had seen this video first. The next time I go, I am going to get a Featured Room!!!
great video, now the downside. You cannot book on the website because the hotel allows places like Travelocity and competitors to buy up all the rooms so the price gouging that goes on will cost you with food over $1000 a night....yup my thoughts exactly, NOT WORTH IT!!! is it nice, yup. Is it really cool, yup. Is it worth you taking a mortgage on your house to stay there....HELL NO!
You are right and the bathrooms in the main area were filthy- screws missing from the stall doors too. I talked to other guests who felt a bit ripped off. Nice overall, sure but we stayed at the very nearby Cable Mountain Lodge. Far better value and more modern, cleaner, also very nice property- better pool, etc.
Great informative video, thank you. So we are going in Sept., did you need a park pass to enter of was your reservation essentially your park pass? I see now they require timed park passes, was that the case for you? And id so, did you leave in your car to go other places like Glacier Point Road & Mariposa Grove and were able to come & go with just the room reservation?
Our reservation was the park pass. Be sure to have it printed or a screenshot before getting to the gate. After entry, you can drive around as normal. Although parking was a nightmare everywhere. We tried to do everything in walking distance from the hotel or get to trailheads incredibly early in the morning.
Thanks for this detailed video! Now that I see there is the possibility of getting connecting cabins, we might consider the cabin over the motel type room. My husband & I will be traveling with our adult son and we don't want to be on top of each other (but we wanted to be fairly close together). It will be costly, but it seems like the best solution.
I am so thrilled to hear that our room helped you out! We haven’t seen the hotel type rooms, so you may want to still keep them in mind, but yes, connecting rooms in the cabin would be a great idea!
Thanks for the tour! I am staying here one night before a cruise! I heard the reason the balcony doors don’t open anymore is due to accidental falling off
Last year when we went, the weather prevented them from actually doing the race. So they did offer flights. However, I think when it’s normal race time they do not offer rides. You’ll have to double check each year’s event schedule.
At the 2:43 minute mark as the train passes in front and the Hotel Roanoke in the background, if you look closer you'll notice the temporary light grey chain-link fence that's different from the taller black fencing on either side of the temporary panels. The nation had a mania following derailment after derailment back when the toxins got loose in East Palestine, Ohio over a year February 2023. For a railroad town like Roanoke, derailments are so common and the railroad so dominant in local politics they occurrences only made news for the company crews that had to clean them up and barely a mention on the local news channel. Back in late 2020 alone, that this video shows the repairs from, there were three derailments on this stretch of tracks in Roanoke in a six month period.
Mind the windows, keep them closed when not in the room. Rascally raccoons sometimes scale the outside stone and attempt entry. The Monte Cristo sandwich for lunch in the dinning room was excellent. Winter/fall there is often a fire in the huge great room fireplace. Sometimes there are special piano sing alongs by the afternoon fireplace. DEFINITELY sit at a writing desk in the great room and prepare a postcard to the grandparents or other significant friends. In the great room, relaxing at a window chair, and reading the daily newspaper, or book about the local history, or John Muir, is a highly recommended experience. Oh, the pool, in the partial forest, an experience to cherish
I’ve stayed in many NP lodges. They’re all basically the same. Overpriced, including the food. But well worth it for the location/convenience. We’ll be here in Oct for four nights. I’m sure it will be adequate.
You’re welcome! It’s a lovely setting and you’re close by to so many other destinations along the Parkway you can visit if you like while you’re there.
Too bad the hotel is now shit because of the new GM Heather. They put an idiot in charge and we all see what idiots do. You’d be better off at the motel 6
I can’t fathom having the balls to charge $1000 per night (AUD which is what we just paid to stay in early August) and having no aircon. How is that ok?
Stayed two nights as part of a tour of the Southwest I booked with my travel agent in Belgium. Apparently, for Americans it's really hard to book a night.
Thanks for this! I was able to snag a room at the Ahwahnee the night before my hike in August this year and did not know what "Featured Room" meant. I am now more excited than ever to stay, thanks!
