We stayed here for on July 21, 2009, and had gotten a good deal from Priceline. The hotel was pretty busy when we got there, due to a Tuesday night church service being held in one of the conference rooms. We had no trouble parking or getting checked in. The parking lot was well lit and had a security patrol. The hotel appears to have been just recently renovated, which was expected, considering hurricane Ike came thru less than a year ago. We found the furnishings in the room to be new and quite nice, new carpet, tile, bathroom fixtures, etc, everything looked very nice, as expected for a Marriott. However, there was a musty/mildew smell. We quickly discovered that the air conditioning vents had lots of black and grey mold on them. I called the front desk and requested a new room. The first thing I did in the new room, was check the vents, and found the same problem. This time I returned and asked for a manager to go with me and find a new room. Luckily, the first one we went to we... more