Disneyland in the Arctic. Beauty everywhere you look. Staff lovely, but churn ‘em and burn em!
Did not expect my entire flight to be going to same hotel. Very busy and people coming and going - which explains the massive hair ball in the entry of my warm room, dirty towels shoved in the closet, hair pins on floor in middle of room, shower nozzle stuck so NO SHOWER until maintenance came to fix.
Staff is absolutely lovely, polished, polite, and willing to help — except for the A hole bartender in the Lounge, named Nandi or Nawaz, or something of the sort. Please note ALL OTHER SERVERS were lovely, accommodating and pleasant. The one bartender clearly didn’t want to be there, didn’t want to serve, threw soggy food on plate and threw your drinks at you. He was a complete ass and I can only imagine Ice Hotel has him back for the season because the Arctic and the elements are quite rough in winter.
Basically, you are a head, and they are doing their best to get you in safely, warmly and with a smile - so can’t fault them for that. It expensive b/c they have to pay a lot of staff to take care of you.
Don’t even ask about cold rooms- ridiculously priced to be cold overnight. Book a warm room and visit the art cold rooms during day - they are truly beautiful, but can’t imagine comfortable at night - unless you need to check that off your bucket list - btw, there is a warm bathroom attached to the room. But you cannot accessuntil 6pm, so don’t plan on lounging in room