Howard Johnson Hotel - Moderate - Pictures

[Mary Jo]

Howard Johnson Hotel
1380 S. Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92802



The Howard Johnson Hotel is a moderate hotel, located across the street from the Disneyland Resort.

You can see it when riding the monorail.

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It is a 7 minute walk to the Disneyland and California Adventure parks entrances, but you might want to take the ART (Anaheim Resort Transportation) after a long day at the parks.

Here is the Howard Johnson with the ART parked in front.

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Guest rooms include: coffee/tea maker, refrigerator, high speed internet access, in-room hairdryer, private voicemail messsaging system, 25" tv w/HBO, CNN, Disney Channel, Discover, ESPN, and pay-per-view movies, Sony Playstation available for a fee, iron/ironing board, most rooms have dual sinks and balcony.

This is a ground-floor room, with a door to a little patio.

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The hotel sits on 7 acres, and the grounds are nicely landscaped. The main pool also has a jacuzzi, wading pool, and a splash zone for the little ones. NOTE THAT THE MAIN POOL HAS BEEN RETHEMED TO A PIRATE SPLASH AREA - I WILL GET PICS & UPDATE THIS INFORMATION

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There is also a quiet pool surrounded by the buildings and pine trees. It was quite nice.

This view is looking at building 2.

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This view is looking at building 6.

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Looking from building 2 out past the Santa Ana Freeway #5 towards the San Gabriel Mountains.

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Layout of the Howard Johnson property

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[CDSTapisRouge]

Thank you so much for posting those pictures we are staying there in June and it is always nicer to see peoples actual photos than relying on the web page to show you the resort :)

[WheresGoofy]

Thanks for posting this info. We will be there Saturday. :cool1:

[cindercopper]

Thanks for the pictures! We are staying there next month. Wondering if it will be easier to walk to DL or drive over....?

[daannzzz]

Thanks for the pictures! We are staying there next month. Wondering if it will be easier to walk to DL or drive over....?

http://www.beachcalifornia.com/dlmp.html

It is easy to walk over. In fact it would be about the same walk from the Timon parkinglot andf a longer walk from the parking structure how ever you can cath a tram from the parking areas BUT you can catch a tram from the HoJo. Essentially, you will not need your car.

[JC Butterfly]

This hotel always looks so nice! I was going to stay here, then decided to try the Disneyland Hotel . . . but now I'm triple guessing my decision and wondering if this wouldn't really be the better choice.

Thanks for the great photos!

[daannzzz]

This hotel always looks so nice! I was going to stay here, then decided to try the Disneyland Hotel . . . but now I'm triple guessing my decision and wondering if this wouldn't really be the better choice.

Thanks for the great photos!

Both are great places but the DLH is IMHO much better. The rooms are, in general bigger and are definately much more fun in their decore. the pool, which may or may not be a draw for you, is loads more fun at the DLH. Depending on the prices at the time of year you are going the HOJo can save you quite a bit of money.

[pjlla]

Thank you SOOOOO much for taking the time to take the photos and post them. You cannot imagine how much it means to me (and others)! We are east-coasters making our "once in a lifetime" trip out west this summer and I want everything to be nice (cheap, but nice! ;) ). I just showed the kids the pictures and I will be showing DH later. It makes me feel much better about my decision to book at the HJ. THANK YOU AGAIN! :wave2: .....P

[AnnaS]

Wow - thanks for the pictures. It is nicer than I expected. I wish I had pictures now of Fairfield Inn which is where were are booked. (Three families). Now you got me wondering.

[Disneyland_emily]

I've become a fan of that hotel :) Ive stayed in both Building 2 and Building 4

-em

[palmtreegirl]

I just booked the HoJo, Disney view for 70.30 a night for December 5-10. I'm so excited! Thanks for posting the pics. :flower:

[Krispe]

Thanks Mary Jo! That good neighbors map is wonderful! :cheer2:

[Mom2Joce]

In building 4 could you walk to the side parking lot there on Harbor and then shoot up to the parks?

[Amy&Dan]

We were in building 4 last June, second floor, second room from the end on the jacuzzi side. There is a stairwell that lets you out into or very near to the side parking lot making it very easy to get onto Harbor. We really loved that building. Although we were right above the pool, it was very quiet. I will warn you though that there is no elevator in that building but that didn't matter to us.

[Buttercup26]

Building 1 and 2 have elevators, the others don't.

[Mom2Joce]

Thanks a bunch, I did call and could only get a smoking room, bottom floor, facing away from the freeway. They said they would put a filter of some kind in the room before we got there to help air it out. I don't know what to do...maybe when I get there something else may come up?

[fristbytte21]

hmm the pics arent coming up is it me or this? anyways of seein the pics since im planning on staying here in january? thanks!!


nevermind, it worked!

[Kristina]

Mary Jo I'm not able to see the photos at all, is there anything wrong with the link? I'd love to see them too :)!

[bouncy54]

Thanks a bunch, I did call and could only get a smoking room, bottom floor, facing away from the freeway. They said they would put a filter of some kind in the room before we got there to help air it out. I don't know what to do...maybe when I get there something else may come up?


I thought HOJOs went smoke-free last year. We had reservations to stay there in November but changed to BWPPI when they emailed us and told us that they were going to become completely smoke-free before our vacation. (There were 4 smokers in our group & we had requested 2 smoking rooms)

Maybe you should call and ask again when they're going to begin their new smoking policy.

[Laurabearz]

Here is an ariel shot, which I think is the link in Mary jo's post (this is an OLD thread BTW)

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[DangerMouse]

I thought HOJOs went smoke-free last year. We had reservations to stay there in November but changed to BWPPI when they emailed us and told us that they were going to become completely smoke-free before our vacation. (There were 4 smokers in our group & we had requested 2 smoking rooms)

Maybe you should call and ask again when they're going to begin their new smoking policy.

Bouncy, they are smoke-free. You were answering a post from 2005! :rotfl:

[bouncy54]

Bouncy, they are smoke-free. You were answering a post from 2005! :rotfl:


:blush: Oops :blush:

I'm so observant...:rolleyes1

[whatRUcelebrating]

Thanks for posting this!

[smiles33]

Just thought I'd update this thread for others researching HoJo for the first time (since this is the HoJo thread linked to on the planning thread sticky). We loved our recent Sept. 2011 stay at HoJo in a Kids Suite. They converted some connecting rooms into Kids Suites, so one room has a set of bunk beds and a small sofa bed (probably not large enough for an adult) and one room has a king size bed. There are two full bathrooms, which is awesome. There are also a mini fridge, Keurig coffeemaker, and microwave in the king sized bed room. They have comfortable beds, very clean rooms, and great amenities like the free parking, free wi-fi, and 2 flat screen TVs. We got the Entertainment card rate thanks to Jory29, so we paid $99/night (which I think is a total steal and the best value ever!).

Note: there is no free breakfast, but they have a well-stocked market and we just bought our own treats for breakfast since there is a mini-fridge and microwave.

My kids never got to try out the awesome new water play area, Castaway Cove, because they just napped and then wanted to head straight back to DLR. I can't link to the website photos here, so you should go check them out there.

The two biggest drawbacks are 1) the distance (it is not the closest hotel but a perfectly reasonable 8 min walk IMHO and not that much more than walking from PP and DLH) and 2) some complain of the freeway noise. All the Kids Suites face the freeway but we had the AC on all night and didn't hear traffic at all.

I will not hesitate to stay here again when looking for a suite/2 room setup.

[AZBeth]

I also just returned from a stay at HOJO and we really liked it. We stayed in building 1 in a Disney view room. It was just me and my 2 daughters, so the room size was fine for us but the bathroom is a bit small. We did have a great view of the fireworks from our room/balcony. My daughters loved the splash park and pool. The customer service is awesome. Our grocery delivery came after we had left to go to the park and they brought to our room and even put the cold items in the refrigator.

We walked to the parks each morning and it took about 5-7 minutes to get to bag check but we did take ART home each night since my daughters were too tired to walk. There were even a few afternoons that we took the ART back into the park and HOJO is last stop before you enter park, so it was just a quick hop into the park.

The rooms we were in was a little dated but it was clean. We would not hestitate to stay here again, especially considering the Entertainment rate I had of $79/night.