Originally Posted By scuttle I am trying to help a family of four decided between these two hotels. They have two kids a boy 9 and a girl 7 and they are going mid Oct. I was thinking HoJo for all the good reviews, bigger rooms and two pools, but CCI because of shuttle, breakfast and nice pool area???? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Originally Posted By tapdancemom It's true rooms are smaller at Candy Cane Inn but you can upgrade for $10 to a larger room. I love having the shuttle so that's another reason I personally would choose CCI. The breakfast is included and while not offering hot items such as waffles, srambled eggs it has a wide variety of breads and bagels for toasting(jams and cream cheese), muffins and rolls (shed a tear for the now gone forever yellow iced muffins), hot and cold cereal, yogart and fresh fruit and hot and cold beverages. The pool at HoJos is larger but the setting is very pretty at CCI.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I really, really wish LP would put in some comprehensive hotel information. This topic comes up at least a half dozen times a year.
Originally Posted By Scar We love the CCI. The grounds are beautiful. Their free breakfast saves us at least $100.00 in food money each trip. It's absolutely incredible. Finally, Their own shuttle has saved us many late nights. We leave in 26 days, and this trip will be the 4th time we have stayed here.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^*LOL* I was just going to start my response with "Here we go again!" I'm with tapdancemom... Mr. Alice and I now consider ourselves Candy Cane Inn 'regulars.' We just love the place for all of the reasons mentioned above and because (though some will dispute me on this) the water pressure in the shower is much better at CCI than at Hojo's, in my experience. I've got really thick hair - it's not particularly long, but VERY thick... I was losing my patience with the shampoo process when I last stayed at Hojo's (a fun trip with friends, but I would vote 'no' for the hotel now. ;-)
Originally Posted By wonderingalice BTW... My post was supposed to come after SuzieQ's... I had to take a phone call. *LOL*
Originally Posted By scuttle I'm really sorry for asking. I did look back quite a ways and did see a few threads for both HoJo and CCI but I couldn't find one comparing the two. Again sorry for asking. Thanks for everyones help.
Originally Posted By Misty I think it is fine that you asked the question again. Maybe people have had a different experience at one of the hotels than they did six months ago!
Originally Posted By Scar scuttle - If you're anything like me, I only come to the boards and ask questions when there's a Disney trip pending. Don't be sorry. Some questions need to be asked over and over in order in insure the perfect trip!!!!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Oh, don't apologize for asking again! I looked back quite a ways, too, thinking I might be able to find a link that would give you a lot of information. I do think it would be extremely useful if LP had an area just for hotel comparison - not necessarily a discussion board, but an information section.
Originally Posted By quincytoo ^^^^I agree with you SuzieQ......There are so many hotels out there, In June I am going down with some a local friend and am staying at another hotel then I usually stay at. Yes I could go on Trip Advisor BUT I would love to see a section here by Lpers like you and I rather then the opnions of some strangers. Any chance that LP could put up a area just for hotel comparison???
Originally Posted By avromark Bah Well I know I don't want to pay the bandwidth costs, can't afford it at least.
Originally Posted By MsLindanne CCI gets our vote too...and we are also staying there in June. Ya know, I've found that a lot of the same questions are asked more than once, but when it comes to Disney, I think, the majority of us like to talk about the hotels, parks, over and over and over again. Especially if we have a trip planned Some of my friends think I am nuts! ha..ha.. They just don't get it! ºoº
Originally Posted By bellas_mama Hi Scuttle - I remember asking this same questions back in Jan. Here is the link - <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/default.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-71313-P-1&Refresh=0419103202" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/de fault.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-71313-P-1&Refresh=0419103202</a> Hopefully you'll get more info that wasn't mentioned in this post. Personally, I chose CCI after all the good reviews. I liked it except the room was so darn small and cramped in comparison to hojos, even though we upgraded to the larger room. If it was just me and my hubby I wouldn't care but with young ones it makes it a bit tight. However, if you are only there to sleep it may not even be an issue. Shuttle was convenient although we often arrived a few minutes too late (it already left) or we were there too early and had to wait - in both cases, we just walked instead of waiting. The free breakfast is a plus if you will be there a number of days. When we stay at hojos we just bring our own fruit, muffins and single serve boxes of cereal & keep a container of milk/oj in the fridge. Really, whichever you choose, I am sure your friends will be pleased since both have their high points!
