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Review - Marriott Mountainside Park City Resort

We spent a week at the Marriott Mountainside Resort in Park City Utah.  The resort has some real pro’s including a very nice pool area and close proximity to all of the activities at Park City Resort.

While the rooms are called Villas, the setup is much more like a Marriott Hotel with Suites.  The property has 9 floors with a hall lined with rooms on either side.  The size of the rooms was great and the fully stocked kitchen made it easy to eat meals in the room if desired.  The beds were comfortable and there were plenty of extra pillows and blankets.  The master bathtub was huge and each room had a TV and DVD player.

The activity center called the “Maze” provided a number of activities for kids and adults alike.  Many of the activities were complementary while others had a minimal cost to cover the items (things like a shirt, blanket, etc.).

Underground parking was provided onsite for one vehicle with overflow parking offsite for additional vehicles.  The parking garage was secure and we never had an issue finding a parking space.  There were multiple elevators accessing the garage so it was easy to quickly get to a room.

Our rooms itself was comfortable but had a few issues.  The air conditioner in one room was very loud while in another room hardly put out any air.  The door lock handles to the master bathroom did not lock and at times there was a lot of noise as other guests arrived, departed, or just visited outside their room.

Park City in general is fairly expensive.  Activities at Park City Resort include the Alpine Slide ($11 a ride), the Alpine Coaster ($18 a ride), the zip line ($19 a ride), and the chair lift ($18 for an all day pass).  An all day pass is available for all rides for $60.  For our family, to go on the Alpine Slide and Alpine Coaster including drivers and passengers was $88.  Not an inexpensive activity.  While our kids enjoyed the Alpine Slide, the Alpine Coaster was by far their favorite.

As part of the Alpine Slide you get a ride on the chairlift.  One way to get more value out of the cost of the Alpine Slide is to ride the chairlift to the top and spend some time hiking back down to the point where the Alpine Slide starts.  We asked the staff if this would be OK and they did not have any problem with it.

It was a fairly good hike from the top down to the point of the slide start but there were multiple trail options ranging from gradual to steep.

Overall it is a nice resort but not one we will likely stay in again.  We enjoyed the pool, Maze activities, full kitchen, and available stainless steel gas grills in the pool area.  The lack of inexpensive activities and the amount of noise in the rooms though would be enough for us to look elsewhere in the future.