Econolodge Inn Texas Stadium

The only reason this place is getting a 3 is because their desk clerk was possibly the most pleasant hotel employee I have ever dealt with. She was so friendly and hospitable each time I spoke to her. We stayed for two nights. We arrived the first evening around 6 pm. I had reserved a 2 bed suite online. She checked us in quickly and gave some advice about morning traffic and we chit chatted about her recent visit to Kansas.
I moved my car around to the back at her suggestion to be closer to the other entrance and we grabbed our bags and headed inside. I never thought to check if there was an elevator. I had my mother with me; she has knee problems and stairs are difficult for her. Of course, our room was on the second floor and there is no elevator.
I offered to go see if we had other options right away, but Mom said she could manage. We would really only be there to sleep — not a lot of in and out — so we started upstairs. Mom was taking her time and I ran ahead to get the door open, the lights on, etc.
I open the door and turn on the lights. I start to giggle because the two bed suite is really a one bed kitchenette with an extra bed in the kitchen. The bed is about one foot from a built in dishwasher. I don’t think you can even open the dishwasher because of the bed. This made me start to giggle, then I take a closer look and realize there is a suitcase on the side table and clothing laid out on the bed. This seems very odd. I shut of the light and shut the door and run (about half freaked out that I could have walked in on something quite embarrassing) to the front desk. Well, needless to say, the clerk was just about as freaked out as I was. She apologized about 900 times. I told her it was fine; it could have been worse. I explained that the room wasn’t our best option anyway, so anything on the first floor with 2 beds would be fine. She was able to get us into a nice-​sized handicap accessible room. The cost was a couple of dollars but I didn’t bother asking for an adjustment; it wasn’t worth the hassle. I should have done the accessible room to begin with, but we’ve had issues with leaky showers and other things with accessible rooms so I had shied away.
Anyway, we were happy with our new VACANT room. There was a cute window seat, lots of storage and a huge bathroom with a nice shower stool. Funny thing about bathroom was that they had a standard toilet seat on a commercial toilet, which was a bit awkward.
We settled in, then left for a bite to eat. That evening, we hit the sack early for an early start. We didn’t try the TV, but were surprised it was still one of the old style TVs since most have converted to flat screen. Around midnight we got neighbors. They were loud, but not everyone is quiet moving around. Bad thing was, they turned the TV on extremely loud and left it blaring all night. I could hear every word of the TV shows they were watching.
I «slept» all night with my ipod blasting to block out the talk shows and other shows. I hate to be one of those people that complains to the staff because I know it makes the staff uncomfortable too. I got up about 3 am and by then I was so exhausted due to an 8 hour drive, lack of sleep and knowing that it was going to be a really long day, I just sat on the edge of my bed and cried (I never said I handled stress well). Finally, my mom said we should just leave and start our day. Later, I ended up taking a nap in a busy parking lot in downtown Dallas, which was quieter than that neighbor.
When we returned to the hotel that evening, I explained the issue to the girl who had checked us in the day before. She apologized and assured us that the same person was not there that night. The second night was VERY peaceful. The rooms definitely could use some better sound proofing, but it was tolerable. Although this place is only a stone’s throw away from a major highway, traffic noise was not a problem.
Since we were up and about and a more normal time during the second morning, we decided to try their breakfast. What a HUGE disappointment. They should just not even bother. They had fake «orange», white bread and sweet rolls along with some frozen Jimmy Dean sausage biscuits and a waffle maker. No milk, no yogurt, cereal, oatmeal, fruit, etc. Choice Hotels usually offers a meager breakfast, but it’s still usually better than this. That was really disappointing!