Originally Posted By cmcohen My family and I are staying at the Ramada Maingate Hotel. If anyone has any information on this hotel I would love to hear it. The good, bad and the ugly. I just want to know what I should prepare for. Thank you
Originally Posted By JAYDOE I have stayed there a couple of times. It's ok for what you pay. The biggest benefit, of course, is how close it is to DL. However, the last time we stayed we seemed to get a extremely small room (ones that were closest to the lobby). The first time we stayed there, we had a room closer to the pool area and it seemed to be somewhat bigger. I guess I was more impressed the first time we stayed. I'm going to DL in October, and have decided to try a different place this time.
Originally Posted By cmcohen Thanx for the info JAYDOE. Can you tell me anything about the pool? My son is 5 and other than going to DL he is most excited about the pool. In the pictures I have seen it looks pretty big.
Originally Posted By Audrey I will never stay there again. They gave us the wrong kind of room to begin with, and then the housekeeping staff kept pestering us the following day when we tried to sleep in. There was also a school group on our same floor, and the front office did nothing about our complaints of noise. I spoke to a Manager the next day and I did get a refund for that night. You're better of staying at one of the Best Western hotels in my opinion.
Originally Posted By wendebird I've never stayed there, but the word I've heard is syat away from it. The reviews on Trip Advisor aren't too bad: <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g29092-d78944-Reviews-Ramada_Inn_Maingate-Anaheim_California.html" target="_blank">http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hot el_Review-g29092-d78944-Reviews-Ramada_Inn_Maingate-Anaheim_California.html</a>
Originally Posted By JAYDOE Well, like I said, I really liked it a lot more the first time we stayed. The second time we stayed just did seem to have the same appeal. cmcohen...the pool is actually very nice, I thought. It is one of the bigger pools I've seen in the area, and has lots of palm trees and plants. When I go to DL...I'm not there for the hotel. For me, this hotel was fine....we slept, got up early and went to Disneyland!!! That's what I am there for, after all!!! =0)
Originally Posted By ilvdland I've stayed there once. Never again. I checked in, and I got the room right above the gift shop with the scary stairwell that anyone can follow me up and kill me in the dark. I go in, put my stuff down, and I start inspecting. Everything is cool, so I go to DL. I come back around 11:30, and I decide to take a bath. I turn on the faucet, and the BIGGEST ant infestation I have ever seen in my life starts coming out of a hole right above the spout. Of course, I run down to the front desk, where I am told I can move rooms. Fine. I go pack up all my stuff and the guy says he doesn't have a regular room, he's going to give me a suite. Perfect!! This room is right above the lobby. I go in, first thing I do is try and run bath water again. This time, nothing happens. I turn on both cold and hot. NOTHING. I go to try and turn the water on in the sink. NOTHING. I take all of my crap to the lobby AGAIN, and the guy says, "Oh, yeah, this whole side of the building doesn't have water for some reason." THEN WHY DID YOU PUT ME THERE???? Finally I got a room that was huge, but it didn't matter. By that time it was 1 in the morning, and I just wanted to sleep.
Originally Posted By wendebird ^^ yup, those are the kinds of reports I've heard about it too. So sorry you had that experience ilvdland.
Originally Posted By ilvdland Thanks wendebird - I stayed at the HoJo the time after that, and I haven't stayed anywhere else since......
Originally Posted By cmcohen thanxs for all the info everyone. I called the Ramada to req. being next to the pool and to ask them some questions about the condition of the hotel. I guess we are in a somewhat newly renovated rm so I think we'll give it a try, but at least we know not to expect too much. Thanx again
