Property
If your kids are the dramatic types (and hey,whose aren’t?), consider staying right in the middle of Manhattan’s theater district. The Doubletree Guest Suites offer some of the largest rooms in midtown (490 square feet), and an August 2005 top-to-bottom renovation means they are some of the most well-equipped as well (highchairs, cribs, fridges, microwaves, coffee makers, on demand movies and video games).

Location
You’ll be hard pressed to beat the excitement of Times Square, and frankly we’re not sure why you’d want to. Soaring 45 floors above the Broadway Theater District, the Doubletree Guest Suites are located within easy walking distance of Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, and world-class shopping. Times Square’s TKTS Booth is right across the street from the hotel, where you can buy discounted, same-day tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway shows.

Sleeps
2-4 per suite; up to 8 in connecting suites.

Highlights
Warm chocolate chip cookies upon arrival.  Room to spread out.  Delicious Wolfgang Puck in-room coffee.  Why can’t all hotel coffee be this good?

Good to know
On the off-chance you feel you aren’t spending enough money on your visit to New York, swing by the American Girl Place at 5^th and 49th or the flagship Toys R’ Us store at Broadway and 44th. They will be more than happy to help.

Contact
www.nyc.doubletreehotels.com

Aaaaaaaaand, here’s a video tour of one of the rooms.  It happens to be the Presidential suite (poor us, right?), so just try to imagine it with one less bedroom and bathroom:

Doubletree Times Square from TravelSavvyMom on Vimeo.

March 31st, 2008 | by Jamie Pearson