Let me start by saying that the weekend that we stayed at the Doubletree-Raleigh was a "Sci-Fi" illogicon weekend bonanza that was being hosted by the hotel. What this meant was that the movie "Revenge of the Nerds" was in living action at the hotel. There were sci-fi maniacs dressed in their favorite sci-fi costumes (Darth Vaders everywhere, various devil looking creatures, people in trench coats with masks, people with light sabers, and various other creature looking tweens to adults) creating a ruckus for the entire weekend. There were select rooms on floors 2, 6, and 8 that were noisy at all times due to these guests who seemed more mystified at being away from their computer for longer than 10 minutes than keeping an enjoyable environment to EVERYONE in the hotel. Someone urinated/dropped booze on our car from one of the balcony rooms and there were people in the parking lot doing photo-shoots for their magazines.

Despite these issues, the staff was amazingly accommodating for the other guests. They were clearly flustered by the other guests but kept the hotel clean by discarding the cans of beer that were left on the different floors, taking down the various flyers advertising geek-get togethers at night, and trying to keep the noise to a minimum. Nevertheless, the hotel was extremely loud at night and the walls are paper thin so we could hear anytime that our neighbors flushed the toilet or otherwise sneezed at all. The hotel has been recently remodeled and although the rooms looked great, the hotel is clearly showing its age from the outside and some of the fixtures (like the toilets and showers) on the inside.

Breakfast in the morning left much to be desired. The cold foods/drinks were served warm and the hot items were served luke-warm. One thing I've noticed at all the Doubletree label hotels I've stayed at is that their breakfasts are mediocre and I would not have paid the near $15.00 per plate; but I received free breakfast for being Hilton HHonors Diamond. The internet was fast enough to serve its purpose for us and there was enough parking as well (although the pee/alcohol upset us-we realize the hotel didn't do this). The rate was fair although we were somewhat disappointed that there was no shuttle for the local area considering the price we did pay. There is also a lounge in the lobby that we didn't use because the sci-fi convention took it over.

I would recommend this hotel, but not if there was an event being hosted at the hotel and let me also say that there are other options within a 3 mile radius that would cost less and likely newer (FYI-There is a difference between a remodeled hotel and a new one)...So choose wisely