Best Hotels near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Waconia

I travel for business a couple nights per week and stayed in room 329 on September 15th of this year. I checked in around 7:15 pm that evening and was greeted by a VERY nice staff member. She was very polite and took good care of me. I asked for a 2pm checkout and she granted it with no issues. I went to my room and the temp in there was 76 degrees. WAY too hot for me. I like my room to be 60-63 degrees. It never got below 70 with the a/c running all night. The mattress was VERY comfortable, but it was way too hot to sleep much. I don’t expect to walk into a room and it be 60 degrees, but how about 68 or so? Can’t housekeeping be told to check room temps when cleaning? The morning comes and I go take a hot shower. Shower pressure is EXCELLENT and the water temp gets plenty hot for me. There’s so much steam and zero ventilation in the room so the smoke alarms start going off. Shower is cut a little short. I see on the ceiling above the shower is a large rectangular spot that maintenance put spackle on, but never painted in any way. It was a good reminder that this room is in dire need of some updating. I leave for an 8am business was meeting down the road from the hotel and get back around 9:30 to the room. When I walk in it is WAY too humid in my room, brutally so. The a/c is barely blowing any cool air at this point and it’s about 10 degrees cooler, and significantly drier, in the hallway. It’s so unbearable that I contemplate working in my truck in the parking lot in lieu of spending the next four hours in the room. Great staff, one of the better shower temps and pressures I’ve seen on the road (until smoke alarms start sounding) but certainly a place I won’t stay in again.

The hotel is still new, good for business trips

Stayed for the first time at this hotel to attend a Pat Benatar concert. Check in was a bit confusing. Arrived on a busy Friday afternoon. There appeared to be two check in lines - one for regular guests and one for VIP’s. Regular line was really long with only one staff person assisting. After waiting a while, a person from the VIP line who had just checked in came over and told us we could go in either line. We moved to the shorter line and got checked in almost right away. Signage above the registration desk should be changed so that guests are not confused. We got a room in the Lobby Tower on the 3rd floor which meant we didn’t even need to get on an elevator - just needed to walk down the hall. Hotel room was nice. Appeared to have been renovated. Mattress was just okay - not bad, but not fabulous either. Room had a Keurig coffee machine, which was a nice touch. The only negatives we found: 1) Pool does not open until 9am. Would have loved to have gone for an early swim or jacuzzi before bfast and before small children arrive. 2) Room was missing a make up mirror, which didn’t help my 50+ YO eyes. 3) Coffee in the ****** and hotel cafe was awful - no flavor at all. Would recommend stopping at Caribou in the hotel lobby to get a good cup of coffee. Comments on the ****** There is no smoking allowed in the ******, which is WONDERFUL! Had a hard time getting anything out of the slot machines, however, there is a wide variety of machines to choose from. Played $2 blackjack on Friday night and had a blast (would come back for this reason alone). A big shout out to Adriana and Samuel, two dealers who were so kind and funny and really made our gambling session so much fun.