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Clean room with all amenities AND at a budget price .Off street parking with a modicum of security surveillance . Friendly desk clerk , obviously an owner . Reading on in this survey I must admit to having NOT visited or done any of the points in Question 4 and Q 6 Calling the place Newcastle is somewhat misleading since the Superlodge is actually in a south extension of WILMINGTON, which is closer than Newcastle . I stayed here BECAUSE OF THE MOTEL SUPERLODGE . Knowing the existence of and actual location of the" Dutch House " might have induced me to look it up though. Getting around the Wilmington area was quite simple and straightforward because I travel with NO PLANNED or required route . I am not going anywhere in particular so it is impossible to get lost . After the overnight in Superlodge I made a point of following the US13Business route all the way into Philadelphia city center . It took something like four hours which was fine by me as I wanted to see the locale through all the new and old 'burbs and industrial zones as they might come . Urban study , if you will.

So many things wrong… The side entrance which we use was supposed to be open only by key access, but it was open to everybody… Unlocked. When we got to the room there was a large hole in the bathroom wall and claw marks all over the door obviously done by a dog trying to get out. The electrical outlet cover was off which is very Unsafe. There was no bulb in the reading lamp. There is a large golf ball ball size hole in the arm chair. The small coffee pot was not working. And worst of all, when I tried to slide the shower doors the whole assembly completely fell apart, which was very very dangerous.… The top of the ensembly was held on the wall with just old caulking. It wasn’t screwed in at all. It looked like the caulking was years old. As soon as I started to slide the doors the whole thing fell apart. One door came close to hitting my head while the other door fell in toward the tub. This was possibly the worst experience of my life in a hotel room.

The time spent was too short to get a sense of the place. What I did observe it prove to be interesting. Would like to have gotten some sightseeing in, but the weather was too bad for me to venture out in.