Originally Posted By ohmylanta I need some advice. My family is going to Disneyland in March. My husband really wants to stay at the GCH because of the entrance into California Adventure AND he wants a room with a resort view. I'd like to save the money and stay at Pardise Pier. Please let me know your opninons on the two hotels. Thanks!
Originally Posted By 4Disnee We have stayed at both Hotels and they are both nice. I really love the GCH cause it is just so close and so very nice inside. We have never had a view other than of the parking lot at the GCH but this Sept we finally paid for a view of DTD and my DH is very exticted about that. If we dont stay at the GCH we usually stay at the DLH. We really like all of the resort propertys. They are all very convient for us to park at with our large truck. Our fav of fav's thou is the GCH but we just cant afford to stay there but once a year its a specail treat for the family.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer I prefer the PPH, larger rooms, lower price. The PPH is rated about the same as the GCH at Trip Advisor.
Originally Posted By GrumpysWife >>I don't like PP<< I was wondering why? We are planning a trip down the first part of December and wondered about staying there. I LOVE the GCH and Disneyland Hotel, but have never stayed at PP.
Originally Posted By irishfan I spent a week at the PP back in January and had a wonderful stay. The rooms are large, and very nicely decorated, we were also given a free Park view upgrade, which was great. The pool area is also very nice. On the downside, the lobby area doesn't really scream Disney, to be honest, it doesn't really scream anything, as it's very low key.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Yes, PP does have a boring lobby. Boring (actually non-existant) grounds, too far away, forever to get elevator, boring pool (but the separate slide is kind of fun). And, most of all, it just doesn't feel Disney enough to me. It's not very like a resort, just a place to sleep. The first time we stayed there was the year Disney just bought it. It was so shabby! They fixed it up, but when we tried it again in 2005 I still wasn't happy.
Originally Posted By ssturgeo Yes, DL and PP guests can use the pools at both facilities. My favorite is still the DL Hotel!
Originally Posted By ohmylanta It sounds like a lot of people still like the DL Hotel. Can you get a resort view from the Sierra tower? Also, can you see the firewords from any of the rooms. I'm having a very hard time deciding which hotel to stay at so I welcome anyone's opinions..
Originally Posted By mickeynewe I am happy whenever I can stay at any of the resort properties. The PP staff is awesome! Probably, some of the nicest of all resorts, at least that is what we have found. For the actual accomodations, this is my order of preference: 1) Grand (obviously) 2) DLH 3) PP Although, again...I am happy if I can arrange to just stay at any of them on our trips!
Originally Posted By raer I don't care for the PP either. On our last stay there in May our room was terrible!! It was diry/dingy. The carpet was tore up, there was a large crack in the ceiling by the sliding door & the shower was falling apart. We would have been better off staying at the BWPPI. Never again!! We do like the DLH & the GCH.
Originally Posted By mousegrl <Yes, DL and PP guests can use the pools at both facilities.> I believe that was only when they were redoing the pool at Paradise Pier.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Do you know if you can see the fireworks from the Sierra tower?< Yes, you can. For a truly outstanding out of the park viewing of DL's fireworks, try the top floor of the big Mickey & Friends parking structure. You'r right in the middle of it all, much closer than you are in the park. Very very cool!
Originally Posted By Lady Yo Ho I had a great stay at PP. Of course, I was only paying $89 a night and had a room with a view of DCA. The room was large and very nice. Nice decor, although heavy on beach theming not much on Disney. (I live in Santa Cruz so the beach theme was not a big deal to me.) I do think the lobby is very banal. I much prefer the DH but for $89 a night at PP I was very happy.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Our last stay at the DLH in June we were in the Marina Tower with a view of the parking lot but we could see some of DL. At night we had a great view of the fireworks. We have also stayed in the Bonita Tower on the 12th or 13th floor with a view of the pool and could also see DL and the fireworks. When we stayed in the Sierra Tower we were so low that we could not see anything but the trees. But we did not pay for the view either so we missed out on the fireworks. They say that the 6th floor and up in the Sierra Tower are the best view and I think that is when you pay for the DTD view.
Originally Posted By ohmylanta Well it sounds like I'm going to book our room at DLH. Sounds like the favorite. After CGH that is.
