Top 25% of all hotels, based on cleanliness and condition.
AAA Inspector Notes
Close to Disneyland this is a popular water-play area for children, complete with a slide and larger-than-life play equipment. A separate pool area can be found away from all the splashes.
Smoke free premises. 303 units. 2-7 stories, interior corridors.
Pros: 10 min walking distance from theme parks. No need to worry about parking.
Cons:
10.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The water park was AMAZING!!! Great way for parents to relax while the kids have a blast. Staff was great! Very friendly and accommodating. Just a short walk to disneyland. Great vacation!
Cons:
10.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The pools were great. Specially the pirate cove
Cons:
8.0
Brenda
Very Good
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: Great view of the Disneyland fireworks. Pirates Cove perfect for the little ones.
Cons: Room service would be nice or pool service
3.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Poor
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: I liked how close it was to restaurants and Disneyland.
Cons: The water playground was shut down most of the afternoon and didn't open until the next day. It took several hours until someone cleaned up the accident in the water slide. |Not sure how it was disinfected if done at all. My room faced it directly.
9.0
Chris
Wonderful
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The location is great, the rooms are very large and clean, and the staff was very friendly
Cons: Better breakfast options would be nice or maybe even a continental breakfast.
10.0
Maryanne
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: We have stay there a lot. Love the rooms and location and water park. And the No parking Fees!!!! That's the best.
Cons: No
10.0
Kara
Exceptional
06-23-2017
Pros: The staff was very nice and the bed was perfect but most of all it was super clean
Cons:
9.0
Tyler
Wonderful
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The location is perfect for Disney. Staff was very friendly and rooms were clean. Water park is a great spot for kids to cool off and parents to enjoy a sociable.
Cons: It can be a bit noisy due to being close to highway.
10.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The location, the hotel is walking distance to Disney parks. The water park is excellent, my 6 year old daughter had lots of fun here. The size of the room is very good
Cons:
10.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: Water park and convenience store!
Cons:
7.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Good
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The water park was the perfect feature to get my kids to agree to leave Disneyland and go to the hotel for naps.
Cons: We had the misfortune of having a window broken on our minivan on the first night parked in the hotel parking lot. It was also the second vehicle of the night. Fortunately nothing was taken, but it was a horrible start to an otherwise great vacation.
9.0
April
Wonderful
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The kids water park area.
Cons: The water park needs to have workers keeping it tidy. There were always dirty towels laying around for long periods of time with no one using them or picking them up. All three days we had to clean up others towels and garbage.
1.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Very Poor
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros:
Cons: Cleaning staff came in room w/o permission. Took my towels I brought from home. The refrigerator went out called the unfriendly front desk staff. All he said was ok and attempted to hang up. I had to ask him what will you do accommodate that.
5.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Fair
06-23-2017
Pros: It was close to Disneyland and which was our reason for being in Anaheim, and close to shops and food.
Cons: The attractions were very misleading and I had a bad ant issue that was not addressed until checkout and nothing was done but a "sorry, did they do damage?" We are talking about ants not termites. I had my two babies and spent my time in my sister's room.
7.0
Jennifer
Good
06-23-2017
Pros:
Cons: Building 1 where we stayed is right on the freeway you hear it all night. The window had black out curtains but both sides of the room have half moon windows that by 6am daily the sun is lighting up the entire room. Was not ideal.
3.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Poor
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: I will not stay at this hotel for future Disneyland family vacations.
Cons: The rooms were way way to small, no air ventilation from the windows, no AC, odd hous for access to the pool. They didn't even have utensils. I brought these issues up to the staff, and they didn't seem to care much.
5.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Fair
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The proximity to Disney
Cons: Rooms were outdated and overpriced.
10.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Exceptional
06-23-2017
Pros: Loved the hotel. Little pricey. Would definitely stay again if I received a little discount on the room price.
Cons: Microwave did not come standard in the room. Restaurants closedat 9pm.
10.0
Erin
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: Everything!!
Cons:
10.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: The water park for kids was Perfect! Hotel on the older side. For the price of the room per night you would think it would look a lot nicer.
Cons: I did not like the fact that there was no bar or restaurant on premises.
10.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: Nothing to complain about. We had a great stay for our Disneyland trip with our two kids that were 6 and 8.
Cons:
10.0
Verified Hotel Guest
Exceptional
Family with Young Children
06-23-2017
Pros: Clean. The workers are the best to clean your room quickly and effectively. Best location next to 5 and McDonald's. Professional staff, nice and helpful.
Cons: Noisy.
7.1
Araceli
Good
family with young children
06-17-2017
Pros:
Cons: I didnt like pillows; they weren't comfortable!
9.6
Janelle
Exceptional
review category group of friends
06-17-2017
Pros: That the water park is manned with a staff member to create a safe environment for the children.
Cons: The roof top windows in the room!! They have no covers and left the room bright all night
9.6
Anita
Exceptional
family with young children
06-15-2017
Pros: Clean comfortable room. Nice to have water play area for kids. Good other pool
Cons: With kids it would have been nice to have breakfast on site. No work out room
9.6
Sandra
Exceptional
family with young children
06-15-2017
Pros: The bed was super comfortable
Cons: Our room overlooked the freeway
9.6
Bronte
Exceptional
review category group of friends
06-15-2017
Pros: Perfect location. Walking distance to Disneyland. Good eateries also within walking distance. Staff very helpful
Cons: Room smelled a little unusual (as if a previous occupier had been sick and the subsequent cleaning had not rid the room of the odour) In the block we were in (Block 3) the thoroughfare to the kids pool was just outside of the window so some noise experienced until the pool closed at night..
7.1
Andrew
Good
family with young children
06-14-2017
Pros: Waterpark, on site laundry facilities. Staff were pleasant.
Cons: Not really a value given the dated feel of the hotel. No breakfast included.
10.0
Maria
Exceptional
family with young children
06-14-2017
Pros: I really loved my stay. Love the playground. I will definitely be back soon
Cons:
7.1
Anonymous
Good
family with young children
06-14-2017
Pros: Balcony
Cons: Value- would have been nice to have breakfast available.
9.2
Micah
Wonderful
family with young children
06-10-2017
Pros: Water park and pool are great for kids !
Cons: Parking lot is super dark at night and room we were in was right by elevators so we hear it going up and down
6.7
Anonymous
Pleasant
family with young children
06-09-2017
Pros: Very kid friendly. Great hotel for families with kids. Splash area is great.
Cons: Too close to freeway. Very loud. You can hear cars speedy by all night.
7.9
Peter
Good
family with young children
06-08-2017
Pros: Children loved the pool area, very comfortable
Cons:
6.7
Tamalyn
Pleasant
solo traveller
06-07-2017
Pros: The beds and pillows were awesome. Staff was very nice and quickly checked me in.
Cons: I was put in a room right next to a busy freeway. Cars and traffic all night. Also, I booked through Booking.com and found out the AAA rate was better. I was led to believe Booking was the best available rate. Not so.
7.5
Karen
Good
family with young children
06-07-2017
Pros: Very convenient to Disney gates - 5 min walk. Served the purpose as a place to rest our weary heads after some long days at disney. Get breakfast from Panera next door, it's very good and has a great selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner options. Particularly good after a day of eating theme park food!
Cons:
6.3
Anonymous
Pleasant
family with young children
06-07-2017
Pros:
Cons: staff rehearsed lines when asked for special request
8.3
Jac
Very Good
family with young children
06-06-2017
Pros: Distance to Disneyland and restaurants was perfect. Staff was friendly and helpful. Hotel was quiet and the room was comfortable. The small store was great to pick up some adult beverages, snacks or a quick on the go breakfast item.
Cons: The shower curtain didn't keep the water inside the shower. We reserved a room with full sized beds, which turned out to be a bit small for us. We asked for a roll away, but was told it would cost us $17 a night! I've never had a fee associated with a roll away bed, so we ended up not using one which made sleeping a bit uncomfortable.
7.5
Gilberto
Good
family with young children
06-05-2017
Pros: Excellent Hotel to visit Disney!
Very close to the parks.
Cons:
8.8
Ront3242
Excellent
family with young children
06-05-2017
Pros: Proximity to Disneyland, Restaurants, Interstate, Onsite Water park
Cons: No elevator to the second floor, No Ice or Vending Machines on the Second Floor.
9.2
Aubs
Wonderful
family with young children
06-05-2017
Pros: Our maid was excellent!
Cons: The room was small and there was no luggage cart
10.0
Alena
Exceptional
family with young children
06-04-2017
Pros: The Water park was amazing
Cons: N/a
9.6
Geoff
Exceptional
review category group of friends
06-04-2017
Pros: Excellent locality walking distance to Disneyland
Cons:
6.3
Anonymous
Pleasant
family with young children
06-04-2017
Pros: The kids water park.
Cons: The staff had poor customer service, manager included. There was no continental breakfast included which they even serve in lower budget hotels, that was surprising. Parking is horrible!! It took me 45 minutes after returning to the hotel after dinner.
7.9
Jane
Good
solo traveller
06-02-2017
Pros: Poor wifi and very noisy
Cons: Noise and bad wifi
10.0
Tami
Exceptional
young couple
06-01-2017
Pros: The location to Disneyland and the business's around the area
Cons: Water pressure in shower
9.6
John
Exceptional
family with young children
05-30-2017
Pros: The room was very clean and the water park was really kids friendly and safe.
Cons: Only thing that there were no continental breakfast.
10.0
Stephen
Exceptional
family with young children
05-30-2017
Pros: Water play area is perfect for toddlers, the beds were comfortable and parking convenient. Will return.
Cons: Nothing.
7.9
Nicole
Good
family with young children
05-29-2017
Pros: The bed was comfortable the room was large enough for a 2 year old to run around
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