[Missouri-l] Fw: [acbconvention] hotel mini-guide

[Terrie Arnold]

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From: "Carla Ruschival" 
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Subject: [acbconvention] hotel 
mini-guide


> HOTEL MINI-GUIDE
>
> When you arrive at the beautiful 
> Rosen Centre Hotel, you will 
> enter either through two center 
> revolving doors or through 
> automatic sliding doors on the 
> right and left of the revolving 
> doors.  You are facing south, 
> with your back toward 
> International Drive.  The front 
> desk and guest mail services are 
> to your left (east); concierge, 
> lobby bar, gift shop and spa & 
> fitness center are to your right 
> (west); and the elevators to 
> guest rooms are straight ahead.
>
> Front Desk: With your back to 
> the entrance doors, turn left 
> and travel for a short distance. 
> The front desk will be located 
> on your right side.
>
> Guest Mail: With your back to 
> the entrance doors, turn left 
> and travel for a short distance. 
> The guest mail services counter 
> will be located on your left 
> side (across from the hotel 
> front desk).
>
> ATM & Concierge: With your back 
> to the entrance doors, turn 
> right and travel for a short 
> distance.  The ATM machine is 
> located directly to your right 
> and next to the concierge 
> counter, which is located just a 
> few steps further on your right 
> side.
>
> Lobby Bar, Gift Shop, Spa & 
> Fitness Center: With your back 
> to the entrance doors, turn 
> right and travel the distance of 
> this area.  Concierge is located 
> to your right.  The Lobby Bar, 
> Gift Shop, and the Spa & Fitness 
> Center are located on your left 
> in this order.  The Gift Shop 
> and the Spa & Fitness Center are 
> located along the carpeted area 
> of this walk.
>
> Lobby Bar: The Lobby Bar is open 
> to the rest of the lobby but 
> separated by a half wall.  It is 
> located on a sunken level, and 
> can be accessed either by 
> descending a short flight of 
> four carpeted steps directly 
> across from concierge; by 
> descending a similar flight of 
> four carpeted steps directly 
> across from the restrooms on the 
> North/South Concourse; or by 
> descending the 
> wheelchair-accessible ramp 
> directly across from Red's Deli 
> on the North/South Concourse. 
> Listen for the sound of the 
> televisions playing in the bar 
> area.
>
> Elevators: With your back to the 
> entrance door, travel straight 
> ahead until you reach the bank 
> of elevators.  There are three 
> elevators on your right and 
> three on your left.  All six of 
> these elevators may be used to 
> access floors 2 through 15. 
> Continuing forward beyond these 
> six elevators, you will pass a 
> narrow intersecting hallway and 
> then encounter two more 
> elevators, one to your right and 
> one to your left.  These two 
> elevators are used to access 
> floors 16 through 24.
>
> North/South Concourse: The main 
> concourse or hallway on the 
> ground level of the hotel runs 
> North/South from the Lobby. 
> Begin with your back toward the 
> concierge and travel forward 
> from there.  The north end of 
> the concourse (first half) has a 
> hard, uncarpeted surface.  The 
> south end (second half) is 
> carpeted.
>
> Along the left side of the 
> North/South Concourse are the 
> following locations and 
> amenities in this order: Smooth 
> Java Coffee Bar, Banshoos Sushi 
> Bar, restrooms and water 
> fountains, Red's Deli, Café 
> Gauguin, and Everglades Bar & 
> Restaurant.
>
> Carpet begins beyond the 
> Everglades Bar & Restaurant at 
> the entrance into the lobby 
> level conference area. 
> Beginning at the carpeted area 
> on the left are Ballrooms A, B, 
> C, D and E (general session and 
> many large events); Junior 
> Ballrooms F and G (exhibits).
>
> Along the right side of the 
> North/South Concourse, in the 
> uncarpeted area, are the Lobby 
> Bar, exit doors to the pool and 
> deck area, the Grand Staircase, 
> and a second set of doors 
> leading to the pool.  In the 
> carpeted area are four separate 
> recessed seating areas, 
> Signature 1 (Communication 
> Center), restrooms and 
> telephones, escalators and 
> stairs leading to the second 
> level conference areas, the 
> Business Center, ATM, a single 
> elevator leading to the second 
> level conference areas, and 
> three more separate recessed 
> seating areas.
>
> Exit doors are located at the 
> south end of the North/South 
> Concourse.  The 5-story 
> self-parking garage and lot can 
> be accessed through these doors.
>
> SECOND LEVEL CONFERENCE AREA: 
> Salon rooms 1 to 24 are located 
> on the second level.  From the 
> bank of elevators follow the 
> hallway to the west to access 
> the North/South meeting room 
> concourse.
>
> Along the left side of the 
> concourse are restrooms and 
> water fountains and an 
> intersecting concourse to the 
> left containing Salons 1 to 12. 
> Salon 1 is immediately to your 
> left and Salon 12 immediately to 
> your right, followed by Salon 2 
> to your left across from Salon 
> 11 to your right, etc. 
> Continuing along the main 
> concourse you will find Salons 
> 13 through 24 in that order.
>
> Along the right side of the 
> concourse are the Grand 
> Staircase, four separate 
> recessed seating areas, 
> Signature 2 room, restrooms and 
> telephones, escalators and 
> stairs leading to the main level 
> conference areas, single 
> elevator, and four more separate 
> recessed seating areas.  Exit 
> doors are located at the south 
> end of the North/South 
> Concourse.  Stairs leading to 
> the ground level can be accessed 
> to the right and the left just 
> outside of these doors.
>
> INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AND PUBLIC 
> TRANSPORTATION: Exit the main 
> doors of the hotel.  Turn right 
> (east) and walk along the front 
> of the hotel.  Pass the valet 
> desk and negotiate the narrow 
> pathway around it.  Continue on 
> this sidewalk along the front of 
> the hotel until you reach the 
> corner.  Turn left (north) and 
> cross this two-lane driveway. 
> There   13 is a stop sign for 
> perpendicular traffic at this 
> location.  Walk straight ahead 
> along Hawaiian Court (on your 
> right or parallel to you) to the 
> corner.  This is the southwest 
> corner of the intersection of 
> Hawaiian Court and International 
> Drive.  There is a basic 
> pedestrian push button signal 
> and cross walks for both 
> streets.  There is a LYNX stop 
> for bus numbers 8, 42 and 58 as 
> well as the I-Ride Trolley Red 
> and Green lines.  This is I-Ride 
> Trolley stop number 27.  In 
> general, these buses and 
> trolleys are traveling 
> southbound along International 
> Drive.  The stop for these buses 
> and trolleys traveling 
> northbound is across 
> International Drive and to the 
> left.
>
>
>
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