Ms. Gates, a regulartrain rider, initially expected the service to work as smoothly as Wi-Fi on JetBlue or Virgin America airlines, but she has given up on it and bought a wireless card from Sprint.
The 153-room modern lodging, connected to the airport via the regular LINK train, offers extra comfort amenities such as 100% Egyptian cotton and goose down bedding and work stations with ergonomic chairs.
Vollmer made regular trips to Australia to train in the ocean and swim with dolphins, which made racing in the flat water of an Olympic pool feel far simpler.
What is noticeable straight away is that where the driver should sit there are passengers - it is a driverless train and the trains are very, very regular.
"This club has nine full-time players and 18 part-time players and we can't train full-time as the 18 don't get here on a very regular basis, " he added.