Christianson Goodley Review of Thunderbird Lodge
The best aspect is location! Right on the south ri...
The best aspect is location! Right on the south rim, a few short steps to the Bright Angel trailhead. Also right next door to the El Tovar restaurant, the only restaurant in close proximity open at this time. It's a pricey hotel room with front desk staff located at the Bright Angel Lodge. Had to walk back and forth to get keys reprogrammed. We found the heat thermostat was broken with no ac available yet (seasonal we were told), so they provided a fan. Parking is anywhere around the property, with no carts available, so plan to shuttle your luggage a ways, depending on where you find parking. On a positive note, it was clean and they let us in early since we had to transition from the Bright Angel lodge due to limited availability.

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