Originally Posted By oredisneyfan I am trying to find an inexpensive but safe hotel close to disneyland. this will be the first trip without my husband so I would really like indoor hallways if possible. the kids are 5, 12 and 15 so walking a couple of blocks is not a big deal. I have been surfing the web and found some great deals but just not sure about the quality/safety of a $60 a night 2-3 star hotel. anyone have any luck with budget properties? we will spend most of our time in the parks so we dont need much, just safe, clean and fairly close. Hoping for the best...
Originally Posted By smedley Have you looked at Hojo's at all? I've never been to DL yet, but lots of people around here rave about it, and if you can get the Ent rate so much the better.
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan I am looking at august and last I looked there was no ent rate available then, I have not stayed there either but have heard great things also. I am really trying to stay under 100 a night if at all possible. Has anyone stayed at the quality inn on manchester? the reviews look okay but cant tell if they have int corridors or not. also says it is walking distance but not sure where manchester is in relation to ped entrance. thanks Smedly for the recommendation
Originally Posted By retlawfan If SAFETY is the concern, I suggest using priceine.com and ONLY choosing a 3* hotel. If you offer $50, you should still be under $60 total. These will always( I think) have indoor hallways, and transportation to DL. Otherwise, Hojos is about a block away. I think the tower portion of the hotel has indoor hallways. I bet you could request being in the tower. They are very easy to work with. Tell them you're from LP. They are LP sponsors.
Originally Posted By smedley Ok I just spoke to my friend who is a regular who suggested trying the Fairfield Inn, Desert Palms and the Holiday inn on walnut. She also suggested maybe the Crowne Plaza or Hyatt if the rates are good, too far to walk but with their own shuttles.
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan okay, thanks everyone. yes safety is a main concern. I will look into those hotels, I would really like to try hojo's if I could find a good price.
Originally Posted By chickapin "Has anyone stayed at the quality inn on manchester?" Had to stay there a couple of years ago right after Quality took it over. Never again! The corridors are outside, but I felt safe. It was just tiny, shabby, buggy, etc. I love Priceline and have always had good luck, but with your size group it could be harder. Stick with Fairfield or something like that. If you call HoJo directly you may have more success--they are always great!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I have never stayed but a quik search on Expedia brought up Comfort Inn Maingate at $57 or the Ramada Limited Main Gate North at $67. Does anybody know about the new Hotels by the Garden Walk? Do you have AAA or AP's? If you call HoJo and tell them you are LPposters w/AP they will give 15% off their discount rate maybe? Good luck
Originally Posted By Rider 1 Here's a link to a website that shows the location of the hotels around Disneyland and has links to the hotel web page. <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ashpsyche/DisneylandLinkMap.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/ashps...Map.html</a> This is where I usually start when planning a trip to Disneyland.
Originally Posted By fkurucz The Holiday Inn on Walnut Ave has indoor hallways. In the past we have been able to get rates around 60-70 per night.
Originally Posted By ncnike7 My mom and I took my younger sibs and my two kids, age 1 and 3 at the time, to DL by ourselves. We stayed at either Del Sol or Desert Inn, they are right next to each other and right across the street from DL. We had no problems and felt perfectly safe.
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan dont have AAA or AP, I was wondering about the distance for the hotels by the garden walk, is it walkable to DL?
Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan This link I got from a poster no longer here. <a href="http://www.accommodationsneardisney.com/Disneyland/default.asp" target="_blank">http://www.accommodationsneard...ault.asp</a> It color codes the ones considered walkable. I believe Darkbeer or someone had a pedometer chart or such with the real distance from the hotels to the park. Maybe a shout out to him.
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan thanks, that does help....It looks like pretty much the ones on harbor and Katella and the disney properties. It looks like most of those are 120 and up
Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan Do you have someone to buy the tickets for you through AAA? Those would have free parking. If you are not going to be able to get something walkable at a good rate, I would go with Priceline (3 stars or more in the DL area) Start with a $40 or $50 bid. With the money saved you could either use the ART system or park in the lot. Some of the higher end priceline hotels to have their own shuttles. I think places like the CrownePlaze, Hyatt, Marriott all by Target have shuttles.
Originally Posted By quincytoo We stayed at the Desert Inn a few years ago and it was DISGUSTING!!!!! Very dirty with a real lack of parking or customer service.
Originally Posted By ABBY I have booked hotels on Priceline/Hotwire 3 times, always getting a very good rate around 50 - 60 a night. I have always bid on 3-1/2 stars and got the following hotels: Hilton Hyatt Crowne Plaza All have indoor corridors and the Hyatt and Crowne have their own transportation to the park. When we stayed at the Hilton we used Art.
Originally Posted By smedley It does sound like Priceline might be the best option for you, my friend suggested the same, seems like a lot of people have been getting the Crowne as mentioned above
Originally Posted By ImTempest Did three stars on Priceline and got the Doubletree. VERY nice hotel, and they had their own free shuttle to the resort.
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 We stayed at Hampton Inn last December. It is not walking distance but they do have a shuttle. We had a car so we did not use it. The Hampton was nice. Room was clean. Beds were comfy. Free breakfast was good. We felt very safe.
