The Tipton Hotel
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The Tipton Hotel is a fictional apartment hotel from the television series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Most of the action occurs inside the hotel and it is the main setting for the series, particularly the lobby, the basement, the Tipton's 4-star restaurant, the ballroom, the game room, the Martins' suite on the 23rd floor, and London Tipton's penthouse. The Imperial Suite is the third largest room in the hotel and is where most show guest stars stay. The series is set in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tipton Industries is presumed to be a parody of the Hilton Hotel chain because London Tipton is a parody of Paris Hilton.
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[edit] Exterior
The Tipton Building itself doesn't exist; shots of the building's exterior are pictures of the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. The moving vehicles and most people are animated or green screened. The various external shots of the Tipton Hotel along with views from the windows of the Martin's and London's suites would place the hotel in several different locations around Boston. One external shot has the John Hancock Tower close by and another has the Tipton reflected on the Hancock. That would put the hotel in the Back Bay section of Boston. Views from the suites would put the hotel down near the waterfront as the buildings seen outside the window are all near the New England Aquarium. Lastly, in "Bird Man of Boston", "Bubba" the hawk (also the name of Dylan and Cole Sprouse's dog), at the end of the show, is seen flying around an open area with a church in the background. That church is the Park Street Church, so that shot would put the hotel right on the Boston Common.
[edit] Events
Along with Carey Martin headlining in the ballroom every Tuesday night, the Tipton plays host to many special events and functions, which include:
- Celebrity weddings
- Proms
- Go Dance USA competition
- Battle of the Bands
- Universal Mini Miss Pageant
- The Beacon Hill Masquerade Ball (formerly held at the St. Mark Hotel)
- Press conferences
- Motivational speakings and lectures
- Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
- Science fairs
- Birthday parties
- Spelling Bees
- Celebrity showings
- Conventions
- Boston Ballroom Dance Competition
- Junior Fashion Show
- Hotel Engineer Games
- Entomology convention
The Boston location is also the backdrop for the hotel chain's television advertisement.
[edit] Notable Staff
- Marion Moseby, the hotel manager.
- Maddie Fitzpatrick, the candy counter girl.
- Esteban Ramírez, the bellhop.
- Arwin Hawkhauser, the hotel engineer.
- Carey Martin, the singer.
- Chef Paolo, the chef.
- Patrick, the maître d'.
- Muriel, the former maid.
- Lance, the lifeguard.
- Skippy, the night manager.
- Irene, the concierge.
- Serge, the former concierge.
- Norman, the doorman.
- Deborah, the maid.
- Rose, the maid.
- Grace, the maid.
- Gary, the waiter.
- Rich, the waiter.
- Dr. Chip Walters, the hotel doctor.
- Chuck, the waiter.
- Veronica, the masseuse
- Mr. Tipton, the owner
- Nia, the substitute candy counter girl
- Millicent, the other substitute candy counter girl
[edit] Clientèle
The Tipton is a popular choice for traveling families with a high budget. The Tipton has the honor of accommodating many distinguished guests including:
- Foreign princes
- The Japanese ambassador
- New York Yankees
- Circus entertainers
- Popstar Jesse McCartney
- Merit Scholars - (Trevor: played by Zac Efron)
- The French ambassador
- Bernard Bernaise - Food critic
- Amputater (wrestler)
- Hannah Montana and her father Robbie Ray
- Raven Baxter, an employee the famous designer Donna Cabonna
- Kurt Martin, the twins' father who visited the Tipton 5 (Dad's Back, Christmas at the Tipton, Volley Dad, Graduation, & A Tale of Two Houses in that order) times (to date)
- Prince Sanjay of Ishkabar
- Con artists Harry and Holly O'Neill
- Mr. Moseby's big brother, Spencer
- Japanese opera singer Kumiko Mori
- London's fifth stepmother Brandi Tipton.
- Mr. Moseby's grandmother Rose Moseby
- The Moroccan ambassador
- Tony Hawk
[edit] Residents
Several people are known to live full-time at the Tipton:
- London Tipton (Brenda Song), rich daughter of Mr. Tipton, lives in the penthouse in suite 2500 with her dog Ivana. The suite takes up almost her entire floor (particularly her closet), but is not an actual penthouse, as other guest rooms exist on the floor.
- Carey Martin (Kim Rhodes), the lounge singer, and her twin sons, Zack and Cody (Dylan and Cole Sprouse), live in suite 2330 at the Tipton Hotel.
- Arwin Hawkhauser (Brian Stepanek), the janitor, used to live in the bottom floor of the Tipton Hotel & had a cot in his office. He lived with his mother on weekends until she moved away with her new husband and Arwin got the apartment.
- Marion Moseby (Phill Lewis), the hotel manager often quotes the Tipton is his home, but actually lives in an apartment seconds away from the hotel looking almost like the Tipton lobby.
[edit] Tiptons around the world
There are Tipton hotels in the following locations: Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, New York City, Mumbai (Bombay), Boston, Siberia, Mars,Taipei,Peking,and Milan.
In "The Suite Life Goes Hollywood", it is revealed that there is a Tipton in Hollywood. Instead of located right by a street as the Boston Tipton is, it is located on a beach. The luxury suite, in which Carey and the boys stay in, is very similar to their suite back in Boston, except for the view.
[edit] Advertisements
There are currently two commercials for the Tipton, both of which air on Disney Channel. The first commercial is the Tipton staff singing "It's Your Place to Stay" on the episode Commercial Breaks.They say the phone # is 1-800-654-2192. The other, which plays regularly on Disney Channel as an ad for The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, mainly brags "When you require the best, forget the rest!"
[edit] Competition
The Tipton's main competition is the Saint-Mark Hotel, across the street (Irv Wheldon, Hotel engineer who hates Arwin, Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger-Von Helsing der Keppelugerhofer, Manager who hates Mr. Moseby, and the owner of the Saint-Mark hotel, from "Cookin' With Romeo and Juliet"). Another hotel in the area mentioned was the Glitz-Carlton (A parody of the Ritz-Carlton.).
[edit] See also
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