Park Vue Inn

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

Alrighty! I'm coming solo for the July Meet and decided to book the Park Vue Inn based on location. When Mr. Alice and I visit, we stay at the Candy Cane Inn, but have missed the last shuttle a couple of times for all the fun we're having in DTD after park closing. Sooooooo... To save my feet and a longer walk by myself, it's the Park Vue Inn for the first time.

The write-ups on TripAdvisor.com are pretty positive, but I didn't see anyone talking about the shower water pressure (one of my pet peeves is weak pressure - takes me forever to rinse the shampoo outta my hair! *LOL*)

Any input on the Park Vue will be much appreciated... Thanks!

 

Originally Posted By JAYDOE

wonderingalice...I will be staying there in October for the first time. Please be sure to let us know how your stay is when you get back from DL. =0)

 

Originally Posted By muffin12

I stayed there a few years ago. It was basic and old but taken care of and clean, sorry I don,t remember about the water pressure. But you can,t beat the location. We enjoyed our stay there. I just remembered that the carpets were dirty but there was a cleaning company doing floors in other rooms when we were leaving

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

Will do, JAYDOE!

Thanks muffin12... I know they've done a big refurb on the since pretty recently that included replacing the carpets (thankfully!) Glad to hear you enjoyed your stay... It was all about the location for me this time, too.

 

Originally Posted By MickeyMommy

Hi wonderingalice,
We have stayed there several times in the last few years with no problems. I have medium longish hair, so rinsing after shampoo and conditioner is a big thing for me too at hotels, and I don't remember having an issue with that at the Park Vue. I liked that it had a big refridgerator - bigger than the mini fridges most others have. You can fit alot of snacks in them. And ofcourse the very best thing is the location. You just can't beat it.

Have a wonderful time!

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

Excellent, MickeyMommy! Thanks so much... That's just what I wanted to hear!

 

Originally Posted By ilvdland

The only problem I've ever had there was with reservations, not with the rooms themselves. I would call a little bit before you get there and make sure you're in the system.....

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

Thanks, ilvdland... I actually called them yesterday after booking online because the e-mail confirmation didn't include the rates. The rep confirmed they had my reservation and quoted the same prices I saw when making it.

 

Originally Posted By mareed

I have a reservation here for Nov that I booked online, and I never received email confirmation at all! We were there a few weeks ago, and actually stopped by to check the place out. The person working the front desk was very nice and even took us to see a standard double-queen room. She said that all of the rooms except the 3 queen suite have been remodeled, and it did look fairly nice to me. We plan to keep our reservation for Nov. Guess I should call to confirm since I didn't receive an email...

I'd also be interested in reading reviews from anyone who's stayed there recently.

 

Originally Posted By JAYDOE

I had the same problem wonderingalice. I thought it was kind of strange that the price did come up on the confirmation. I also called and they quoted me the same price I saw. I was a bit concerned, because the day after I booked online, I noticed the rates had went up a bit. Everything seems ok so far. :0)

 

Originally Posted By JAYDOE

I meant DID NOT come up on the confirmation...geez. My typing skills aren't the best in the world. :0)

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

;-) We all have our moments!

 

Originally Posted By dsnymomi2

We've stayed there too and the rooms were nice. We had a problem with res also. They actually said when we got there they had no rooms left!!?? After making some adjustments (and them sweating a bit) They found us one.
The only problem was when we got to the room, someone elses belongings were in there! After going back to the lobby to tell them they finally found us a room (not w/ the # of beds we needed) but it worked out (kids slept on the sleeper sofa) Yes, check with them before arrival!

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

Wow, dsnymomi2... I definitely will do that! I'm arriving very early in the day (probably before housekeeping will have rooms ready), so hopefully there won't be any issues... But I'm going to call again in the days before. My main thing is non-smoking - the configuration of the room is no biggie since it's just me.

 

Originally Posted By deadmentellnotales

We had that problem with our res too! it's been a few years ago but I remember it being realy stressful for my wife since she's the one in the family that does the planning, I help but it's her dad and bro that do nothing but seems to expect everything to go perfect, anyways it worked itself out quickly and we had a great time.

P.S. the water pressure was perfect for us nice and strong.

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

Thanks deadmentellnotales!

I'm hoping since I have a printed confirmation AND have already confirmed that my reservation is in the system AND will call again the day before... I won't have any issues when I arrive. *L* Hopefully, they've gotten past that stuff.

 

Originally Posted By deadmentellnotales

shouldn't have a prob if you have a copy of your confirm #, i'd rest easy, you'll have enough stress before the trip with other stuff, I'm sure

 

Originally Posted By wonderingalice

Stress... Nawwwwww... I'm traveling solo! *LOL*

But thanks for the reassurance! I've actually reconfirmed twice now; called again today to have them lower my rate - it went down since last week... Woo hoo!

 

Originally Posted By wendebird

wonderingalice, I had a terrible stay there. I stayed in the older section close to Harbor & we cockroaches in our room. They did move us to a critter free room the next day, but they would not compensate us for our night spent with roaches!

besides that, the beds have plastic on them, dirty walls, dingy, dark, tile cracked, mold, etc. It's just gross.

If you must stay there, ask for a room in the newer section in the back, bring ear plugs (walls are thin) & bring extra pillows.

 

Originally Posted By wendebird

wonderingalice, please make sure you write down who you spoke too. We were going to arrive late, soI made sure to call them & let them know. When I got there, they had cancelled my reservation & were going to give the room away the next day to a couple who wanted to extend their stay. (Why they told me this I'll never know) It all worked out, but they were not pleasant nor could they care less about pleasing their customer.