this is the coolest hotel. finished in 1909, built by f.o. stanley, creator of the stanley steamer (the car, not the carpet cleaning company). and it's haunted, which is pretty cool. i was first made aware that this hotel is in estes park, co by watching ghost hunters on the scifi channel. they try to prove that places
aren't haunted, but it didn't work with this place. they said that it is and i believe them. anyway, i got everyone on board for the 2 hour tour, which was well worth it, i think. here are the highlights:
the lobby. as we learned from our tour guide, all of the woodwork here is really just plaster painted with wood grain. it was done like this for the ABC miniseries of "the shining" it originally was all white, like the music room below.
that's my mom and dad standing next to flora stanley's grand piano. the views from the piano are excellent. i got to play it a little bit while we were on the tour. JP Sousa also played this piano back in the day. flora stanley still comes to play the piano at midnight too. just one of the many reasons to spend the night at this hotel.
katie, shawn, michelle, and charlie in the billiard room. the wood in this room is actually real.
me outside the famous room 217. it's the most haunted room in the hotel. the waiting list is 6 months to a year, and it costs around $700 a night.
the front of the stanley hotel. it's a sight to behold.
the lobby. as we learned from our tour guide, all of the woodwork here is really just plaster painted with wood grain. it was done like this for the ABC miniseries of "the shining" it originally was all white, like the music room below.
that's my mom and dad standing next to flora stanley's grand piano. the views from the piano are excellent. i got to play it a little bit while we were on the tour. JP Sousa also played this piano back in the day. flora stanley still comes to play the piano at midnight too. just one of the many reasons to spend the night at this hotel.
katie, shawn, michelle, and charlie in the billiard room. the wood in this room is actually real. 
me outside the famous room 217. it's the most haunted room in the hotel. the waiting list is 6 months to a year, and it costs around $700 a night. 
the front of the stanley hotel. it's a sight to behold.
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Did you not get any pictures of the "ghosts"?
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