I've stayed at motels all over Alaska and this is one of my favorites. The staff was always very helpful and had an employee assist in taking our luggage up to the third floor. Like most places there is no elevator. The location is far enough out there is little traffic but close enough in you can get to anywhere in town within a few minutes. The rooms are spacious and clean. I have stayed here twice and was just a pleased the second time. This is not a Princess hotel though and if that is what you are expecting you will be disappointed. But, then, I feel that type of hotel is like Disney World in Alaska. Not quite real. If you enjoy birds then you will be next to one of the best birding areas in Alaska, Creamer's Field. When we go back to Fairbanks, we will stay here again.

Let me preface this review by saying that we were not happy from the moment we arrived at this lodge. We had been deemed "spillover" on a Princess Cruise Tour and were not pleased with the fact that even though we booked our trip a year in advance, we did not get to stay at the Princess Fairbanks Lodge. Then to top it all off, they misplaced our luggage!

Although this hotel was clean, the location was not that great (there is NOTHING around this hotel), and because we were there through Princess, the staff was not exactly helpful, including not allowing, in any way, shape, or form, late checkouts for those of us who had late afternoon flights the day we were scheduled to depart. They were calling our rooms at 11:10 AM on the day of checkout and we were forced to go sit in the lobby, at which point some sort of manager came around and "nicely" convinced us that it would be better for us to go for a walk around the property than to sit in the lobby and wait for our airport shuttle.

Beyond that, the rooms were very dated. All in all, I just did not feel that the quality of this lodge made it "worth" being a spillover lodge for Princess, and I certainly do not recommend anyone staying here if they can avoid doing so.

Staying at the Wedgewood Resort was a very wonderful experience as it is located next to the nature trails of Creamers Field with lots of peace and quiet and away from the bustle of the town. Moose would occasionally wander the grounds at night and early morning and the Northern Lights were visible from my balcony.
The front desk staff were friendly and personable and willing to assist as needed, and housekeeping and security did an excellent job also. My stay at Wedgewood as a travel nurse so far from my home in the lower 48 helped make the Alaskan experience one that I hope to relive again and again. I would recommend Wedgewood Resort to every traveler as a wonderful place to stay.

This was my last stop on a 14-day Princess CruiseTour. It was the worst place that we stayed. The rooms were bare, the location remote...there was little we could walk to. It was not up to the high quality of the rest of our Princess Cruise and stay in Denali.