texasgingerbread
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My review I posted on TA. Happy to answer any questions. One thing I left out is there is a full kitchen (full size fridg with freezer, blender, toaster, stovetop, etc.)
We stayed here 2 adults, 2 kids in a family suite for 6 nights. It was nice having all the space and a refrigerator.
We ate breakfast here several times and it was very good. They did slightly change it up each day with the hot items. Plenty of fresh fruit which was very nice.
My boys used the basketball court (check out ball at front desk), hot tub, and heated pool. Very happy with all. We did laundry twice as well and it was $4 per load ($2 per machine) and there was always plenty of machines.
The room is large, but the setup is all wrong. The bathroom door opens into the vanity area so if someone is standing there it's very cramped. Which also opens into the 2 doors to the closet. I'm pretty sure whomever did the floor plans to this wasn't thinking about all those doors and bodies in the same place. With a family of 4 this bathroom is super inconvenient.
The rest of the room has tons of space, however the bunk beds are only separated by a half wall. The TV rotates and can face the bunk beds or the king bed. The living room is very comfortable and large. The room has 2 dressers and tons of drawer space.
The air conditioners are old school and blow into the room. In the bedroom it blows on whomever is on the bottom bunk and in the living room it blows center. FYI if you hate air blowing directly on you.
We never had water issues. Hot water always instant.
We walked to/from the Toy Story shuttle parking lot every morning and evening. The walk with kids is about 4 minutes. Seriously next door (use the handicapp ramp to enter and you won't have to wait to cross the street). We used Uber twice for EMH and a breakfast reservation to Paradise Pier. One time it was $4.95 and one time it was $5.50. One other morning no Ubers were available and we called a cab. The cab was $9. Both times we used Uber it took about 7-10 minutes to arrive.
The hotel is new but some construction looks really thrown together. Baseboards in bathroom already separating from the wall. Marker marks where construction was being done initially. It just isn't "polished" like it should be for a new hotel. The tile in the room was never super clean. I called the front desk upon checkin and no one ever came. The rest of the room was clean, including no dust and all surfaces clean. But the tile was just shoe spots, etc.
My recommendation if you are booking super early and haven't finalized your disney dates would be to book many nights until you decide what your final dates are and then drop the nights you don't need. When I had to adjust my dates one day in the early date I could have originally booked for $40 cheaper and even though I was staying the same amount of nights those nights had gone up and they were immovable on price.
We walked to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles (right down the street) as well as to Alamo (10 min walk). CVS is also on Katella (10 min walk). If you wanted to walk to the park it would prob take 20 min with kids. It's 1.2 of a mile.
The bed was fine. Not super comfortable but it didn't suck by any means. Average. Large king though and plenty of pillows. Sheets were fine as well (no pilling), and towels as well. Toiletries were Neutrogena which worked great for my son with eczema.
Staff was fine. No complaints except them never sending someone to clean the tile. The cleaning crew did a good job on the bathroom and rest of the room, just not the floors.
We stayed here 2 adults, 2 kids in a family suite for 6 nights. It was nice having all the space and a refrigerator.
We ate breakfast here several times and it was very good. They did slightly change it up each day with the hot items. Plenty of fresh fruit which was very nice.
My boys used the basketball court (check out ball at front desk), hot tub, and heated pool. Very happy with all. We did laundry twice as well and it was $4 per load ($2 per machine) and there was always plenty of machines.
The room is large, but the setup is all wrong. The bathroom door opens into the vanity area so if someone is standing there it's very cramped. Which also opens into the 2 doors to the closet. I'm pretty sure whomever did the floor plans to this wasn't thinking about all those doors and bodies in the same place. With a family of 4 this bathroom is super inconvenient.
The rest of the room has tons of space, however the bunk beds are only separated by a half wall. The TV rotates and can face the bunk beds or the king bed. The living room is very comfortable and large. The room has 2 dressers and tons of drawer space.
The air conditioners are old school and blow into the room. In the bedroom it blows on whomever is on the bottom bunk and in the living room it blows center. FYI if you hate air blowing directly on you.
We never had water issues. Hot water always instant.
We walked to/from the Toy Story shuttle parking lot every morning and evening. The walk with kids is about 4 minutes. Seriously next door (use the handicapp ramp to enter and you won't have to wait to cross the street). We used Uber twice for EMH and a breakfast reservation to Paradise Pier. One time it was $4.95 and one time it was $5.50. One other morning no Ubers were available and we called a cab. The cab was $9. Both times we used Uber it took about 7-10 minutes to arrive.
The hotel is new but some construction looks really thrown together. Baseboards in bathroom already separating from the wall. Marker marks where construction was being done initially. It just isn't "polished" like it should be for a new hotel. The tile in the room was never super clean. I called the front desk upon checkin and no one ever came. The rest of the room was clean, including no dust and all surfaces clean. But the tile was just shoe spots, etc.
My recommendation if you are booking super early and haven't finalized your disney dates would be to book many nights until you decide what your final dates are and then drop the nights you don't need. When I had to adjust my dates one day in the early date I could have originally booked for $40 cheaper and even though I was staying the same amount of nights those nights had gone up and they were immovable on price.
We walked to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles (right down the street) as well as to Alamo (10 min walk). CVS is also on Katella (10 min walk). If you wanted to walk to the park it would prob take 20 min with kids. It's 1.2 of a mile.
The bed was fine. Not super comfortable but it didn't suck by any means. Average. Large king though and plenty of pillows. Sheets were fine as well (no pilling), and towels as well. Toiletries were Neutrogena which worked great for my son with eczema.
Staff was fine. No complaints except them never sending someone to clean the tile. The cleaning crew did a good job on the bathroom and rest of the room, just not the floors.
But yes softer than harder which is what I prefer.
