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i am staying at the twa hotel at jfk
airport i had a really long layover a
seven and a half layover and i always
wanted to check out this hotel at jfk
and i thought it was the perfect
opportunity
because i'm riding so i came off my
turkey trip and
i took turkish airlines that came in
terminal one and then i'm transferring
to jetblue which is in terminal five and
twa hotel just happens to be by terminal
five so i thought it was the perfect
time to check this place out plus you
know instead of finding lounges for six
hours or so i thought you know be nice
to have a place that i can relax so twa
hotel actually has day rates um and i
think you can book them from like four
hour windows six hour window eight hour
windows and i booked mine for a six-hour
window from 12 p.m to 6 p.m which was
perfect because my flight landed around
11 a.m went through customs rechecked my
luggage blah blah blah and all by the
time i was done with all that was
already past noon so
checked in right away it's not cheap
here but i wanted to check it out for
like the longest time the rates start at
two hundred dollars i think you can go a
little bit cheaper if you do like the
four hour window but usually yeah it's
pretty much on the hefty side for
pricing but
you know
they did a fantastic job with this
themed hotel and it's convenient right
at jfk airport so this hotel was built
in 2019 it used to be an actual terminal
back in the day from the 1960s but in
2001 that business was going down so
they closed the airline down twa which
was trans world airlines and i believe
american airlines took over so yeah the
building or the terminal was empty for
quite some time and finally in 2015
they announced that they were going to
remodel it into a hotel and they turn it
into a really spectacular 1960s themed
hotel so they have several rooms you can
choose from i chose the most basic room
with two queen beds you could get a
runway view but
since i was only doing the day tripper
rate they didn't have any runway views
available which is fine because i didn't
think i should spend too much money on a
six hour stay but if you're staying
overnight i want to splurge a little you
know you have that option as well
if you want to really splurge they have
um really specific designed rooms
which look really cool so you might want
to do that as well and this hotel has
lots of things you can do they have a
museum they have you know fun exhibits
they have
they call the connie airplane where you
can have cocktails inside the airplane
they also have some games
lounges
cafes eateries they also have a rooftop
and a pool deck upstairs but
i was just told they had to pay extra
for that which is an extra 50 which is i
think i don't know that kind of sucks
but
i'm gonna see if i could take some
pictures up there if possible if not
it's there
i guess they used to not charge that
because when i read reviews before
they used to be free you can just go up
whenever you wanted to and use their
facilities but i guess they just decided
they want to charge people now i wasn't
going to use a pool anyway but i just
wanted to see what the rooftop was like
so
oh well and they also have a really huge
gem so if i find it i'll probably check
that out too so anyway let me give you a
tour of the room i booked so starting
here they have a little
area where you can have some drinks if
you would like and
a fridge i believe this used to be
stocked with some
drinks and cocktails probably but you
know since it's the pandemic right now
they have emptied it so you can just
use the fridge if you would like
this down here was so cool
this is
their safety deposit box look at how
huge it is and it's very sturdy like you
know they used to make and you open it
up
i mean it's huge in here too right next
to it is where you can hang your clothes
which i did
changed out of my travel clothes and um
change it to something much lighter for
night now until i have to go back on the
airplane here is a full-length mirror
and a place where you can store your
luggage which i did
and some extra storage if you need
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and right next to that is a working desk
and i have an area here where it says
you can place recyclables here or place
garbage here it's the first time i've
seen anything like that it says thanks
for helping us be the greenest building
in new york city and i am staying in
room 824 which i believe is their top
four
um when i took the elevator up that was
the highest floor it went to
of course their old school phone so neat
i love these old school phones
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and they've got a notepad and a bunch of
pencils
i wish they were pens i would take one
for a souvenir but i never use pencils
so
they're here if you like pencils and if
you want a souvenir
and right next to the desk is a lamp
and a lounge chair
and this is the view from my window it's
not
it's not anything significant but it's
there you know
you can see some cars driving
some new york taxi cabs some people
walking
and i believe over there uh across the
way is um
the walkway from airtran to terminal
five which is that away
and these are my beds
i always get two queen beds because i
like to have one extra to place my
things on
and then the other one to sleep
i got some cute posters here
california switzerland africa
and a nightstand
with uh usb chargers
and a wireless phone phone charger which
i don't have they also have a digital
air conditioning system
and a really big tv
and here is the bathroom
i really love these lights
on the mirror here
and it's so bright which i love
uh and here's some soap by
ceo bigelow vegetable soap okay
um
nice sink area
lots of towels they provided
and
a pretty big stand-up shower
very clean of course and then you'll get
a conditioner shampoo and body cleaner
and that's the room
all right so now i'm going to check out
the rest of the hotel because they have
so much to offer they have these cute
little exhibits everywhere which i kind
of took a little glance at and they also
have a cool
lobby area and um cafes so i'm very
hungry i'm hopefully hoping that i can
get something to eat these hallways are
so cool
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so this is the model of the hotel
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so
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back in 1962
population of the u.s was 186 million
today it's nearly twice that at
329 million
like how they
replicated a 1960s room
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what a fun little adventure this was i
was going to rest a little bit but i was
just so excited about staying here that
i think i got maybe like an hour's worth
of rest but you know it's fine i could
wrestle the plane so if you like this
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