A customer recently left a scathing review of the Crowne Plaza North Dallas-Addison hotel due to a furry situation. The traveler was shocked and disgusted by a "Furry Convention" in which people dress up as animals and engage in lewd behavior. The convention happened to take place the same weekend that he stayed in the hotel with his family.
A customer known as Tony A. left a review on TripAdvisor about his experience at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas-Addison when the furry convention was in town. Tony A. claims they stayed at the hotel in February 2012, but they did not post the review until January 2013.
According to Reddit, the letter read:
"In regards to problems, these made for a horrific stay. First of all, I like to bring up the ineptitude of the groups department on scheduling a Furry Convention of unacceptable adults, along with a young girls and boys cheerleading team. The things that our children (ages 4-17) witnessed there, are the kinds of things that we as parents hate to even think that they would be exposed to. My 10 year old daughter and my 8 year old son witnessed lewd and lascivious behavior in the pool, outside by these furry people.
These "people",if I can call them that, were doing unspeakable things outside on the hallways and in their rooms with their doors open. I got into an argument and almost a physical confrontation with two of them because they screamed at a kid that was speaking loudly in the hallway, as they were walking by him, and insulted him with major profanity...this was a 10 year old, folks. Lucky for this kid, my good friend's kid, I came out of my room at the same exact time as they walked by him and confronted them. On another instance, three of these "people" had very dirty and awful comments for a couple of our 6 year old girls. The comments to myself and the girls' parents were offensive and almost turned things violent as the fathers weren't exactly too happy with them."
Tony A. did a little research to learn what a furry convention was and he was disgusted that the hotel would host such an event.
"I am not sure if you folks know what a Furry Rave is. A regular rave is a party where folks dance, drink, party and do their drugs. A regular rave would have been unacceptable then. A Furry Rave included more lewd and lascivious behavior, along with the other factors included in a regular rave. That is not only unacceptable for a guest, it should have been unacceptable to this hotel. How did I find out all of these details about this "rave" and what these furry conventions are about? GOOGLE!!!!! How hard is it for someone to do a little due diligence before they schedule something like this? This research took me 5 MINUTES to do. How do these people schedule these two groups together???? This lack of care was unacceptable and made for the worse stay in any hotel in my entire life, including my college years, where I would stay at $29 motels. Folks, I have traveled throughout Latin America, Europe and Asia, and what this hotel did was unacceptable in the poorest of countries," the review continued.
The review by Tony A. has since been deleted and a message from TripAdvisor shows that the General manager of the hotel encouraged Tony A. to call and speak with her so that she could address his concerns.
Another user, Michael W. said he also stayed at the hotel during the Furry Convention, but he said the furries weren't as bad as Tony made them out to be.
"I happened to be at this hotel during the convention described by a previous poster. Frankly, I can't imagine how she found herself at the point of such hostility. Every single one of the guests attending that "fur convention" were polite and considerate to my party and I. Yes, they were enjoying themselves and may have gotten a bit loud from time to time - but otherwise I'd characterize them as model guests.
The hotel staff were fast, courteous and accommodating. I have nothing but good things to say about them.
Kudos to Crowne Plaza for being open-minded and inclusive of all. It was a refreshing reminder to celebrate both our differences and our similarities," Michael W. said.
Here is a video of a Furry Parade that took place at the hotel in February 2012:
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