I like the fact how you get your own food (buffet) and the server makes sure your drinks are topped up. There is also great views of the river from their too. It is quite the site and you can view this from several different places around the property - including your room if you get a 'River View.' The food in the restaurant is very good. There is almost no good reason to take a car! I love watching the logs make their way down the river. For $2.50 you can ride the SkyTrain downtown and not have to worry about traffic, parking or gas (and it's only about a twenty minute ride).

There was several days, even with a car, I just used the SkyTrain to downtown.

At the time of booking, I did not know they are right on the SkyTrain route - which comes from the airport to downtown. I've never seen kids there, and I don't think there is much to offer for them, however for the business traveller or someone who wants to get away for the weekend (or any time) it's a great place. It is attached to the casino, which I don't use, but it does provide for an interesting atmosphere. This is a great property for business travellers and adults. Its definitively convenient to the airport (YVR). I stayed there the first night they opened and several times since when I'm in Vancouver for business. I was one of the first guests to stay in this hotel when it opened (in fact, they were still stocking the mini-bar in the room for the first time when I entered my room). It is a great place for a weekend trip with the family.

The service is excellent, the facilities are great, and the skytrain gives you easy access to downtown. Seeing downtown Vancouver is best when you don't have to worry about finding parking. Parking is free, and with the skytrain stopping right next to the hotel, you can leave the car parked all weekend, and take the train into downtown. The whole family loved the breakfast and dinner buffet, and the cost to take kids to the buffet is very economical. It is bright, quite shallow, and has a great waterslide. Despite being close to the airport, it is a very quiet hotel. If you get a suite facing the marina and river, the kids can watch the tugboats pulling barges in the river, as well as watching the planes land at the airport in the distance. The one bedroom suites are a good size and comfortable. You would not normally think a casino hotel would be a good choice for kids, but I have stayed at this hotel twice with my wife and two small children and it was great both times.

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