We stayed here because it was the host hotel for a car event at Texas Motor Speedway across the street. The hotel was very gracious to everyone attending the event and did a good job accommodating all the classic cars. The worst part was that there was nothing else close - but Roanoke was about 5 miles away and it had all the typical restaurants and shopping present in most suburban areas - so not that bad.

The only reason I stayed at this hotel was because the conference I was at was being held at this hotel. There is nothing but a NASCAR track out here. It takes approx 20-30 minutes to get to downtown Fort Worth with no traffic.

The room was nice. The walls are a little thin though. My bathtub was stopped up, which was a little annoying. I ate lunch and breakfast in the restaurant and had great service and good food. Everyone was very nice and Internet was only $10 a day.

The bathroom lights start out dim but get brighter after about 20 seconds. It was actually kind of nice.

The room we received had some damage to the door in the bathroom. The lighting in the room is horrible so putting in makeup in very difficult. On the plus side there was plenty of surface area for putting out all your things inside the room, the bathroom on the other hand was smallish and sink area is very small. The service at the hotel's front desk was very rude and they were not very accommodating. When asked to change for a room we had initially already booked, the lady at the front desk had an attitude about changing the room. I was very unimpressed with the hotel's staff and for a resort they didn't even have a bell staff, which I thought was very inconvenient. Overall the hotel is in decent shape, but they really need to get better staff.

Now, with that said, the staff is on-task, on-message and bends over backwards to serve its guests (whom, at the time I was there, ranged from the University of North Texas Mean Green to DynCorp, to several overnight conventions). Exercise facility is above average. The one restaurant is marginal. The lounge is a friendly atmosphere. Rooms are above average and the housekeeping staff does a great, considerate job. Adjoining golf course is very nice, and if I get back there, I'll play it.

Now, the fact of the matter is that this Marriott property is so far removed, that I doubt I would every stay there of my own volition. While the hotel provided shuttle service to Roanoke and the WalMart, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. ZERO. ZILCH. NADA...within walking distance of this hotel (except the Speedway across the street).