Plan was this year to get the 180 across the Atlantic and fly in but that will have to wait until prob 2013 now...
Have to say that shower,'private bathroom' and A/C is good after a day wandering around and to me worth the cost.
I found that you can still get to all the evening activities you want to.
One of the pleasures for me this year is that my wife with a newly minted PPL will be with me and maybe my daughter - also just earned a PPL. Son has a PC-12 course in Arizona starting on the 29th so might just have to make room for him for a couple of days also...
Would be great to meet up with anybody for some cold beers...