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Breakfast:
Paying guests get breakfast for free. If you are staying on points you need to be gold or diamond to get free breakfast. (source)

Parking:
Complimentary (No longer, is now 60sh for self park - Drago)

Shuls Nearby:
Great Synagogue - Approx. 7 minute walk
Kotel around 15min walk thru the mall & arab Shuk (Only suggested when soldiers are present like friday night on the way home)
Hotel has a Shul in the basement
Shul across the street

Hechsher: Plain Rabbanut Yerushayim (not mehadrin)
hechsherim in isreal
whatever your rabbi says you can eat, someone else's rabbi says is treif

If anyone is planing on staying at Waldorf and not eating the free breakfast (Hechsher, Early flight, etc') please PM shimino1

If you get free drinks vouchers and don't use them, I'll buy it off you for 10 shek per voucher.
PM shimino1

If anyone is planing on staying at Waldorf and not eating the free breakfast please PM dragoddfer, and he may be able to pay for the breakfast.

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Author Topic: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem  (Read 1151418 times)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1340 on: June 18, 2015, 09:06:55 PM »
Also emailing/calling before will definitly improve your chances

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1341 on: June 19, 2015, 01:30:26 AM »
Will do. When booking, there was a slot for comments, so I mentioned it the 10 yr anni and upgrade.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1342 on: June 19, 2015, 07:26:36 AM »
Will do. When booking, there was a slot for comments, so I mentioned it the 10 yr anni and upgrade.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1343 on: June 19, 2015, 07:31:04 AM »
I still think you should call and talk to someone to confirm and request early check-in!

Mazel tov btw!

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1344 on: June 19, 2015, 09:54:17 AM »
Does anyone know if the shabbos elevator uses max power? Or does it operate normally just stops on every floor? I got upgraded to a suite on the 9th floor really rather not have to walk.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1345 on: June 19, 2015, 10:13:25 AM »
Does anyone know if the shabbos elevator uses max power? Or does it operate normally just stops on every floor? I got upgraded to a suite on the 9th floor really rather not have to walk.
Nice. DId you ask for it or they offered?

Thank to all your good wishes, guys.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1346 on: June 19, 2015, 10:33:55 AM »
I emailed the manager before I left. Never heard back but when I checked in I asked and they said that already upgrades me to a deluxe room on the 3rd floor. When the guy brought me to my room they were still cleaning it. He was very apologetic so I asked if there are any other rooms available and he offered me a suite with a balcony  on the ninth floor overlooking the old city. But now I need to figure out if I can use the shabbos elevator.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1347 on: June 19, 2015, 10:35:58 AM »
Is walking 9 flights that big of a deal?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1348 on: June 19, 2015, 10:40:15 AM »
Is walking 9 flights that big of a deal?
It is when you have 8 month old triplets

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1349 on: June 19, 2015, 10:40:39 AM »
Is walking 9 flights that big of a deal?
Ummmm, for some people, yes. Depends what the scale shows when you step on it...
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1350 on: June 19, 2015, 10:41:51 AM »
Ummmm, for some people, yes. Depends what the scale shows when you step on it...

ya but the scale will show less after the 9 flights

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1351 on: June 19, 2015, 10:44:29 AM »
Ask your LOR, but the halacha will vary based on a healthy adult vs a mother with young kids or someone elderly.

FWIW, Rafi begged to keep going up and down the stairs at the Waldorf on the shabbos we were there.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1352 on: June 19, 2015, 10:46:33 AM »
FWIW, Rafi begged to keep going up and down the stairs at the Waldorf on the shabbos we were there.
What floor did you stay at?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1353 on: June 19, 2015, 10:48:31 AM »
Don't recall the floor, but Rafi counted to about 150 steps :)

Maybe 7?
Though in CNX we've done 15 floors.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1354 on: June 19, 2015, 10:54:36 AM »
Don't recall the floor, but Rafi counted to about 150 steps :)

Maybe 7?
Though in CNX we've done 15 floors.
In CNX they gave us floor 17 but I got them to open a room on 11. They assigned us the most obese security guard to walk us up, he was 85% dead by the time we got there

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1355 on: June 20, 2015, 07:41:05 PM »
In CNX they gave us floor 17 but I got them to open a room on 11. They assigned us the most obese security guard to walk us up, he was 85% dead by the time we got there
Lol
In the le meridan dead sea days I one time got 19th
Also btw, I have friends that live in manhatten and live quite a way up and do it every week...

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1356 on: June 20, 2015, 09:14:55 PM »
In CNX they gave us floor 17 but I got them to open a room on 11. They assigned us the most obese security guard to walk us up, he was 85% dead by the time we got there

A guard for what?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1357 on: June 20, 2015, 11:19:20 PM »
Lol
In the le meridan dead sea days I one time got 19th
Also btw, I have friends that live in manhatten and live quite a way up and do it every week...
In our neighborhood you got women living on the 5-8th floor with no elevators bouncing up a double stroller with groceries. It's crazy. Never wanted to buy an apartment more than 1 floor up. ---yea, realized, we've moved on frm the Walfdorf to apartments in Israel, lol

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1358 on: June 21, 2015, 12:44:45 AM »
A guard for what?
ah, I guess you never met Emkay. Whenever he travels, he takes a guard with him for security reasons.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #1359 on: June 21, 2015, 03:09:23 AM »
Is walking 9 flights that big of a deal?
Just stayed on 9tg floor this past shabbos... Regarding walking, well I only walked down not up.... So no big deal