Absolute CHEAPEST Motel

[goreesha]

So, I am curious, what is the absolute cheapest motel within reasonable walking distance of Disneyland? I don't care about the quality of the motel. It can stink of cigars, dog sweat, horse manes and rotten mustard stains for all I care. I just want the cheapest, and it needs to be a walkable distance to Disneyland.

Suggestions?

 

[sonnyjane]

Lol well, you've set the bar quite high On Expedia I have seen small ones like Eden Roc going for very, very cheap ($50?) BUT, I found a great deal through Expedia in April of this year for $49 a night at the Clarion, and that's a major chain (so, no rotten mustard stains lol). It was about a mile walk (maybe even a mile and a quarter) but I didn't mind it, and they had a shuttle too if you wanted. Just keep an eye open and I bet you can find a place that isn't TOO scary for a not bad price.

With Expedia (and Orbitz, hotels.com, etc.) you can search Anaheim, and you can sort the results by price, so that the cheapest ones come up first. It will show the hotels on a map, so you can determine how far away you'd like to look.

 

[LavenderPeach]

Don't know if it's the cheapest but we stayed at the Super 8 on Katella last year in April and it was $50/night. It came with a free breakfast which wasn't anything too spectacular but nice to have. It's not the closest motel but it was still within walking distance (imo). It took us maybe 15 mintues (?) to walk. Not sure I would want to walk that far if it was really hot outside though. Oh and it was pretty clean - nothing disgusting to report there at least.

 

[jlmarr]

The Anaheimer Inn is coming in at $52 on Expedia. It's on the corner of Katella and Walnut. Never stayed there, doesn't get great reviews, but it's a walkable distance. Walk east on Katella about 100 yards and you can cut through the parking lot to get to DLH and the west end of DTD. I'm a little embarrassed to even mention it after reading the reviews on Expedia, but this seems to fall within the specs as described by the OP.

 

[goreesha]

Yeah, I don't care what the reviews say about a place. For all I care, they could say, "a person died in every single room of this motel," and I could live with that (as long as the body is not still there). The point is, I'm looking for the cheapest dump near Disneyland. I will keep an eye on Expedia. So the cheapest so far is $49. That's not bad.

 

[pigletforever]

I paid 45 a night for the red lion in using price line name your price. We are only staying one night since we moved up the departure time of our trip this week.

 

[goreesha]

I paid 45 a night for the red lion in using price line name your price. We are only staying one night since we moved up the departure time of our trip this week.

Ooh priceline. I hadn't thought about priceline. $29 bid, here I come!

 

[everythingisplastic]

Goreesha, I'm cracking up at your comments! I kind of feel the same way about accommodations. And come next year when I plan for our trip, I might be posting this same question!

 

[callmeblissful]

This is hilarious. I won't be much of a help as far as suggestions go, but I will be keeping my eye on this thread, just because it makes me laugh.

 

[goreesha]

The thing is, I don't "enjoy" the hotel/motel room, the way some people seem to. I spend all day long in the parks, out and about, and only come creeping back to the room in the dead of night, so worn out, I scarcely know what I'm lying down on. My wife and kids are the same way. We don't need a resort. We don't even need a nice place. A bare mattress in a creepy iron closet would be fine. I'll be sleeping. So spending a cent more on a hotel room than I have to is a waste.

 

[Lights_Out]

Ooh priceline. I hadn't thought about priceline. $29 bid, here I come!

Wow I didn't even know about the priceline bidding thing...
This is hilarious!
Anyone got tips on how to bid well?

 

[darph nader]

FINALLY,someone who is as cheap,,,I mean frugal as I am. As long as the roof doesn't leak and the door locks,I'm happy.

 

[sonnyjane]

The thing is, I don't "enjoy" the hotel/motel room, the way some people seem to. I spend all day long in the parks, out and about, and only come creeping back to the room in the dead of night, so worn out, I scarcely know what I'm lying down on. My wife and kids are the same way. We don't need a resort. We don't even need a nice place. A bare mattress in a creepy iron closet would be fine. I'll be sleeping. So spending a cent more on a hotel room than I have to is a waste.

I can empathize. It wasn't at Disney, but when I lived in WA I was two plus hours away from the airport, and had a 5:00 AM flight. I decided to spend the night in the cheapest place possible in a bad part of Seattle to avoid the early drive. I ended up picking a Days Inn, which I recognize as a chain, and therefore figured it wouldn't be too bad. The door was a thin wooden interior door, like you would have in your bedroom, and it was almost a full inch too short as it hung in the door frame, so that you could actually see people's feet outside. I could stick my fingers completely under the door and wave them if I liked. That one DEFINITELY got a dead-bolt, not that it would have really mattered. I didn't sleep well, especially since I essentially had an open door to the outside so it was rather noisy, but I still don't regret it because I think it was only $26 lol.

 

[goreesha]

FINALLY,someone who is as cheap,,,I mean frugal as I am. As long as the roof doesn't leak and the door locks,I'm happy.

Oh I'm not really cheap when it comes to other things. I'll spend a pretty penny on churros and dole whips and pommes frites and various souvenir mugs and t-shirts. That's the fun stuff. I just want to pay as little as possible for the part of the trip where I am sound asleep.

 

[goreesha]

I can empathize. It wasn't at Disney, but when I lived in WA I was two plus hours away from the airport, and had a 5:00 AM flight. I decided to spend the night in the cheapest place possible in a bad part of Seattle to avoid the early drive. I ended up picking a Days Inn, which I recognize as a chain, and therefore figured it wouldn't be too bad. The door was a thin wooden interior door, like you would have in your bedroom, and it was almost a full inch too short as it hung in the door frame, so that you could actually see people's feet outside. I could stick my fingers completely under the door and wave them if I liked. That one DEFINITELY got a dead-bolt, not that it would have really mattered. I didn't sleep well, especially since I essentially had an open door to the outside so it was rather noisy, but I still don't regret it because I think it was only $26 lol.

That does sound slightly disturbing. However, to give you an idea of the kind of person I am, I once took a trip to New York City with a friend and we slept at the base of the Empire State Building one night, on the sidewalk around the corner from a White Castle the next night, and in a crowded youth hostel the last night. Yes, I did almost get robbed of my meager possessions that night at the Empire State Building by a drunk weird guy who thought I was some friend of his from Argentina, but I woke up and talked him out of taking my backpack.

Now, having a wife and kids, the outside sleeping is no longer an option, so some kind of enclosed space will be necessary. Also, showers are good to have.

 

[sonnyjane]

That does sound slightly disturbing. However, to give you an idea of the kind of person I am, I once took a trip to New York City with a friend and we slept at the base of the Empire State Building one night, on the sidewalk around the corner from a White Castle the next night, and in a crowded youth hostel the last night. Yes, I did almost get robbed of my meager possessions that night at the Empire State Building by a drunk weird guy who thought I was some friend of his from Argentina, but I woke up and talked him out of taking my backpack.

Now, having a wife and kids, the outside sleeping is no longer an option, so some kind of enclosed space will be necessary. Also, showers are good to have.

Well, you've certainly earned your "street cred" from me!

 

[Lights_Out]

Oh I'm not really cheap when it comes to other things. I'll spend a pretty penny on churros and dole whips and pommes frites and various souvenir mugs and t-shirts. That's the fun stuff. I just want to pay as little as possible for the part of the trip where I am sound asleep.

I totally know what you mean.

I go to Disneyland to splurge on all the Disney stuff... not the hotel! l only spend like 25% of my time in hotels... yet hotels can cost 50%-60%+ of the entire trip! My problem is that I really care about cleanliness

 

[bumbershoot]

So, I am curious, what is the absolute cheapest motel within reasonable walking distance of Disneyland?

It's the bolded part there that's going to be the tricky thing when it comes to priceline etc. Honestly I'd look at motel 6 (which has actually always been a decent part of their chain, and the DLR area one just got renovated to be all Euro-cool) or the Katella Super8, or Alpine Inn, and just go with that. 50ish bucks a night, you know you're in something of walking distance, and be happy.


I don't know how old your kids are, but I know that even at DLR, for me and my brother, swimming in even the ickiest (by adult standards) pool was a MUST for us on trips, so be sure you find out if that's going to be something the kids want. Then again, I know that it's not all kids who are like that...my own son entirely rejected swimming at our hotel (with a really nice pool) last weekend!

 

[goreesha]

It's the bolded part there that's going to be the tricky thing when it comes to priceline etc. Honestly I'd look at motel 6 (which has actually always been a decent part of their chain, and the DLR area one just got renovated to be all Euro-cool) or the Katella Super8, or Alpine Inn, and just go with that. 50ish bucks a night, you know you're in something of walking distance, and be happy.


I don't know how old your kids are, but I know that even at DLR, for me and my brother, swimming in even the ickiest (by adult standards) pool was a MUST for us on trips, so be sure you find out if that's going to be something the kids want. Then again, I know that it's not all kids who are like that...my own son entirely rejected swimming at our hotel (with a really nice pool) last weekend!

I think I can get them to avoid the motel swimming pool by enticing them with other things, like movie night at DTD or something. We only had to do the Pop Century pool at WDW once during an 8 night stay, and they were perfectly fine with that. The thing is, I can handle any level of motel room and bed, but a nasty old slime pool in the middle of the parking lot is not so interesting. If I could be sound asleep in the pool, not that big of a deal, but since I have to be awake and pretend to enjoy it, no thanks. Maybe I can find a motel so cheap, the pool will be crusted over and unavailable.

 

[Leofoenget]

So, I am curious, what is the absolute cheapest motel within reasonable walking distance of Disneyland? I don't care about the quality of the motel. It can stink of cigars, dog sweat, horse manes and rotten mustard stains for all I care. I just want the cheapest, and it needs to be a walkable distance to Disneyland.

Suggestions?

when are you going? And are you driving to the hotel? I looked up Little Boy Blue hotel which claims $39 and "1 block from DL"