Originally Posted By tinkerbell227 I am wondering if anyone could give me some input on Park Vue Inn? We were originally going to book HoJo, but I stumbled across Park Vue and it seems nice enough and right across the street from DL entrance. We will be travelling with our 3 kids, ages 15, 12, 8. I liked that they have a room with 3 queens and they also have cont. breakfast. Anyway... anyone have any comments on this hotel vs. HoJo? Thanks in advance for any input
Originally Posted By Pollyana You will hear pros and cons about each place. I have stayed at both more than once. Park Vue has the standard exterior corridors which I personally don't care for. The rooms were ok but that was before the recent remodel. And it's location is the best. Very easy walk from a long day in Disneyland. Now for Hojos, I like it better. The hotel is spread out and there is plenty of parking. All the rooms are accessible through interior halls, and most have balconies. I like that extra bit of little space. The beds are extremely comfortable and some rooms have a sink outside the bathroom in addition to one in the bathroom. Just some things to think about. If you can get a good deal, I would go with Hojo. Hope this helps. But in the end, both are good places, and really, how much time do we spend in the rooms? I forgot to mention the great little water area at Hojos, Pirates Cove. If you have little ones and it is warm enough, I would choose Hojos just for that.
Originally Posted By Pollyana Sorry, just re-read your post. You do have kids...I would choose Hojos. They do not offer any breakfast but MCdonalds is a short walk away.
Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan With the age of your kids, I would go for the cont. breakfast. While Pirates Cove is nice, it seems like it's more for the under 10 crowd.
Originally Posted By Malcon10t Pirates Cove is a nice water park area. My kids, even as teens, enjoy it. They bring their cousins (who are 8 and under) so they can go play in the park too.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I haven't stayed at Hojos, but I did stay at Park Vue Inn last year after the remodel. I was nervous about the room because it was so reasonable AND just across the street. It is literally the closest motel to the DL entrance. Much closer than the DLR hotels even. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised by the rooms. They were good sized, had plenty of room. Had a microwave and refrigerator too. And the rooms were CLEAN. There was even a welcome gift basket with wine, water, snacks, etc. Large sink/bathroom area too. The pool was closed for renovations when I was there, so I can't comment on that, but it was just a standard pool, nothing special really about it. The free breakfast was my favorite part. Even stopping off at fast food for a family of 4 or 5 will be a huge expense to get rid of every morning. They actually have stuff you can eat too. Donuts, waffles, cereal, toast, etc. You can sit on the patio and look over at the top of the Matterhorn Mountain. I loved it, and would definitely stay again.
Originally Posted By MouseBear Salutations tinkerbelle227, I won't repeat what CuriouserContance said because we stayed at the Park Vue in June and found it to be exactly as she described it. The Park Vue used to be a rough little hotel with a fair to bad free breakfast. I think since they re-modeled it is a great place to stay. MB
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub My relatives stayed there over the 4thof July while I was at BWPP next door. They have improved the customer service immensely and actually had a free picnic with entertainment that holiday afternoon. I also checked out the pool area and looked much nicer than the BWPP. I forgot to ask my family if there was a parking fee because BWPP has starting charging a fee for parking since the New Year. For some reason that stupid added on fee irritates me! I might just check this out. It seems like my sister got a basket of goodies(fresh fruit&candy) in their room also! I was also able to check out the cont.breakfast; Better at Park Vue. I have never stayed at HOJO's. I suppose I will eventually but that extra walking distance at the midnight hour is nice and close at BWPP and ParkVue!
Originally Posted By Pollyana I will also check out PV for a future trip. But our next trip will include our grandson, and we need the Hojo Pirate's Cove. I did enjoy sitting on the upper deck at ParkVue and enjoying the fireworks. It was really nice, sipping on wine and relaxing.....
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I stayed at Park Vue before the remodel and I was happier with it than Hojos. The only problem we had with Park Vue is the parking. There's very little of it and even though most guests fly in, sometimes the lot gets full. Once we ended up parking in not a space, but we didn't get ticketed or towed.
Originally Posted By MerryMouseWife We have stayed at Park Vue several times and have always enjoyed our stay. We have not been since the breakfast upgrade and it sounds nice. We usually pack breakfast stuff but this sounds promising. I am hoping for a late November trip next year and will definitely keep Park Vue in my planning criteria.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Parking is free at the Park Vue, or at least was last year. We literally parked our car and didn't move it the whole time so never experienced if the parking was limited or not.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I thought it was great. A few hot things, like waffles and toast. Yummy donuts. Cereal, coffee, juice, milk. I was pleased with it.
Originally Posted By koolaidmom we love, love, love the park vue. we stayed there once in 2006 and twice in 2008. rooms were nice, breakfast was nice and it is so close. we stayed at hojo in 2000. it was SO far away to walk at the end of the day.
