A Few Observations about DLH

[pycees312]

Personally, I am in the same situation and I am not worried. We have stayed at GCH the last several trips and decided to go back to DLH this trip. I love GCH, but the rooms are tiny and every theme park view I have paid for has been severely obstructed to say the least (like if you look between these branches in the tree, you will see the top of DCA).

I keep seeing that the GCH rooms are smaller than DLH. Maybe it depends on the room location and where you are at. We stayed in a room with a king bed and the bunk bed right above the driveway to drop off your car and our room to me was bigger than both the PPH and DLH. I will personally never stay at the DLH again i just did not like it. Other than the pool... i just did not like it. I'll take PP over it anyday. GCH is the best of the 3 obviously and our family of 5 loves it there.. So glad i can stay there using points..

 

[DizMe]

This is a picture (ugh--that hair!) of me in front of the DLH Marina around 1990. Behind me is the Bonita Tower (Wonder) and to the left is what is now the Dreams tower. I'm standing next to a game where you could pilot little boats. The other building behind me is what is now Hook's Pointe restaurant.

This is a picture of my kids in a paddle boat. You could rent them and paddle around the "harbor" at DLH. It was really nice except for the totally weird color of the water (waaaaay too much blue-green dye).

 

[MommyLove]

I've stayed in all 3 towers. My favorite is the Dreams tower. We had an upper level pool view, which was fabulous. I've never had the DTD view so I can't compare those. At night, the pool had a big Tinkerbell light reflecting in it, which my girls adored. That tower is very convenient for getting into DTD and on to the monorail or DL entrance.

The Magic tower (if that is the one that houses the main lobby) is a close second. Our room was quite large and also had a great pool view. It is very handy to be in the main lobby, where you can run down for coffee (free), go to the nearby hotel coffee place, or visit the gift shops.

I did not like the Wonder tower (the old Bonita tower). I've stayed in it 3 times and I will always request something else. You are quite distanced from the rest of the hotel, and our service there has been awful. The last time we had that tower, it took forever to get up to our room because the elevators were so slow. Our sink started making weird noises in the middle of the night and suddenly backed up, leaving the room with a really disgusting sewer smell. They moved us into the Magic tower and I liked it SO much better. To me, the Wonder tower feels like you're staying in a different hotel, though the waterfalls and koi ponds are neat. I should also add that we always had a parking lot view in that tower and a very small room.

That is sooooooooooooooo helpful and exactly what I needed to know.
THANKS!!!

 

[Sherry E]

We stayed at DLH around 1990 and we got this cool cabana. It was sort of cottage-styled, white, and that wing was only 2 stories. It was surrounded by Japanese gardens. The interior had white wood ceiling with beams. I loved those rooms! Does anyone else remember those? They were located about where the Dreams tower is now, I think.

I have a couple of pictures I will try to scan and post of the hotel.

Edit: Oops, looked at the pictures and Dreams tower was there, so the cabanas must have behind it (towards where DTD is now).

I remember those - they were called the Garden Villas in the Oriental Gardens. I specifcally asked for one of those and paid my money and when I got to DLH, they put me in a tower instead. This was back in the late -80s, I guess! I was so mad they didn't put me where I wanted to be.

 

[Sherry E]

This is a picture (ugh--that hair!) of me in front of the DLH Marina around 1990. Behind me is the Bonita Tower (Wonder) and to the left is what is now the Dreams tower. I'm standing next to a game where you could pilot little boats. The other building behind me is what is now Hook's Pointe restaurant.

This is a picture of my kids in a paddle boat. You could rent them and paddle around the "harbor" at DLH. It was really nice except for the totally weird color of the water (waaaaay too much blue-green dye).

It is funny - I have pictures of my friends in those same pedal boats (they loved the pedal boats) and I noticed the water was a weird color too!

 

[Sherry E]

You are probably talking about the Pavilion Lounge which is at the end of the convention building and near the Marina Tower (or whatever they are calling it now).

Yep! Now that you mention Pavilion Lounge, it sounds familiar and I think that is where we were. It was nice to have a little aduly place to go and have some fruity drinks in the hotel, and I was sad when they got rid of it!