Originally Posted By blueberry1234 Hello...my family and I are planning a trip for mid to end of November...we thought we might stay at the Carousel Inn and Suites...is it clean?...close to the park?...and good value for your $? My husband and I have 3 boys.
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy I enjoyed my stay there in 2005. It was clean. Very close to the park, it is located at the crosswalk. So from the main gate to hotel with 3 boys would be a 5 min walk going to Disneyland and coming back after a long day may take you 7 mins =) I know others on LP have stayed more recently could help you out more.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg We stayed there just over a year ago and it was great. You can't get much closer and it was a pretty good price if I recall. I would certainly stay there again.
Originally Posted By 1DisneyNutt We will be staying there next week & I will let you know how our stay was.
Originally Posted By Pollyana Again, welcome to LP, blueberry. You will grow to love this site. Very friendly group and much valued advice and tips. Our stay at Carousel was great. Very clean, and close to the gate. You should go to community and introduce yourself.....
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Our DD and her boyfriend stayed at Carousel in Dec. and recommended it to our son and his wife for their April vacation. Our DDinlaw said they would stay there again. They thought the walk was similar to DLH or PPH where they have stayed before. A couple of things I remember them mentioning. The "breakfast" ended serving at 9am which was too early for our late sleeping kids. The one day our son did make it there he got coffee and a donut so didn't bother again. So, I guess it's just a snack breakfast like most places, which is fine, just FYI. Also, our DDinlaw booked a club room or something like that and when they went to their room they noticed that the room didn't look like the one on the website. They went back to the front desk and they had been given the wrong room. Our daughter said that the room they had had Pergo or hardwood floors, which seemed to be in all the downstairs rooms. Chilly in Dec. but might be nice in the summer Just some random stuff, nothing bad just FYI. They all recommended it to their sister who is planning a Oct. trip. They are not deciding between Carousel and Candy Cane. Have fun on your trip and Welcome to LP
Originally Posted By 1DisneyNutt amazedncal, I will be staying at the Carousel Inn next week & am looking forward to it but I have stayed at the Candy Cane Inn a couple of times and loved it! It is farther away but it has its own shuttle which is very prompt. I think the main difference between the two hotels is that the Candy Cane has a hottub which is nice after a long day at Disneyland.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 1DisneyNutt, thank you for the info Since they have a 4 year old they are thinking that the Carousel distance might be better. But then, the idea of a shuttle is a draw too. I hope you have a good experience at the Carousel!
Originally Posted By lee1991 Stayed there June 21-28th. Nice enough, but don't believe the pictures on the website. Rooms were just fine, but certainly not as big as they look on the web. Pool is not huge either. Get more than 8 or 9 people in there it gets pretty crowded. Lots of room on the sun deck though. All in all a nice place and close to the Disney entrance, just don't be fooled by their pictures.
Originally Posted By Stichy626 Stayed there in aug of 2007 for a steal at $69 per night. There were some mixups at check-in and we were given the wrong rooms so we were told to go to the park and when we returned in the evening everything would be worked out. When we returned we were given the same rooms (smoking and very nasty) again. There was no record that we had even been there earlier in the day. It took a while but everything was straightened out and we had wondrful updated rooms with skylights for the next 4 nights. It was very clean and well worth the money. Since then the rates have been 109 and up when we have wanted to go so we now stay at HoJo's using the entertainment rate.
