Both have air conditioning, cable television and telephone. They are reached by a twisting staircase. Most of the nine two-story barges have two rooms on each floor, each with air conditioning, television, telephone and bathroom. Linens are supplied, as are kitchen dishes and utensils. Set in a grove of old-growth hardwoods, the cabin is made of western cedar logs.
Shorter stays are sometimes possible.
Most guests at the Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel don't know it, but if they'd stepped up to what is now the lobby bar 30 years ago they would've been buying a train ticket, not a drink. Back then, the building was the busy train station for the Louisville and Nashville railroad. It was transformed into a hotel in 1984. The old depot was renovated to house the main lobby, two bars and retail stores. The former baggage and storage area became the restaurant and ballroom.