Originally Posted By dlkozy I have never stayed there and need to find a room for a friend that is located close to DL. Any comments on this hotel?
Originally Posted By SuzieQ It's my favorite on that block of Harbor. <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4208073&a=31218158&p=67945849" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/ViewPhoto?u=4208073&a=31218158&p=67945849</a>
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM My favorite, too. You CAN'T get any closer to the park. Rooms are clean, people are nice, continental breakfast is ok to get you started, and the price is not too awful.
Originally Posted By Audrey I had a very pleasant stay there. Super close to the park and a good continental breakfast is included.
Originally Posted By fidoprincess dlkozy, we have stayed there many times and it was fine. You just can not get any closer! When our kids were smaller, it was the ideal spot because it was so close and easy to do the stroller thing plus lots of room. It also comes with a larger compact frige and a microwave. We always had the queen/queen minisuite with the sofa bed. Last time, kids would not share the sofa bed so we brought a queensize aerobed for dd and put it over by the sink. She loved it-lol-thought she had her own room. The only complaint we had was one stay, we had that terrible sewer smell coming from the sink drain-ugh but I just read about someone else saying they had it at the Grand so it must be something going on in with Anaheim sewers. FWIW, we also can smell the same smell at the entrance to tomorrowland-lol. Oh, and the pool is not nice IMHO. Anyway, we are going back again and decided to add another night to our visit. Naturally, DLH is already booked up so I went to the BWPPI site and they said they were booked too. Then I went to the regular Best Western site and got a room-a good price too! So if you decide to pick that hotel, check both websites and compare prices, sometimes one is cheaper than the other! The other places we thought were decent were HoJos(nice pools, balconies, but far walk) and CCI(nice beds, nicest breakfast, far walk but has own shuttle, tiny pool)
Originally Posted By drawbridge I would not recommend this hotel to anyone that wants to take breaks and use their room or the pool during the day. If they simply want a bed to crash into at night, its fine. We found the rooms to be so depressing! It really killed our Disney buzz as we do like to take afternoon breaks but could not bear to be in the room and the kids would not swim because the pool smelled so bad and it was small and crowded in that area. The room, even though spacious and clean, felt like a cave to me. The decor and small window made the room dark. It didn't help either that our room faced the back side of Tropicana (?), big cement wall. Oh and the large truck parked AT our door (like 2 feet) did not help. I would suggest for people to request to face the IHOP side and an upper floor. This way you will get some sunlight and not be sleeping in the parking lot. IMHO. Sorry guys
Originally Posted By juicer I now only stay at the BWPPI - Unless plan on a DLR hotel - Its close, clean, pleasant employees, and nice rooms - They are a little dark - But great for sleeping They also have a refrigerator, coffee maker and a decient size TV
Originally Posted By fidoprincess No disneywife, all the rooms are not minisuites. They charge more for the minisuites but there are also basic king bed rooms and 2 double bed rooms as well. Also, only "some" rooms have internet so if that is important to you, be sure to ask! One thing we always ask is to be on the top floor(3rd) simply because we don't want to hear anyone walking above us. We also ask to be toward the front on the side facing toward HoJo because you can see the fireworks from there and many times my kids are already asleep so we can still see them somewhat. As close as it is, the elevators are toward the center so we end up taking the stairs at the front. Not a big deal to us but it does add a bit of walking. We never do the breakfast there but they give coupons for either pancakes only or the continental. Dh took the kids once and they didn't like it so we have never gone back. With the big frige and the microwave, we didn't need it. I agree with drawbridge, this is not a place to hang out. We never used the pool or went back to the room for naps in the day. It is a place to sleep IMHO but it is nice to be so close. Dh will run back in the evening to grab sweatshirts and it takes him about 5 minutes! To "hang out" and relax, we like the DLH!
Originally Posted By funnygarcia Stayed there two years ago, my boys crabbed that they would have rather stayed at Hojo's. Very dark rooms, tiny pool is next to parking area and can smell the exhaust fumes while swimming. Breakfast was just ok, continental is upstairs, pancakes are in main dining area (didn't look very clean, sticky tables, old and tired looking). IMHO : If you get it cheap then it's worth it. If you can get a similar price for Hojo's go there instead.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I just got home from Park Place Inn. Great stay, once again. The room was VERY clean. In the past, folk have complained about the low shower heads. This has been remedied. The front desk staff is great. We had no parking issues at all. The hotel has grown vines on the parking lot side of the fence, so it's actually kind of hard to see into the pool area from that side. It makes for a nicer experience when in the pool. I had their free continental breakfast this morning. They offered donuts, danish, hard boiled eggs, toast, bagels with cream cheese, 3 kinds of cereal, oatmeal, coffee, orange juice, apple juice and lemonade. Not bad. The restaurant looked nice and clean. I don't know if it's been updated, but it didn't seem as tired looking as I recall from a stay some time ago. I'm not a big breakfast person, so I usually skip breakfast.
Originally Posted By quincytoo Thanks Suzieq for the great update This place is on my *have to ty it* list
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I've never heard of bed bug problems at this hotel. The one they were talking about on these boards was the Candy Cane Inn, not the Park Place inn.
Originally Posted By mele We prefer BWPPI. HoJo's is nice enough but we prefer to be as close as possible. I'm not much of a breakfast person either, but it's nice to have a "free" bagel or piece of fruit and glass of juice before going to the parks. Saves a little money (which gets spent inside the parks. LOL)
Originally Posted By MickeyChick I love BWPPI. I went to DL three times in the past year and we stayed there every time. It's the only place I will stay at from now on. It's SO close, and we've never had any problems.
Originally Posted By practicallyperfect Count me as one who doesn't like to stay at BWPPI! I agree completely that the rooms are too dark and cave-like! While I think this place is okay to stay for a girls only weekend or on a transistion day, I don't feel it is the place to stay for a week's stay with the family. I just like to have the same Disney magic at the hotel as we get in the parks. My kids are young enough that the pool is a big deal! We like to go to DLR during the off-season so where we stay is important (as the parks close early!). And, I have to say, the breakfast was one of the worst I have ever had! Of course, we have only stayed at BWPPI once but there are such better hotel choices available that I won't go back!
Originally Posted By juicer I agree there are better hotels in the area - However, for the price and location its one of the best -
