Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy I am needing to find a hotel reservation for when the Baloo's come to invade (I mean visit) Northern California. I want to stay overnight instead of driving there and back from my dad's who lives in Citrus Heights. I also want to take the kids to the Aquarium, Muir Woods, Maritime Park, and also take them to Rainforest Cafe (a must for my kids), I am trying to talk a friend into going with me also and she had 2 children. So any help on hotels would be great, I really dont want to spend over $250 for just one night. Then an additional parking at some of the hotels is like $40 -- too much for my Disney Store wages.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I recommend the following considering the things you want to do: Holiday Inn Express - Fisherman's Wharf <a href="http://www.fishermanswharfhotels.holidayinnexpress.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fishermanswharfhote ls.holidayinnexpress.com/</a> Columbus Motor Lodge <a href="http://www.columbusmotorinn.com/" target="_blank">http://www.columbusmotorinn.co m/</a> Best Western Tuscun Inn <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60713-d80780-Reviews-Best_Western_Tuscan_Inn_Fisherman_s_Wharf-San_Francisco_California.html" target="_blank">http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hot el_Review-g60713-d80780-Reviews-Best_Western_Tuscan_Inn_Fisherman_s_Wharf-San_Francisco_California.html</a> The Argonaut Hotel - this is the highest cost of the four but best location - <a href="http://www.argonauthotel.com/" target="_blank">http://www.argonauthotel.com/</a> I've had family and friends stay at all four and they were fine. All decent places.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 We stayed at the Argonaut and really liked it. It was a great location too.....Starbucks around the corner, walking to the Wharf, Cable Car around the corner. An LPer stayed there too and liked it from what I remember.
Originally Posted By LuLu Check out hoteltomo.com. I'm typing this from there now! It.s clean and spacious and very upbeat. We're paying $99/nt, which is a special rate for a 3-night stay, but I would gladly pay the $129 rate to stay here again. The restaurant here is good too! It was mobbed last night. My only problem, between this and the Japanese Tea Garden, now I really want to visit Japan!
Originally Posted By jonvn If you want to stay at the wharf, those are ok places. Pretty much any motel on LOMBARD street is going to be fine. The Aquarium at Pier 39 is not the greatest thing in the world, I feel. The one in Monterey, on the other hand, is one of the best in the world. Also, by Maritime Park, you may mean the Hyde Street Pier. That is one thing you can do while at Fisherman's Wharf for the day. ALong with that, you can tour the USS Pampanito, which is a WWII submarine, which is very interesting, especially if you have boys. Also available to tour is the USS Jeremiah O'Brian, a Liberty Ship from WWII. There is also the Musee Mecanique, which is free, and has many penny arcade machines dating from about 1900. It is next to the submarine. There are two other museums at the wharf, next to Rainforest Cafe. One is the Wax Museum. It is a wax museum. I met the owner once. He seemed nice, I talked to him about closing Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park. He said "people just weren't going anymore." The other is the Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum. They are both kind of rip offs in my opinion. But they are quite crowded. While you are at Fisherman's Wharf, if you want to do toursity things, you might try riding a double decker bus for a tour of the city, or taking a tour of the bay. If you go to Muir Woods, and value your sanity, get there before 10AM. Parking is terrible otherwise. If you get there later, you may wish to look into a bus shuttle to the place that Marin County offers. If you have any other questions about SF travel, feel free to write me at jonvn@nadelberg.com.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I've never made it to Muir Woods by 10 am, and I've never had problems parking. The signs coming from 101 always say it's full (there is a lot with free bus service to Muir Woods next to the freeway), but when we get down there, someone is always leaving. In fact, I usually get a spot in the first little parking lot right next to the entrance. The aquarium at Pier 39 may not be the best in the world, but if you are in SF you are not in Monterey. I've been to both aquariums. The SF one is nice and I was actually quite impressed. It was much better than people made it out to be.
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy Well we either have to get two rooms because of there being 6 of us, (Holiday Inn had a room that would fit us all but $$$$) Or we could stay at the Embassy Suites at the airport, get a full breakfast in the morning, have free parking, and they have an indoor pool. Rate is $199 + tax Is it worth it? I dont know why I am having such a hard time with this decision, just got done traveling around the US and picked Hotels every night out of the blue
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo I would say to get all 6 of you in the Embassy suite free parking ans full breakfast for $199 + Tax you have found a very good deal. When my MIL and family came over just before christmas there was 5 of them (may as well say 5 adults as the boys are getting to that age) they basically tried to get embassy suites everywhere because they were value and good.
Originally Posted By Mr X **between this and the Japanese Tea Garden, now I really want to visit Japan!** Lulu, we look forward to your visit!
Originally Posted By jonvn The airport is rather far away from things in SF. That would be the major issue with it. You'll be driving quite a way to get into SF, and then once in the city pay for parking. Embassy Suites are nice. The breakfast thing is a good deal with them.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 Muir Woods is really nice. We drove there and didn't have a problem parking at all any of the times we went either.
