Holiday Inn Express Waterloo-Cedar Falls

Family of four traveling for a graduation party. I would rate this hotel 4 out of 5 stars only because the swimming area was just ok. Water felt like it just came out of the tap. That was our only minor issue. We weren’t there to swim, but it would have been a downfall with our kids if we did plan for more swimming. Staff was amazing! Check in, breakfast (especially 5/28) ladies were fantastic! Food was very good. Eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls, bagels, muffins, pancakes, yogurt, cereal. Many juice options, milk, coffee. Apples, bananas, clementines. One of the best included breakfasts we’ve had. Room was very clean. Towels were brand new. Beds we’re comfortable. Anything we needed was taken care of promptly. Our coffee maker didn’t work and the front brought us a replacement very quickly. If we needed fresh towels that too was quick and simple. Close to highway. Near Target, many restaurants. Our family would highly recommend this hotel!

We wanted a place to stay in the Waterloo/ Cedar Falls while we visited the lost island water park. We settled on the Holiday Inn as it has a great location near the park and it had an indoor pool and hot tub (my son loves both and we knew we'd use it). We got there and the hot tub was literally filled with cement! We would've stayed somewhere else had we known this. The hotel itself was meh. Dated and not all that clean, but clean enough to stay and not walk out. The lobby and breakfast area however were very clean. The lady who checked us in and the man running breakfast were very nice, which was pretty much the only saving grace.