Four Points by Sheraton Moncton
Downtown family rooms near the slides and the zoo
About this hotel
Four Points by Sheraton sits on the downtown side of Moncton, a non-smoking tower built around family rooms, spacious meeting spaces and an on-site restaurant rather than a resort-style pool deck. Families splitting a day between Magic Mountain's slides and a downtown evening find the fitness centre and free parking useful on the days the car does double duty, and the short drive out to Magnetic Hill Zoo and Parlee Beach means a rest day has options beyond the water park itself. Couples travelling as part of a bigger group rate the location highly for a two-person trip, and the free high-speed internet throughout suits a family juggling work calls around a slide-heavy vacation. The restaurant on site, Sophia & Spritz, closes out most evenings without needing a second drive to find dinner after a full day in the sun.
- Family rooms
- On-site restaurant
- Free parking
- Fitness centre
Our take
Four Points suits a family who wants a proper downtown hotel rather than a highway motel, with enough polish for a business trip that turns into a family one. It is not the closest property to Magic Mountain, so budget fifteen minutes each way to the park, and it is not the cheapest option on this list either, but the family rooms and on-site dining make the extra drive worth it for a group that wants a downtown base for the rest of the trip too.
- ✓Book a family room specifically at check-in rather than a standard double if travelling with more than two kids on this trip.
- ✓Reserve the drive to Magic Mountain for mid-morning to skip both downtown traffic and the park's own opening rush at the gates.
- ✓Eat at Sophia & Spritz at least once; it saves a search for dinner after a full day at the slides with tired kids in tow.
Why we love it
- Family rooms in a proper downtown tower
- On-site restaurant, Sophia & Spritz
- Free high-speed WiFi throughout
- Free parking and a fitness centre
Why guests love itWe picked this for the family rooms and ended up using the fitness centre more than expected, since one parent kept an early routine going before the kids woke for the day's slides. Sophia & Spritz covered two dinners after long afternoons at Magic Mountain, and the free parking meant the fifteen-minute drive out to the park never felt like an added cost on top of the room rate.