Wes@Play - Sacramento Delta King Hotel - April 25, 2009

I decided we should stay here while we were visiting for my mom's 80th birthday since it cost about the same as staying at the Holiday Inn. I was very glad we did.

The Delta King is the sister ship to the more famous Delta Queen. It is (was) a real paddlewheeler that went up and down the Sacramento River from Sacramento to San Francisco. The ride apparently took 12 hours, so Hwy 80 is a bit of an improvement.

We stayed in room 433. It was about the same size as a European hotel, except that the ceiling is quite low (about 7'). If you have a choice, I'd stay one floor up and on the river side of the ship; the view is nicer and there's far less foot traffic.

The decor is pretty standard, but on the walls they have framed memorabilia from the ship's past. There were two small windows with wooden blinds. Check in was at 4 p.m., so there was plenty of afternoon sun.

The entry door is very low, maybe 6' (Scott in the photo is 6'2"), and the floor in the rooms slope gently towards the edge of the ship which I suppose was to shed water when it was actually a working ship.

There's no closet, but the armoire (which houses the flat screen TV) has hangers.

We immediately went for a walk around the ship. Certain sections of the ship are off-limits to everyone but hotel guests.

The bathrooms are pretty tiny, but functional. Ours didn't have a window, so the ventilation runs 24-hours. There's a small sink, a toilet with an upper reservoir, and a small shower. The mosaic floor tile has seen better days, but everything was clean. I really like the brass fixtures, which I'm assuming are original.