As someone who is in AZ almost as much as where I ...

As someone who is in AZ almost as much as where I actually live I have driven by the prominent restaurant poking up off the 10 far too many times to finally not nose my way up and see what it's all about.

Was I surprised to find that it was a resort hiding up here, AND that it is a Marriott resort! Yippee!

My lovely wife and I decided that on my next business trip out to AZ, assuming the rate was reasonable we would book a room here. Well, bingo! Got a $114 rate via AAA and have meetings here so I booked us.

Arrival and check in was a smooth experience, no more or less than any other Marriott property. The front desk explained that there is no concierge lounge and so we were given 4 breakfast tickets for the restaurant which was unexpected and nice. We also helped ourselves to our new favorite drink "Cactus juice" YUM!

$10 parking fee is silly and unnecessary... do all the dead people take up the spots with ghost cars?

Internet would be silly if I didn't get it free... $14.95 a day? No... thank you! Free? Sure!

It was a trek to our room, the hall seemed to go on forever. Once we did open the door I was a bit bummed to see we did not get upgraded to a nicer room, however the room we were checked into was nice in the typical Marriott fashion. The amenities were fabulous, and we opted for wine and cheese as opposed to points. It was delivered quickly, graciously and was yummy.

The view out of our room was beautiful of the rocks and the grounds are really quite something to enjoy.

Overall I would come back to this resort... I am a fan.