Originally Posted By liveforvacations As indicated in my other posts, I am a real Hojos fan but am going with another family and as they have more children, they would like more rooms. I have been looking at the places that offer suites directly across from the park and I came across Embassy Suites South. I know that it is not exactly close and we would have to take the ART but it looks so nice and the free hot breakfast sounds so good. So if anyone has stayed at Embassy Suites I would love to hear about your stay including rooms, breakfast, experience with ART, fastest route walking time to Disneyland etc. As I have never visited this part of town, I am especially interested as to what stores, restaurants etc. are within about 5 minutes walking distance. Thanks in advance for all your help.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I've stayed here a dozen times. It's my first off-property choice. The hotel is right on Harbor, so if you walked you would turn left onto the sidewalk and just keep going. It's over a mile, though, so I wouldn't do it! The ART bus is exclusive to Embassy Suites. It picks up in front of the hotel entrance. Restaurants: Bucca di Beppo is in the hotel parking lot; turn right onto the sidewalk and there is an Outback and Joe's Crab Shack on the next corner (1 block, if that) Directly across the street is a Del Taco and Jack in the Box. Pictures of the rooms: <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4071689&a=31004463&f=" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/AlbumIndex?u=4071689&a=31004463&f=</a>
Originally Posted By minniefan We stayed there in November and loved it! We normally stay at Hojo's or BWPPI, but we were going with a group and that was the hotel we had to stay in. The pool area was great, great breakfast, the rooms were very nice and large. It was definitely more of a hassle to take the ART, but I would consider staying there again for sure. As SuzieQ said, there's several restaurants right there ANNNND a Starbucks which was a huge bonus for me!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Love it. We've stayed there several times and never had a problem with ART. For a bigger family, the extra space is well worth the extra commute time. (As are the managers free cocktails in the afternoon!)
Originally Posted By SuzieQ ^ Agreed! It's amazing how fast you can adjust your break schedule to match the Manager's Reception time, isn't it?
Originally Posted By junglejoy Just another thumbs up. One of my favorites is the breakfast. I don't make time for most "free" breakfasts, but at Embassy Suites I do!
Originally Posted By bobiascastle that is the ONLY place we stay. LOVE IT! more pricey than some of the other near by hotels but you can't go back to anything else once you have stayed there. the all you can ear free breakfast is awesome. not all ES has buffet (i know the other one further away from Disneyland only has a 1 time pass through the buffet so don't go there) the rooms are nice & big too (we have 4 kids, normal size hotel rooms just don't cut it). make reservations early though cause they are big on the conventions & if they are having a big one they fill up fast. have fun! )
Originally Posted By bobiascastle make sure you get a room with 2 beds. they are a little bigger than the king rooms. when you are going with a big group you need all the room you get. )
Originally Posted By SuzieQ They also have what is called a Large or Expanded king room. These rooms are located above the entrance, where the big bowed windows are. The bedroom has a HUGE extra space. You could easily put an airbed or two in the room. BTW, the 2-doubles room was $139 during our stay. We had 2 King and one Double/Double room for our group.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Ya know, I'd be curious to see the square footage on the d/d rooms versus the king rooms. My brother was right down the hall from us with the d/d. The rooms are all the same depth, and the beds on the North/South walls. The living rooms are laid out the same, too, so they aren't any wider. Hmmmm.....
Originally Posted By bobiascastle yeah i am not sure really how much bigger they are but i have stayed in both & it just seems like the king was smaller. just the bedroom mind you not the living room & all. who knows. )
