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| Here is our Tour Guide..... Miss "B"...outside the front driveway of the Sagamore Resort and Spa in the Adirondacks... We took a little road trip on Labor Day Weekend... to someplace I had always wanted to visit... I hope my big trip to visit the "Hollywood Chimps"... another life long Dream.....turns out to be more what I expect...... Come on....Monkeys dressed up in clothes and roller skates....I can't wait! |
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| Not terribly impressive from the outside... I expected it to be nicer... The pictures on the Internet make it look Spectacular....not so much... But this is only the entrance... A short 4 hour drive from NYC....after you get off the Highway you drive a ways and you feel like your on the movie set of "Dirty Dancing".... In fact during our three day stay... daughter must have said "Nobody puts baby in the corner" a half a dozen times.... Usually when we were being seated for a meal.. |
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| Listed on the Historic Hotels of America... "National Trust for Historic Preservation" They aren't doing a very good job of preserving the joint.. |
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| Maybe I was wrong in thinking.... Your in the Adirondacks there should be animal heads hanging and a huge stone fireplace...Lot's of "twiggy" stuff.... Nope...the lobby was decorated with odds and ends and no real style.... Daughter then pointed out that I was probably thinking of the resort called... "The Point"... Oh well...if your at a historic hotel in the Adirondacks.....give the guests some taxidermy!! |
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| Okay now your talking.... This is what you see when you walk out the Back Door.... let me stop at this point and say... beautiful scenery... horrible for anyone with a disability... This was ALL downhill... Those are stairs at each break in the landscaping... You gotta get back up.... |
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| Certainly a place for people to go and just sit and relax...although it was filled with families with small children.. There was even a wedding going on... |
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| The pool....and there are three of them... sits way down on the edge of Lake George.... I thought one was for children but it was not.. it was a "warming pool".... probably temps in the 90's... There was an infinity pool and also one under an enclosed area... None the right depth for small children who can't swim.... I found this odd.. |
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| Spectacular yes? |
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| When I said right on the lake....it was Right on the Lake... |
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| No shortage of lounge chairs... But can you tell by the picture how far up that hill the Hotel sits.... They make no efforts to let people know there is one small elevator behind the indoor pool that will take to to the lower level of the hotel Then you have to find your way up to the Lobby... The elevator was very unkempt.... dirty carpet on the floor and bad walls... Very surprising for what they charge....... |
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| One of the restaurants down on the dock... We had the 2 day meal plan which included both a buffet breakfast and a dinner... Small Children eat and stay for free.. |
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| Poor B....all suited up and ready to take a swim... How surprised was I that they did not provide life vests for little ones... I went in the warming pool with her only to the step area...it started at a depth which was her height... They could have done away with some of those lounge chairs and provided the kids with safety in the water... They advertise it's a resort for Families.... Who would have thought to bring your own life vests....I mean B lives in NYC?? |
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| This was also very odd....this area was right out in front of the hotel... beautiful flowers...well maintained... But if you walked around the rest of the resort to go to the recreation facility for kids... it was a mess....dead shrubs and plants... very neglected... And let's talk about the kids rec area.... A very large hanger style building with a cute indoor mini-golf course... basketball....ping pong... Very cute idea... dirty dirty dirty... The carpet looked like they haven't cleaned it since the 1960's... the "Help"....all young kids... very unfriendly and not helpful... Of course "B" didn't care.... She beat me twice at mini-golf... (she cheated!!)....that's my girl! |
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| And here is the Only sign that you were in the Adirondacks... your bath supplies in a mini canoe... I was so tempted to "borrow" this... Nah....I left it....can't be tacky. |
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| Okay let's talk food....here was our first meal...a lunch of fried shrimp and fries.. Excellent shrimp...big and fresh... This was good....feed us and we're happy! Lunch was not included in the meal plan.. Lunch for the three of us was about $60.00 |
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| Dinner we got a choice of an appetizer a main course and dessert... I picked the Hummus which was very good. |
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| Daughter had the shrimp cocktail.... I have no idea why I didn't take our main course pictures....I had NY Strip steak daughter had some sort of seafood stew... B had a burger....of course...what else do kids eat... |
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| Here we are at Breakfast the next morning.... Me and B ate while Mom went for a massage....She was not impressed for the $200 it cost. She said she thought she saw the massage girl working the front desk the day before.... |
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| Here's where I say the one really good thing about the Sagamore... The breakfast Buffet..... FABULOUS!!!!! |
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| another nice feature was a boat ride around Lake George which came with your room price... It was a nice probably hour and a half ride up the lake and back... very relaxing... |
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| Campers on the side of the lake! |
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| the familiar Boathouses on the Lake... |
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| Okay....I really am in the Adirondacks!! |
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| And these people put the "A" in Adirondack! |
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| and then there was this Kook who felt the need to Meditate in the middle of the boat. While sitting a top the Life Vests... |
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| Plastic chairs???? |
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| this is what the whole lake looks like. |
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| Rounding the bend to head back.... |
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| If you prefer the beach instead of the Lake.... they have a sand beach!! |
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| And of course a lot of Flags...... And here is Sophie saying.... "This Place cost How much!!" |
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| To sum up our stay at the Sagamore.... a nice getaway from the city... ( B-) Me and Daughter were having our little "birthday celebration" getaway which we mentioned on check-in.....This meant nothing to these people.......even using the American Express Platinum card... No upgrade at this place...(D) Our room....which was the best non-suite room I could have booked....a King room with a lake view... was so small it wouldn't fit the roll-away bed for Sophie.... they moved us to a "slightly" larger room and the air conditioning didn't work.... after they installed a window unit so we didn't sweat to death....There went our Million Dollar Lake View...(F) The Help at the Front Desk....although nice enough.. They need to have people with Hospitality Skills People maybe older then in their 20's.... ( C) Same employees working the Host/Hostess desk at the Restaurants... We had a 7:00p.m. reservation made in advance for dinner one night...with the request for an outside table... We had to wait behind other non-reservation people for over 40 minutes to get an out door table. (D) We met two Cornell University Professors on the Boat ride... We asked what their thoughts were and when asked if they would ever come back....they said "no'.... I think that is my thought... A fun weekend with my girls....But they need to step up their game and start maintaining their property... Or lower their prices considerably.... Over all score....maybe a C ....the views were gorgeous. |
