Originally Posted By atinkfan I'm sure this has been covered before, so forgive me for the repeat! But what are the pros & cons for each of the towers in the DLH? We're going in Sept. and would like to make an educated request for a specific tower! (knowing of course that it's not guaranteed)
Originally Posted By dlkozy These are just my experiences, but I have found that: Marina Tower-This is the same building that check in is located-convenient to Goofy's Kitchen and the gift shop. Was my least favorite of the 3 buildings, no view of which to speak. Sierra Tower-closest to DTD, you have either the pool view (I found to be noisy) or DTD view. Some people like to see all the action going on in DTD-my family didn't care. It was noisy on the weekends late at night. Bonita Tower-My favorite. It is the farthest to walk, but not by much. The parking lot view is ugly and not worth the DH price tag. BUT-the pool view is great. You are right next to the waterfalls and it is delightful at night to open up your glass door and listen to them. They do not run them all night and they are eventually turned off. But it is far enough away from the pool so that you don't hear all the fun going on down there.
Originally Posted By LuLu I also prefer Bonita pool view. I stayed in Marina once and heard a lot of noise thru the walls. I don't know if they have since remodeled. This was maybe 5 years ago.
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy We love the Sierra tower with DTD view. We have stayed at the DLH about 6 times now, and we have been able to get that view every time. But the pool view in the Bonita tower sure does sound nice too. We have never been bothered by the music from DTD, we like it. But light sleepers that turn in early might not. For us, being in the Sierra tower with a DTD view, is like being at the gateway of Disneyland. And I love walking back thru DTD and seeing our building at the end of the night.
Originally Posted By atinkfan Thanks for the input, sure does help!! Those of you that have stayed in the Sierra tower with the DTD view....can you still hear DTD noise even if your sliding door is closed? I wouldn't consider myself a light sleeper, but I never sleep as good when I'm travelling as I do in my own bed.
Originally Posted By dlkozy I thought that I could sleep through most everything-but this was not the case when we stayed in the Sierra Tower. On a good weekend night-I could even hear the partying coming from DTD in the Bonita Tower. There is certainly more noise and later on the weekends. Some people on the other hand, do not hear it at all and sleep just fine.
Originally Posted By junglejoy We stayed in the Marina tower and loved it! We had what is called a parking lot view but we could see the park (got some great pics of all the mountains with DH's zoom), Knott's Berry Farm, and the area hills. It was so pretty. And we had fun watching all the excited people arrive. Yeah, it's not downtown disney view, but it was pretty. And being so close to the store, gift shop and Goofy's Kitchen was so nice - well, we loved it!
Originally Posted By mamacita You can hear the noise in the Sierra Tower from DTD even with the window closed, but it's our favorite tower.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins We've stayed at all three towers, several times each. We've also done two bedroom suites at each tower. For the suite I prefer the Bonita Tower rooms, but in all cases I overall prefer the Sierra Tower DTD view. Yes there is noise, but people having fun is what we're there for. I love what I call the "Downtown Disney Sound." Marina has my favorite lobby. The only thing is I rarely spend much time in the rooms, so I'm not disappointed when I don't get the location I request (about 50% of the time).
Originally Posted By 4Disnee We love the Bonita Tower. We have always had a view of the pool and our last time in that tower we were on the 12 or 13 floor and the view was great of DTD and the fireworks. We thought that the cooling-heating system in the Sierra Tower was a bit loud for us but we did not have anyview well it was DTD but all we could see were the trees. LOL We have also stayed in the Marina but with only a view of the parking lot so we could see the fireworks nice at night. All 3 Towers have been very nice and clean with great maid service for us.
