DL area hotel reviews and such

Disneyland Hotels and Lodging
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So I like to use Tom Bricker’s bigger article that has all the hotels ranked, Disneyland Area Hotel Reviews & Rankings - Disney Tourist Blog whenever I am trying out a new hotel in DLR. I tend to agree with most of his assessments and in the main article he links to his more detailed reviews on the ones that have more detailed reviews.

Anywho, my strategy these days it to look up this list of hotels (within the walking distance I want to walk from DLR) & just go with whatever’s cheapest BUT factoring in fees & parking (because we drive) and if Park Vue (our favorite that’s the closest) is not too much more, we lean towards picking it. And just a note that all of the hotels I look at used to at one point be considered budget ($89/night could be easily found with $119-129/night being more standard and during peak times maybe up to $159), but they have gotten so atrociously high in price because of their location & popularity that I don’t consider them budget anymore (I don’t think I’ve seen them below $200/night in quite some time).

  1. Park Vue Inn
  2. Anaheim Hotel
  3. Grand Legacy at the Park
  4. Best Western Plus Park Place
  5. Best Western Plus
  6. Tropicana Inn & Suites
  7. Camelot Inn & Suites
  8. Fairfield Inn
  9. Del Sol Inn
  10. Castle Inn & Suites

Then I sometimes search these ones, but they’ve never ever come up close in price, but their location is one I’d be willing to walk to (the Convention Center area ones can use a Toy Story shuttle too if you want to skip on the walk):
11. Howard Johnson’s
12. Courtyard by Marriott Anaheim Theme Park Entrance
13. Candy Cane Inn
14. Desert Palms
15. Springhill Suites (Convention Center)
16. Hyatt House (Convention Center)
17. Best Western Raffles (Convention Center)

And then a couple near the convention center that we’ve tried in the past & loved, but don’t do often due to cost:
18. Sheraton Park
19. Residence Inn

There are few hotels in the vicinity of the Westin too that I check, but that is a long walk (for us with 4 kids and 2 still in the stroller) so we only book there if we really really need to save. And usually we regret it, because it’s not like we’re saving SO much money staying that far out.

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