Back to Phoenix for a Waterpark Hotel
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canyonwalkerPhoenix late April travelog #2
Arizona Grand Hotel - Thursday, 27 Apr 2023, 6pm
We're back in Phoenix for a stay at a hotel resort with a waterpark. Yes, it hasn't even been a month since the last time we did this, in early April. That's why I've put "late April" in the subhead. It's not even a different month. But it is a different hotel! This time we're staying at the Arizona Grand.
What's the Arizona Grand? Well, it turns out it's a lot like the Pointe Hilton we've stayed at a few times in the past. The layout of the rooms is similar. The rooms are suites, as you can see in the pictures above and below. Up front there's a living room; in the back is the bedroom.
The bedroom has a balcony. Ours overlooks the main waterpark area... though it isn't quite high enough to offer a commanding view of the resort. The layout of the buildings is similar, too. After we tire of the main waterpark there's a smaller pool and hot tub in the courtyard of our building. I have a strong suspicion this used to be a Pointe Hotel, too, years ago but didn't reflag to Hilton when the two others in town did. Or maybe it did reflag to Hilton but then went independent.
The selling point of the Arizona Grand is that its waterpark is bigger than the other hotel's. The lazy river is wider and... faster. I don't know if I like that better. It was thankfully uncrowded on this Thursday afternoon after lunch. It will probably be a lot busier by Saturday. Maybe one thing keeping boisterous kids out of the lazy river pool is the wave pool next to it. There's nothing wrong with boisterous kids, per se. Kids are allowed to have fun, too. But the lazy river pool is for being lazy. The life guards ought to pass out speeding tickets for people going too fast.
This hotel also has bigger water slides than the other hotel. I don't have a picture of there yet, but there are three. Update: included a pic in subsequent blog entry. One's got lots of turns and is about twice the height of the twisty slide at the other hotel. Two slides are speed slides with about an 80 foot drop. I rode the twisty-turn-y slide a few times but haven't braved the speed slides yet. Buy hey, there's still 3 more days here, and nothing else to worry about having to do!
Arizona Grand Hotel - Thursday, 27 Apr 2023, 6pm
We're back in Phoenix for a stay at a hotel resort with a waterpark. Yes, it hasn't even been a month since the last time we did this, in early April. That's why I've put "late April" in the subhead. It's not even a different month. But it is a different hotel! This time we're staying at the Arizona Grand.
What's the Arizona Grand? Well, it turns out it's a lot like the Pointe Hilton we've stayed at a few times in the past. The layout of the rooms is similar. The rooms are suites, as you can see in the pictures above and below. Up front there's a living room; in the back is the bedroom.
The bedroom has a balcony. Ours overlooks the main waterpark area... though it isn't quite high enough to offer a commanding view of the resort. The layout of the buildings is similar, too. After we tire of the main waterpark there's a smaller pool and hot tub in the courtyard of our building. I have a strong suspicion this used to be a Pointe Hotel, too, years ago but didn't reflag to Hilton when the two others in town did. Or maybe it did reflag to Hilton but then went independent.
The selling point of the Arizona Grand is that its waterpark is bigger than the other hotel's. The lazy river is wider and... faster. I don't know if I like that better. It was thankfully uncrowded on this Thursday afternoon after lunch. It will probably be a lot busier by Saturday. Maybe one thing keeping boisterous kids out of the lazy river pool is the wave pool next to it. There's nothing wrong with boisterous kids, per se. Kids are allowed to have fun, too. But the lazy river pool is for being lazy. The life guards ought to pass out speeding tickets for people going too fast.
This hotel also has bigger water slides than the other hotel. I don't have a picture of there yet, but there are three. Update: included a pic in subsequent blog entry. One's got lots of turns and is about twice the height of the twisty slide at the other hotel. Two slides are speed slides with about an 80 foot drop. I rode the twisty-turn-y slide a few times but haven't braved the speed slides yet. Buy hey, there's still 3 more days here, and nothing else to worry about having to do!
