Hotel Clarion di Wake Forest

I have been staying at this hotel since right after it first built and I’ve followed it through multiple renovations and issues. I have not stayed here since before the pandemic and it has been renovated once again since I was last here. So, to point out once again, what do I look for in a hotel stay? Is it safe? Is it reasonably clean? Can I get a good night’s sleep? Does the air conditioning work well? How is the water pressure? Does the internet work well? With respect to all these basics, things are reasonably good but there are other issues that were annoying on our recent stay. But to being in order: This hotel has always and continues to feel safe. This time it was particularly crowded but still, all seemed well, and I was not concerned for my vehicle or my person during the stay. Upon our arrival in the room, the window shade was open, the room faced west, and the air conditioning was turned completely off – the room was hot. I immediately closed the shade which was interesting: it is not the usual curtain that one slides together, both the curtain (shade) and the light blocking shade are screens on a track that have to be wound down. The light blocking screen was partly out of the track and wouldn’t come down until I stuffed it back in as best I could and forced it. The air conditioning worked, but slowly and even hours later, in the middle of the night, the room was not acceptably cool. This room has a tile floor in the vestibule, then carpet. The tile floor is either deteriorating or it has a sticky substance on it. My wife actually acquired some paper towels and tried to wipe whatever it was up, though not very successfully. A report of the issue to the desk clerk had no result. Otherwise the room seemed quite clean. The internet worked well and was easy to connect The water pressure was good but there is a problem with the shower, and it seems a problem with all the bathroom configurations I’ve experienced with this chain. They use a shower, not a tub, and glass entry doors, not a shower curtain. The problem with this current system is that the shower door rolls shut but when completely pushed as far as it will go, there’s still about an inch and a half of space between the wall and the door, allowing water to escape around it. To add to that, the door did not stay in place but kept rolling back open. We had to push it shut over and over again while showering. Also, there is only one place to hang up a wet towel so if there are two people, you’re out of luck since there’s no curtain rail to use for that purpose. The sink and counter are inside the bathroom and shower room and is small, so only one person can get ready at the same time. One good thing: there is a working exhaust fan in the enclosed bathroom. With respect to getting a good nights sleep, this hotel has a problem which is that sound from the outside, especially the room above, intrudes. We had just stayed a week at a lower rated hotel and never heard