As a group you walk from the Trellis Lobby a distance over to elevators that take you up to the West Virginia Wing of the hotel, then the tour starts at one of the blast doors. Onwards into a large convention hall and showroom, another blast-door (this one bigger), one of the Congressional work-meeting rooms (you see the picture on the website), down long sterile military-gray halls towards a pair of rooms filled with museum-quality memorabilia from before the Bunker was deactivated, and then you get to watch a movie showing a history of the bunker showing why and how it was built. Another blast-door, a view down a football field-long, dark access tunnel, decontamination shower rooms, generator rooms, and a dining hall. In between all of the room visits you get a LOT of background and history of the Bunker that’s not included in the short film.
DID YOU KNOW. In a groundbreaking series of reports in 2010, Washington Post reporters Bill Arkin and Dana Priest revealed that 33 building complexes for top-secret intelligence work are under construction or have been built in Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area since September 2001.
Arrived early on a Saturday morning (Oct. 7, 2017 8:30am) for the BUNKER TOUR and the front of the hotel was bathed in glorious sunlight. It makes for stunning pictures. The hotel’s interior is an eclectic mash-up of bright and pastel colors, elegant designs and finishings, and crazy carpet and tile patterns that seem impossible, but somehow manage to work well together to make an incredible palatial, luxurious, opulent, and magnificent visual.
We had a very nice Christmas at the Greenbrier. The amenities are excellent, although I am surprised they do not have a hot tub in the pool area or spa. The sporting clays course is always fun. I got a hair cut, they did a nice job, and I felt the price was reasonable. I wish more amenities were included with the stay like perhaps bowling, wine tasting, iceskating, or the bunker tour, but we did enjoy the ballroom dancing class and afternoon tea times that were offered.
Remember - They do take your phone and all electronics, give you a receipt at the beginning of the tour. You get them back at the end of the tour after the dining hall. They walk everyone out as a group to a common place and then you’re free to go from there.
For the price, and the detailed history of the Bunker and what you get to see, I’d say it was worth having done it. I drove 3-hrs one-way for the sole purpose of the tour and don’t regret it. Overall quite enjoyable and well worth my time!
The rooms could stand an update. The rest of the hotel is lovely though. I really enjoyed taking a run on the grounds and visiting the church for quiet solo prayer. I had a great massage at the spa. The dinner at Prime 44 was delicious. The breakfast buffet in the main dining hall was delicious as well. I got to swim in the Vintage indoor pool that reminded me of a 1950s synchronized swimming movie. The casino was very full and bustling. Golf definitely looks like the thing to do there.
The Bunker Tour starts 15 minutes earlier than your “posted start time”, and they tell you this, so don’t lolly-gag around and drift up at the last minute holding everyone else up because you want to be fashionably late. They do take your phone and all electronics, give you a receipt, and a second tour representative brings them along and locks them up in a room at the beginning of the tour inside the bunker. Allow time for this as well.
I booked the room, but was unable to go due to family emergency. My husband & son stayed in the villa for the weekend which was explained by reservations to me as 4 bedrooms with a common area. Once my husband arrived, the common area was closed off immediately only to be left with a very cramped bedroom and no way to keep items cold. My husband requested a mini fridge, it never came. The charge was a group rate, the hotel rooms at the very least were larger & had a mini fridge in the main resort. Honestly, you get more space along with ice, mini fridge in the Holiday Inn Express or any hotel offering suites. My husband said it was the WORST hotel experience he has ever had and this is a resort not a hotel so that is quite a statement. Uncomfortable beds, pillows and cramped space, honestly I would skip this experience. When I spoke to management they offered no solution, only tried to convince me I was made aware of the cramped space & facilities. NEVER AGAIN - STAY AWAY- OVER PRICED - TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE (MANAGEMENT)
Before that building boom, however, another secret bunker lay in wait for the apocalypse, behind a giant reinforced steel door. For 30 years, it was kept secret. Hidden in West Virginia's Greenbrier Resort was a massive bomb shelter stocked with supplies for members of Congress in case of an emergency.
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