Please help me choose!!Posh hotel or travelodge?

[SpiritualKnot]

Going to see a show with my 10 year old daughter in Manchester on 30th December, travelling from North Wales. The show is the next day, so we're overnighting. I booked a cheap travelodge room (Manchester Ancoats) ages ago(£9+£11 for breakfast and evening meal). Now I'm thinking I'd like a bit of luxury instead, last year we treated ourselves to the Manchester Hilton and I saw the Midland hotel and thought it looked well nice. Am looking at the Midland hotel for about £94 bed, breakfast and evening meal or £66 bed and breakfast and popping to the travelodge for our evening meal, though it looks a bit of a hike?
Don't know Manchester that well, how busy would it be on that date? Should I go for either of the Midland options, which looks to be a very nice hotel with pool or just stay at the Travelodge? I won't get my money back from the Travelodge. Feel like I'm being a bit extravagant, but don't do this very often.
Advice appreciated.

SK

It's a trek from the Midland to Ancoats, I wouldn't go to the Travelodge there just to eat. There are loads of restaurants aroudn the area where the Midland is.

And Ancoats isn't the nicest end of town. You wont' want to be wandering around. It's ok like, but you're on the edge of the city rather than in it, iyswim.

Thanks for that Mary! I might be better off just booking the evening meal deal with the Midland if it's going to be really busy. Can be quite hard trekking around with my daughter when she's hungry
Do you have any idea if Manchester will be busy on that date?
SK