Michele: I didn't even see your post!
First of all, I want to say this - I checked out the website for the hotel you're staying at and it does look very lovely! I wish it was closer because I would totally stay there without thinking twice.
Thanks for the input about the breakfast and ART.
I'm not really sure how ART works. Not that there really is that much to figure out. But for this week, ART runs a half hour after the Disneyland closes. My concern with it is when I'm in WDW (and I know I can't really compare DL to WDW, but I don't have much else to go on) it's usually a half hour to an hour before I even get to the park exit. I don't know if exiting DL at park closing is like WDW (where everyone is exiting at one time and it's like a giant cluster) but when parks close at WDW I tend to grab a seat on a bench or hang out in a shop until the crowd thins out.
As for the menus, oh yes, I know that site! I've lived by it for like the past ten years.
Thanks for throwing it out there for me, though, because it did take me years before I ever found it.
I honestly don't think The Disneyland Hotel will ever drop enough in price for me. It is such an amazing looking hotel, but when I can stay at a hotel a couple blocks away for $500 a week... it's hard to spend so much more. But one can hope!