Historic Hotel of Choice for the Air Show

The Cavalier Hotel
4201 Atlantic Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23451
(757) 425-8555

There are many wonderful hotels on the oceanfront and throughout the city. You can easily select one of them from the website of the Virginia Beach Hotel and Motel Association ( www.vbhma.com/) or additional information can be obtained from the City of Virginia Beach website (www.VBfun.com). Ask if they might have a special rate for the upcoming airshow.

Not only spend your days from the 1940's at the Warbirds over the Beach airshow, but also retire in the evenings back to the era of the Second World War by staying at our recommended hotel along the beaches of the oceanfront. We have arranged for fifty elegant hotel rooms to be reserved at the exquisite Cavalier Hotel on the hill (www.cavalierhotel.com/resort_history.aspx) which played such an important role in the Second World War. When you contact the hotel for your reservation, ask for the Air Show special rate and be whisked back to the era of the Second World War. The mood has been frozen in time and also the room rates have been rolled back to almost the prices of the middle of the last century. For only $115, you can stay in the rooms overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, where on moonless nights you might have been able to see a freighter burning in the distance from a marauding U-Boat slipping silently under the waters of the Gulf Stream.

Presidents, famous actors and actresses, sports figures, prominent business people, oil men, bankers, and railroad presidents have all come to The Cavalier Hotel over the years. Seven United States Presidents have enjoyed The Cavalier’s amenities and three more have delivered speeches within the walls. Hollywood personalities like Johnny Wiessmuller, Jean Harlow, Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Betty Grable and Mary Pickford have been guests as well. Fatty Arbuckle would rent an entire floor at The Cavalier for himself and his entourage. Other entertainers and prominent people like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, Will Rogers and more have experienced The Cavalier’s gracious hospitality.

In October 1942, Uncle Sam told The Cavalier he needed the hotel, and the U.S. Navy moved in to occupy it. Until June 1, 1945, the U.S. Navy operated a Radar Training School on the Cavalier grounds. There was such a shortage of space that the stables were cleaned and then used as a living quarters for some of the sailors. During the WWII black out, curtains were placed over the ceiling glass and windows of the swimming pool area, the water was drained, and the bottom of the swimming pool was used as a classroom. Although living conditions may have been cramped, The Cavalier chefs were retained by the Navy. Those who attended the Radar Training School believe they ate better than any other naval personnel. The year following the Navy's stay, the Navy rented 130 rooms to house single officers.

Join your fellow airmen in celebrating this wonderful time in history by falling asleep in a monument to that era. Ring them up at (888) 746-2327 and make your reservation now. When the limited number of available rooms are gone, there will be no better deal then sleeping on the beach under the stars. Tell them Fatty Arbuckle sent you, as he was well known there.