Originally Posted By Silly old Bear Does anyone have a picture of the park view from a balcony at Hojo's? We are wondering if a park view is worth the extra money. Thanks
Originally Posted By Splashgirl We stayed in a park view room last year. We could see the monorail and the top of the Matterhorn. That's about it. However, we could see the fireworks from our balcony. Sorry, I don't have a picture.
Originally Posted By homedisney We had a park view room with balcony last year too. Same thing, we could see the Matterhorn, with a couple of HoJo's trees in the foreground. It was nice for us, because we always came back to the room early to get our preschooler tucked in to bed. It was fun for us to watch the fireworks from our room. The balcony wasn't very big, and we didn't ever sit out there or anything. They have a live webcam on their site, so that might give you an idea of the view you might have.
Originally Posted By Splashgirl I actually did find a picture from our balcony, but I don't know how to post it.
Originally Posted By iamgoofy I don't think LP offers the ability to post pictures. To show your photo you would have to put it on a website and put a link to it here.
Originally Posted By Silly old Bear Thank you anyway Splashgirl. I didn't think about the possibility that LP didn't offer the ability to post pictures. We will be there soon enough to get our own picture. Can't wait!
Originally Posted By sweetpea70 I really enjoy the view and think its worth it. They had trimmed up the trees before our last visit in January. We were on the top floor and could see as far as the resort hotels and all the tall stuff at DCA. Enjoy!
Originally Posted By DisneySuiteFreak Sorry if this is too late a response for the original poster, but here's a picture I took from my room at Hojos room 1709 in building 1. <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1110623429033952238yXGjnR" target="_blank">http://travel.webshots.com/pho to/1110623429033952238yXGjnR</a> Keep in mind this was back in Christmas 2003, and I did have to zoom in.
Originally Posted By 73baloo I have also stayed in the park view rooms before. Top of the Matterhorn and Monorail is it...not worth the money but also better than the other views...aka freeway.
Originally Posted By Wavesprite1 I just booked a park view for early December. We are actually staying at the Grand California for 4 nights, but decided to go down a day early and stay at Hojo's. You can see the fireworks from your balcony, the Matterhorn, and the monorail. One of the reasons I book a park view is because then yuo aren't on the highway side of the hotel..which can be noisy. I think it's worth the extra $10.
Originally Posted By Silly old Bear Thanks for the picture DisneySuiteFreak. we were actually there in June, but I appreciate you posting it anyway. We found the view to be exactly what is described by others. The very tip top of the Matterhorn and the monorail. There was a tree right in front of our balcony so the view was very obstructed. We were on the 4th floor, perhaps had we been higher we might have seen a bit more. Anyway, we are going back in October and even though there is only a $10 difference we didn't feel the need to have a view room again. We have requested a different building this time just because we didn't feel the view was really a view. Either way, we LOVED Hojo's and are very excited about going back.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss FWIW, HoJo's has a webcam: <a href="http://www.hojoanaheim.com/mattercam.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hojoanaheim.com/mat tercam.htm</a>
Originally Posted By jazzfan4 when I stayed at the hojo I had the I-5 side and heard the roar fo traffic when ever the window was open. the other side would be much better
Originally Posted By DisneySuiteFreak Thanks for posting the webcam link. I didn't know they had a webcam. Now I have another place to get my Disney fix! FWIW, we always stay at Hojo Anaheim and we always pay the extra to get Building 1 facing Disneyland. I like the convenience of being in building 1 (it's jst a little less of a walk to the park)and facing Disneyland, you don't hear the freeway noise. They've always taken good care of us at Hojo Anaheim. Their prices used to be a lot better, but it's supply and demand. The parking is free and we've never had a problem finding a stall, unlike some of the smaller, closer properties in which we felt like we couldn't go anywhere lest we lose our stall. Add to that the free high speed internet and we're good to go!
Originally Posted By DisneySuiteFreak To be fair, I found another picture I took of our view from Building 1 in December 2004 from the 3rd floor. On that trip, we traveled with people who didn't want to be too high up. As you can see the view is minimal. I believe the people we were with had a nice view of the roof of the hotel Check-in/lobby area and trees. Again, they paid for the hotel stay, and they requested a low floor. We normally get a high floor. Here's the link if you want to see it...You can barely see the top of the Matterhorn. <a href="http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1250675482033952238tOaaYY" target="_blank">http://travel.webshots.com/pho to/1250675482033952238tOaaYY</a>
