We had no advance notice that transportation is not permitted to pull up to the hotel entrance. Without any assistance for our three suitcases and two backpacks, we had to make our way from a distant taxi stop to an elevator that took us down to a deteriorating boardwalk toward the hotel. At an entrance marked for hotel guests, we were denied entrance because we had not yet registered. Instead, we had to continue managing our own luggage uphill to a vehicle entry gate manned by a security guard who acknowledged our reservation and let us onto the property. We continued to manage our luggage further uphill to the hotel entrance, then up another elevator to the third floor registration desk, and finally to our room on the same level. No assistance was available for this 43-room hotel. Retracing our steps for departure was minimally easier as we did not have to go through the vehicle gate, but we did hve to move our luggage down a flight of stairs. There was a slide available for the luggage, but we still had to navigate back to the original elevator and then to the distant taxi stop. Hotel staff did assist by calling for a taxi to meet us at the stop. Guests should plan to carry only a backpack or carryon suitcase. Had we known what we would encounter, we would have stored our cruise luggage at a much more convenient location before arriving to spend our one night at Noah's Ark. Evening buffet food service was classy but expensive. Breakfast buffet was better.