We stayed in the Rim cabin rm 6153 for $235 a night (+a $75 per night ”hold” on your card until released at checkout). It was the most CONVENIENT AND TIME SAVING- if you want to walk to the Hermits Rest (red) or Village (blue) shuttle junction, and also be close to the relatively inexpensive Fountain ($5 grab and go breakfast burrito and hot coffee $4) and the Fred Harvey restaurant in Bright Angel Lodge. Bright Angel also has a covered blue shuttle stop, to the left of the main entrance door at the end of the building. Walking out your door to watch the night sky and the Milky Way over the canyon at 9 or 10 at night is a lifetime experience. We were able to find a parking space right outside our cabin. The best times to find empty spaces are before 3 pm check-in. At 9:30 am there were at least 5 empty spaces in our particular parking area as we were checking out. Nothing is stopping you from parking your car, leaving your luggage in it, and taking advantage of the shuttles for hours before check-in time. Other factors made our stay ”average” on average. The cabin was charming with corner windows which would have overlooked the canyon, except that our view was a little set back compared to some of the other rim cabins, and wooded with pine trees and scrub bushes (including the trunk of a partially dead tree). The view should be described as ”peeks” of the canyon from under one of the pine trees, not ”partial view” of the canyon. The access from the rim onto the covered boardwalk which connects the rim cabins happens to be blocked by railings by our cabin, so it made it more private, as people weren't casually tempted to cut through from the rim and walk past our windows. One of our corner windows was warped and could not be entirely closed or locked. This was concerning when we weren't in the cabin. Each window that opened had screens that locked also. A wand pull for one of the drapes was lying on the window sill when we arrived. The heater worked. The bathroom was very nice and modern-with a separate sink area from the tub/shower and toilet. THERE IS A HAIRDRYER! (I had seen photos on this site of wall hairdryers, and called Xanterra to confirm since hairdryers weren't listed in the room descriptions. Xanterra told me there were NO hairdryers, so I wasted space in my carry-on for one that proved to be unneeded. The one towel holder by the bath covered the toilet paper holder if two towels were put on it to dry, so one of us had to use the towel rack by the sink to dry our towel. There isn't daily room service (which we actually liked). The toilet had a small, high, window that could be opened to the outside walkway for ventilation. The bed was comfortable. Our room had two high intensity lights over the bed, which made for good reading at night. We puzzled over our closet, which had a large ”porch like” affair with two bulbs which almost lighted the room itself-overkill by far. There was a ceiling fan and light that worked well, and a lar
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