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Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver


Before our Cruise to Alaska on the Disney Wonder, we stayed two nights right across the street from the cruise terminal (Canada Place) at the Fairmont Waterfront.  This hotel and it's staff are phenomenal!  We stayed in a Fairmont Gold West Coast Suite which was nicely appointed and plenty spacious for our family.










The hotel even has it's own rooftop garden and beehives!  You can go on a tour of these (which we did) and even get a sample of the hotel's honey at the end of the tour.







Now about the Fairmont Gold:

They have food offerings throughout the day including a complete breakfast, afternoon snacks and evening offerings.  The lounge is spacious with indoor and outdoor seating.  The outdoor seating has beautiful views!! We enjoyed sitting outside watching the seaplanes take off and having a coffee.  The staff was VERY friendly and attentive.   They brought smiles to my son's face numerous times with the cookies, stickers and drinks they brought him.  They brought smiles to my face when I complemented on the chocolates they left in the room and then they brought me several more!  These chocolates are SO good!!  The one I had was a delicious locally made dark chocolate bar called rooftop grown lavender in honey toffee from Chocolate Arts.  I will be craving these forever!!





Click here for more information on the Fairmont Waterfront Gold.

We were celebrating my husband's birthday while we were at the hotel so... I emailed the concierge a couple of weeks before our arrival about having a cake made.  The concierge got me in touch with the in room dining manager and I was able to order a cake.  They have several other amenities available, and I have to say they all looked very tempting!  I settled on a 6 inch cake and the Berry Berry Amenity.  These were a perfect way to boost our spirits after a missed flight and long layover on the way.  They did a great job with the cake, my husband was completely surprised and we thoroughly enjoyed devouring it ;)






Now like I said before, The Fairmont Waterfront is directly across the street from Canada Place (the cruise terminal for Disney Wonder).  I was so happy to hear about the luggage transfer service they have through their bell staff.  They collected our luggage from our room (I think it had to be done before 10 am) and they took it directly to the ship for us!  We did not see the luggage again until after we got to our cabin on the ship.  It was such a relief not to have to worry about that luggage because we had a lot of it!!!

This is the first time I have stayed at a Fairmont Hotel.  If they are all like the Fairmont Waterfront, I don't think you could ever go wrong with this hotel chain!  We really enjoyed this hotel and it's staff.  If I am ever in Vancouver again, I will be staying at the Fairmont Waterfront!

Kind memory from the hotel:  My ten year old daughter had a small place on her leg that she scratched during the night and caused it to bleed and consequently get a few drops on the sheets.  When we returned from breakfast to change into our walking shoes the housekeeping lady was servicing our room and kindly asked about it.  My daughter showed her the little scrape and we were off to our activity for the day.  When we returned to our room everything was clean and tidy and that sweet lady had left a couple of band aids on the table for our daughter.  This was so thoughtful!!  This is just one example of how courteous the staff at the Fairmont Waterfront was to us.

Next up...Exploring Vancouver....




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