Crowne Plaza Aire MSP Airport - Mall of America, an IHG Hotel

I thought I was booking 2 rooms close to one another since it was family trip one room was floor 3 and next room was floor 7

The hotel is outdated. The room smelled musty. The beds were uncomfortable. Our flight was delayed so we arrived at 2am. The woman at the front desk told us check in closed at 12am and we were denied access to our room. I sat in the lobby, with two small children, until 3am when she finally allowed us to check in. Their website says nothing about check in closing at 12am. Awful experience, and terrible customer service!

Expedia canceled my reservation and got another hotel for us. We did not stay at the Crown Plaza because their electric power was down and they could not check people in. They kept saying that it would take 20 min to get the power back. Finally, after midnight, I went to another hotel, my child had fallen asleep on a chair in the cold and dark lobby. If it wasn’t because I contacted Expedia, I would probably still be waiting for the electricity to come back to check in. What bothered me was that their power was down for hours before I arrived and they did not notified us or have an alternate plan for the guest that couldn’t check in, other than lie and ignore us. I understand that they were overwhelmed by the guest who were already staying there and couldn’t go back to their rooms because the elevators and card keys were not working, but not caring and just leaving us waiting without giving us another alternative was wrong. They could have made arrangements with another hotel for the night and taken us there. Or at least they could have given us notice and accurate information so we could have made the appropriate arrangements rather than just waiting, especially because I was with my child.

Close to MOA and the room was very large for the price. Clean and quiet but the bathroom lights around the mirror didn’t work and the TV did not work well. No instructions for the guide, etc. No channel guide etc. As always a bunch of young kids in the hot tub with toys, jumping in etc. IMHO hot tubs should be for 16 . although there’s a sign which states that kids must be accompanied by an adult, there was no adult to be seen. I blame the hotel for failing to enforce it but they did not care when I went to the front desk with my concerns.

My family and i stayed here during our trip to Mall of America. Its a great spot to stay if you are visiting the MOA. Its no nore than 5 minutes away. Hotel was clean and had all the usual modern amenities. Very quiet despite being so close to the airport. We felt very safe as anyone taking the elevators needed to swipe their room key first. Negatives: we called down to the front desk to request more towels and shampoo and we were told they dont bring stuff up to customers rooms. I had to go down and get it myself. Also, front desk staff was just never on the same page about where we were allowed to park.

Don’t be fooled by pictures this hotel has not been updated since the 70s the whirlpool is all cracked jets didn’t work sauna was out of order whirlpool was full of human dead skin and products too much chlorine in pool. Hotel has apartments being rented to very shady people. Breakfast downstairs was gross. Staff does not know what they are doing I called to complain never received a call back from property manger. Still looking for refund we left a day earlier because of how nasty this place was. A man tried to get into the elevators that did not live there and was looking for his gf he keep harassing costumers that he lost his fob key. Very unsafe for families. I don’t understand why Expedia has this place come up in the search engine.

Hot tub or sauna did not work.. no one answer the phone at front desk after 10 pm House keepers do not knock and walk right in to see if you are checked out or not?? Parking is a long walk to rooms.. family members got stuck on the elevator

The staff made it uncomfortable to talk to them. They seemed bothered when being approached. I felt the same energy from everyone I came in contact with from beginning to end. I wouldn’t recommend this hotel to family or friends.

This is our must stay hotel when we come to Bloomington. It’s clean and the staff is very accommodating and very informative on what’s going on around the city incase there’s something that might interest our family

The hotel staff was FANTASTIC. However, incredibly bummed that the hot tub/sauna were out of order and the pool was freezing. There also wasn't a bathroom near the pool so bringing the kids in the cold hallways was not ideal.