Alyeska Resort

This place is gorgeous! Unfortunately with our tour group, We only stayed one night. The Lobby was decorated beautifully. A word of caution though if you are sensitive to smells. It smelled great - I liked the pine, sandalwood kind of fragrance but it was a lot. Luckily the blueberry festival was going on while we were there so that was fun to checkout. Not a fan of the blueberry coffee though - lol.

Really really bad service and experience, room temperature is set to 63 F and air conditioning is not working, and the front desk is asking everybody to get used to it, how dare you call yourself a resort??

Very nice resort. The rooms were the best I've had in Alaska--quiet, luxurious, and with good housekeeping and views. The food options are decent, but there are better in the Girdwood area. Lots of great hiking options nearby. We did enjoy the breakfast a lot. Overall, this place is an expensive-but-worth-it splurge on a trip to Alaska.

Limited self parking at the resort isn't a good way to start unless you want $27 per day valet. No thanks! The overflow parking is not very close when you have luggage. We lucked out after a short wait and the check-in was fast and easy with no lines. Our 4 night stay was for our 50th anniversary so we had to try this resort and not be cheap, yet still not be ripped off by this place that thinks everyone here has the big $$$. The shops have $5 sodas and small bags of potato chips for $10. You get the idea. Our 6th floor room was wonderful with views of the tram and mountains. Housekeeping was excellent with free bottled water given each day. The room was clean and comfortable overall. Nice bathroom area. There was even a rack to warm up your towels. The TV was quite limited with no HD. We were rather stunned by this for what you are paying (the sports bar downstairs had HD so it is available). Also be warned about hitting the wrong remote button with movies costing $25 each. We couldn't exit this feature fast enough. OUCH!!! The temperature control was rather strange as well. The fan kept blowing, causing a draft, even though you had it turned off. It does quit in time. The 3 elevators here are very quick and top notch. Nice restaurants are on the resort property so you don't have to leave if you don't want to. We ate at two and were very pleased. Surprisingly a very good deal is available for guests (not sure if it was a senior only thing) to take the tram twice with a credit for lunch at the top of the mountain. We really liked that. We could not afford the Seven Glaciers restaurant at the top so this was a fun alternative. The lobby area is very nice and you felt real good that you could stay here. We can't give an excellent rating but it certainly was a 'very good' stay for such an important milestone in our lives.

We absolutely loved this place. We booked the club level and did not regret it. This gave us access to a beautiful lounge with amazing views. Breakfast and snacks were available in the lounge and included with the club level room. Our room was comfortable and well designed. It had lots of storage, a refrigerator and a very comfortable bed. There are lots of hiking trails just behind the hotel. And a paved walking/biking path that you can take to the small town of Girdwood. We also took the tram to the top of the ski area to enjoy the beautiful views. There is a cost of $55 per person the ride the tram, which was a bit extreme. But the views are great from up there. Really can't say enough about this wonderful resort.