The Crowne Plaza Manchester Airport hotel reopens

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• John says:

  8 Feb8 February 05:26

  There will be direct coaches from Hammersmith to Heathrow. If getting to Hammersmith is not too difficult that’s the best way to get to at least T2/3

  • david says:

    8 Feb8 February 06:38

    yep. Replacements buses between Heathrow and Acton Town calling at South Ealing, Northfields, Boston Manor, Osterley, Hounslow East, Hounslow Central, Hounslow West, Hatton Cross, and Heathrow Central Bus Station (Heathrow Terminal 5, overnight only)
    Non-stop from Hammersmith to Heathrow Central Bus Station

    • ADS says:

      8 Feb8 February 10:03

      and of course there’s always the N9 bus that goes directly to T5 … if you’ve got an early flight out of Heathrow

      https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/timetable/n9/

      • Blindman67 says:

        8 Feb8 February 10:38

        Are there daytime buses that go direct to LHR?

        N9 may come into it’s own later this year.-Thanks

      • zapato1060 says:

        8 Feb8 February 13:40

        But “could” it stop anymore? 1h30mins from Charing Cross to T5.

      • Lady London says:

        8 Feb8 February 18:41

        Plus too often, the unforgettable “Night Bus” experience!

        No thank you.

• Gordon says:

  8 Feb8 February 05:34

  Try using the great eastern main line, thats closed for engineering works a lot of weekends/evenings.
  Admittedly not weekdays but still a pain with the extra time with coach transfers etc.

  • Andrew. says:

    8 Feb8 February 08:46

    Or the Cambridge Line. Number of times I’ve been bussed from Royston (not Vasey) at weekends over recent years. It’s not even as if they manage to keep the Liverpool Street route open as an alternative.

    • Gary says:

      8 Feb8 February 12:00

      Can’t keep Liverpool Street route open when the works are at Cambridge South for the new station at the Biomedical Campus. Runs for a bit yet before it opens.

• NorthernLass says:

  8 Feb8 February 09:24

  We stayed at Château Mont Royal about 20 years ago and hoping to visit again now it’s an IC. I recall the breakfast was rather sumptuous, with delicious scrambled eggs laced with double cream. If you don’t want to drive you’d need to get a taxi to the nearest station to get into central Paris.

  It’s also well-situated for the beautiful Château de Chantilly if you like Renaissance history and/or Bond films (it was the obligatory villain’s lair in A View to a Kill)!

  • David says:

    8 Feb8 February 13:15

    Am sure the breakfast now bears no relation to that of 20 years ago, but thanks.

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      8 Feb8 February 13:54

      Let’s hope not. Cream in scrambled eggs? Heresy!

    • NorthernLass says:

      8 Feb8 February 19:43

      Scrambled eggs still feature quite prominently in hotel breakfasts, you should try staying at one!

      • David says:

        8 Feb8 February 21:19

        I imagine you’d love to stay in hotels as frequently as I do. You may even get your sparkling diamond legitimately, if you did.

        Still have no idea why you think a breakfast at a hotel 20 years ago has any relevance for this current incarnation… or is it more just so that you can try and be endlessly relevant.

        • Chas says:

          8 Feb8 February 21:50

          NorthernLass’s post didn’t say that a breakfast 20 years ago was relevant – she just referenced a memory from a previous stay at the property under a different guise. So why is it then relevant for you to respond with a rude and personal attack on her?

• daveinitalia says:

  8 Feb8 February 09:41

  It’s been 11 years since I’ve been at the CP in MAN. I’m trying to remember if that hotel had an Irish bar in it at the time or am I thinking of the one near LHR (just off the M4)? I wonder if they’ve done something with the space where the pool used to be (I guess reopening it would be too much), when I stayed there the pool had already been closed but you could tell there used to be one as the exit from the changing rooms to the pool were blocked off.

  • Sididdly says:

    8 Feb8 February 11:21

    The Irish Bar was in the Heathrow CP off the M4. Even though it was a bit dated I loved that hotel for some reason!
    Manchester CP was always a ‘solid’ option for a one nighter pre-flight with a compact but functional club lounge and an ok bar area. Looking forward to seeing the upgraded rooms/facilities.

  • Andy says:

    8 Feb8 February 11:28

    I feel like I remember the Manchester bar being vaguely Irish themed, but I also don’t think I ever went in the bar so I’m not a reliable witness! I remember the restaurant being a fairly decent Chinese though.

    • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

      8 Feb8 February 12:15

      There was more than one restaurant. Sampans, the Chinese restaurant, was run somewhat more independently and apparently so good that non-guest locals would drive there just for the restaurant. I certainly trudged my travelling party over from the Radisson to the CP for dinner there.

• Peter K says:

  8 Feb8 February 10:11

  I wonder if they’ve improved the soundproofing at the CP Man airport. It was very poor the only the I used it.

  • ronald n says:

    8 Feb8 February 19:17

    I never had any issues with noise when previously staying thee.

• aseftel says:

  8 Feb8 February 11:24

  No suites at the IC? Looks like the top category room is ‘1 Queen Premium Outdoor Terrace’

  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

    8 Feb8 February 13:26

    when are you looking for?

    Over new year cash booking is showing ‘1 king junior suite’

    Ditto or random date in novemner

    • aseftel says:

      8 Feb8 February 20:24

      Oh there’s a junior suite that’s cheaper than the premium queens with outdoor space. Still, no senior suites?

• Tom says:

  8 Feb8 February 13:01

  Reward booking at Intercontinental Chantilly is showing as non-refundable at the moment. 😕

  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

    8 Feb8 February 13:23

    That depends on the dates you were lookign at

    Just did a dummy booking for November and it’s the normal T&Cs of cancel the day before

    Over new year then it’s 2 weeks before

  • Rob says:

    8 Feb8 February 14:13

    Is that during the French Open / Olympics / New Year? Hotels are allowed to do this over peak event periods.

• Mr Benjamin Murphy-Ryan says:

  8 Feb8 February 14:02

  We went to park asterix as part of a trip last summer – great theme park and character theming, as an alternative to Disney. It’s 20 mins max from CDG

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