Hannibal Lecter to Hotel Guests: ‘It’s Time to Wake Up’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.08.07 | 11:43 AM ET
Creepy. But is it better to get a wake-up call from from a faux Hannibal Lecter, offering you a breakfast of fava beans and a nice chianti, or, depsite requesting one, no wake-up call at all? The former can be had at the Curtis Hotel, a pop culture-themed lodging in Denver. The latter, according to a story in the New York Times, is, unfortunately, becoming more common. Hence, travelers are losing trust in hotels to wake them at the appropriate time, and are increasingly taking the responsibility of waking themselves up with their cellphones or their own alarm clocks.
I use my cellphone. I do so even in hotels with faux celebrity wake-up calls—the Times has audio of calls (see sidebar) from Lecter, Howard Cosell and Darth Vader at the Curtis, as well as Al Capone and Mike Ditka at the Renaissance Chicago O’Hare.
I trust my phone’s alarm more than robocalls, but I can think of another reason to I eschew them. Once at a Disney hotel in Florida, I was awakened at 6 a.m. by a call from a jolly, squeaky Mickey Mouse. I don’t imagine getting rung up by Hannibal Lecter would be more frightening.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
WindowSeat Jenn 08.09.07 | 2:26 PM ET
Creepy! My business goes to the hotel that can guarantee I’ll wake up with Nick Lachey. Did I actually just writethat?!
Michael Yessis 08.09.07 | 4:37 PM ET
You did, Jenn.
It’s okay. It’s better than writing you want to wake up to Hannibal Lecter.