Super 8 Waukegan, Waukegan

We just went for my son's Navy graduation. For the money we thought it would be the best value. Free shuttle to Navy base, deluxe breakfast, etc. Arriving after a 12 hr drive we find a small lobby with a crabby attendant, no elevators(we were on the 3rd floor), the air conditioner barely worked and the beds hard. We were told the free shuttle was a first come first serve basis and we should be there at 6am. Graduation was at 9am. The shuttle was a Dodge Caravan which only made 2 trips to the base. Other hotels we saw had small buses for their guests.I was all set for the deluxe breakfast....thoughts of biscuits & gravy, eggs and crispy bacon filled my head. Instead I found a suffocatingally small room with three small tables AND 2 kinds of cereal, donuts and english muffins. Coffee(one urn was empty at 6:45) and juice. That is a continental breakfast not a deluxe breakfast. We wish that we had went somewhere else!

Good rate for Naval grad parents - don't expect any frills; including hot water. If we wouldn't have gotten a discount I would have complained to management about the barely luke warm water. Since we were only there about 6 hours for a little sleep it wasn't worth the time. Just be warned if you like a hot shower try somewhere else.

A cockroach actually ran out of the black binder they leave on the desk up my arm. I was shocked so of coarse I shook my arm to get it off and it proceeded to run across the pillow of the bed. The next morning 5am we were getting ready to go to graduation at the naval academy and another cockroach ran across the desk right over the phone. When we asked the front desk about this they just said they sprayed about every 2 weeks for them. STAY AWAY!!

Breakfast was not too great, but the staff was. The room was always made up really well, even after my kids destroyed it. it's close to RTC, the mall, and six flags. The beds weren't the very best, but I didn't sleep any worse than I do at home. The staff were really helpful and friendly. McD's traffic was noticable but not annoying. My biggest complaint was the stale donuts and sour OJ.