Conventional Wisdom

Okay, I’m just not a big fan of this hotel under any circumstances, but having most of the highest floor you can reach by escalator made getting around even more confusing than usual.

(Historical Note: I’m not sure what broke down in the original comment up there, but it SPECTACULARLY fails to explain what was going on with the layout… which might actually be really appropriate.  See, the Hyatt Regency is very much a “city hotel” that’s layers and layers of relatively narrow floor space stacked on top of itself.  Both the hotel lobby and the convention space are made up of several layers connected via escalators, which causes all sorts of wonderful crowd congestion issues if too many people are trying to go somewhere at the same time.  The BEST part, though, is the very top floor of the lobby, full of little conference rooms where AUSA stuck most of the smaller panels and workshops.  Despite obviously being a part of the whole lobby/convention center arrangement, and being clearly visible from the front entrance, that top floor was NOT accessible by escalator.  The only way to get up to those rooms was through the side stairwells or the elevators.  Problem was, one of the stairs was closed due to construction and the other was a real pain to get to.  And the elevators… well, you just wait, I’ll be getting to the elevators soon enough)