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The New York Times has an interesting piece on the hotel that inspired the Shining.
Stephen King stayed at the Stanley Hotel and had a nightmare there that resulted in the Shining.
The article doesn’t mention what was in his dream, but I assume it was something like:
While the hotel was not used in the original film, King revisited it for the mini-series version of the Shining, which stayed truer to the book.
The Stanely Hotel is in Estes Park, Colorado, and recently added a hedge maze to give visitors a more authentic feel.
The hotel bar in its website photos gives me the chills–though I have to admit, as a millennial aged person, I’m more familiar with the mini-series.  I had nightmares after watching them and hid under the dining room table with my dog for a while one night.  So it is the bar from the version I recognize the most.
A weekend stay (with advanced purchase) seems to run ~$220 a night. Â Add $130 more for the romance package.
Because nothing says romance like red rum.
Small typo in your piece – the hotel is in Estes Park.
Thanks!
I think you accidentally combined Stanley with Estes to come up with Estley Park instead of Estes Park which is really where the hotel is located. 😉
That’s exactly what I did! Thanks!
*Estes Park
Thanks!