Another Hotel Question due to Candy Cane Inn extended closure

[mel2014]

We had reservations (cancelled due to the extended renovation) for two rooms at the Candy Cane Inn for a July stay, so I'm now having to seriously evaluate my back up options (unfortunately didn't start booking these until recently) and I'm having decision paralysis, so I thought I'd seek to other input (I'll ask my friend but I'm sure her response will be to defer to me).

Here's the situation -- I'm treating my best friend and her two kids to a trip along with my two kids so we've got a group of six total with four kids ages 9-13 (all past booster age thankfully) for four nights. We're all very comfortable with each other and would have no issue sharing one room/bathroom and have done it in the past, but with a couple of wrinkles:

(1) My best friend snores loudly, to the point that it bothers me even when I have ear plugs, so I really want two separate sleeping spaces if possible
(2) My kids don't like sofabeds and I'm not a huge fan either. Her kids will sleep anywhere (and often even prefer the floor), but she would prefer a real bed over a sofabed.

My two rooms at Candy Cane Inn were going to be $1700 including breakfast, taxes and parking and it's obviously rough at this point finding anything comparable. We'll have a car, so theoretically we could stay somewhere farther away and drive to the parks, but we're midday break people, so that doesn't work well. I'm totally fine with Uber/Lyft to cut down on walking but prefer to be within a distance to walk as a last resort. Most everything along Harbor north of Katella is well over $200 per night for just one room.

Here are the bookings I have so far -- prices include tax/parking. I haven't stayed at any of these except Desert Inn (for reference, our past stays have been at Candy Cane Inn, Desert Inn, Del Sol (wouldn't stay there again), King's Inn (would stay for the right price), Hojo, Home2Suites, and the Quality Inn and Suites that used to be where Home2Suites is now).

Desert Palms ($1218): King Bed with double bed bunks in a separate room --Pros: closest, free hot breakfast, no sofabed, relatively inexpensive, interior corridor, sink is separated from toilet/shower which makes it easier for a larger group to get ready. Cons: only three sleeping surfaces, one bathroom, and double beds are a bit small, especially with a bunk.

Hampton Inn ($1216): King bed with single bunks and sofabed in a separate room -- Pros: lots of sleeping surfaces, relatively inexpensive, can possibly use Toy Story shuttle, new, good breakfast. Cons: Distance if we have to walk, sink is in with toilet/shower.

Alpine Inn ($1,067): Family suite with 1 queen bed in one room and two queens in the other. Pros: Cheapest, sink is outside the bathroom, relatively close, gets good reviews. Cons: No breakfast, very much a motel.

Springhill Suites Anaheim Resort/Convention Center ($1741): Two queen room with twin bunkbeds and sofabed in a separate space (but no door between them). Pros: clearly the nicest of the options, has the most sleeping surfaces, large space to spread out, still within relatively close walking distance. Cons: Cost (I can do a lot of Lyft/Uber rides to another hotel with price difference), sink is with the rest of the restroom, no door between the two sleeping areas for either privacy or noise.

Anaheim Islander ($1394): Two rooms with two queens each. Pros: more space to not be on top of each other, two bathrooms, closer walking distance than Hampton Inn. Cons: minimal breakfast, budget option (for those that have stayed there, how would you rank this compared to Desert Inn, King's Inn or Del Sol?). Doesn't really seem worth the price vs. Alpine Inn

Best Western Stovalls ($1652.14): Two rooms with two double beds each. Pros: more space, two bathrooms, can cut through Grand Californian for a shorter return walk, hot breakfast. Cons: still a long walk, more budget motel, cost seems high for quality, double beds are small.

Castle Inn ($1583.84 for two rooms with two queen beds or $1305.72 for a "family suite" with one king and two queens): Has promixity and number of large beds in its favor, but no breakfast, dated furnishings

Desert Inn: My options here are to try and cram into the A parlor suite I booked backed in February as a "worst case" back up for $945 (which puts one of the grown ups on a sofabed for 4 nights) or book the only thing that is available now, which is a B1 suite for $1834.56, which clearly doesn't seem worth it compared to Springhill.

Some other options I considered and rejected:
Home2Suites -- I just can't make the studio work with the snoring issue, plus the sofabed isn't ideal.
Holiday Inn Express -- same
Cambria -- I liked the idea of the water park, but the King/bunk/trundle room seems like a tight space, plus an adult would end up on the sofabed, and the walk seems long.
Two rooms at Desert Palms -- the cost ends up over $2000 with two rooms.
Best Western Raffles -- doesn't have the two queen plus bunk room configuration available for those days.
Wyndham -- Has free parking but no breakfast, cost around $2000
Hyatt House 1 bedroom suite -- Puts an adult on a sofabed
Homewood Suites 1 bedroom suite -- Puts an adult on a sofabed

 

[AustinTink]

Why not two connecting rooms at the Home2 Suites? Plenty of room for everyone.

 

[Shinrai]

I’m not familiar with all of these, so I’m just going off of your description. If Alpine is close enough, I’d lean toward that one due to the space and the low price. With that kind of price difference you could eat breakfast at the parks or stop somewhere and grab it on the way.

 

[katyringo]

The only con to castle inn is no breakfast and dated furnishing. It's close! Order some grocery's for a to go breakfast! That's the one I would choose- the suite

 

[gelatoni fan]

Of those listed, I like the Hampton Inn best and the Springhill Suites second.

 

[mel2014]

Why not two connecting rooms at the Home2 Suites? Plenty of room for everyone.

The Home2Suites is unfortunately $324+tax+parking per room per night for our dates. I like it but it's not worth that much to get two connecting rooms.

 

[Kanga and Roo]

Don't forget that there is an IHOP right opposite the entrance to Disneyland on South Harbor.

 

[Pluto468]

Have you checked Residence inn? They have some big suites.

Hojo has guaranteed connecting rooms that you can book as a bundle. You would get 4 queen beds and 2 bathrooms.

Tropicana has family suites. They are adjoined rooms with an attached kitchen. Depending on the bed configuration you'd get 3-5 beds plus a kitchen and 2 bathrooms. They are right across the street.


Maybe you could get Park Vue or Best Western Park Place Inn and request connecting rooms. Best Western Anaheim Plus Inn has suites with 1 king bed and 2 queens in a separate bedroom. There might be a sofabed but I'm not sure. These are all close to the entrance.

 

[kirstyfly]

Have look here https://www.cortonainn.com/rooms-in-anaheim/suites

One Bedroom Toscana Kids Suite​

Specially designed for families with small children, our newly renovated One Bedroom Toscana Kids Suite features a king bed and separate bedroom with twin bunk beds and a queen sleeper sofa. Highlights include two 39-inch flat panel HDTVs with premium cable and compatible video game hookups, and complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi.

• Sleeps up to 6 guests

 

[smartlabelprint]

OP did you pick?

What about keeping your old desert inn room and adding a basic room for them?

 

[mel2014]

Unfortunately both the Best Westerns and Hojo are sold out for the days we need. Tropicana was $230/room/night ($2570 total with parking) and Park Vue is $281 per room/night ($2700 total). Desert Inn is also sold out now.

As an additional wrinkle, my friend wasn't able to get all of the days off work, so I'm taking her kids by myself for the first two days, which ruled out the Anaheim Islander and Stovalls, since there wouldn't be an adult for each room. It also means we need parking for two cars -- Alpine told us we'd have to park the second car at Gardenwalk.

I reviewed the options with her and my kids and we settled on the Springhill Suites. She was really interested in the free breakfast and we decided having 5 beds for six people is definitely worth the extra cost over the other options. Hopefully if she's on one end of the room and we're on the other, the snoring won't be too bad even without a door between the spaces.

 

[Pluto468]

Unfortunately both the Best Westerns and Hojo are sold out for the days we need. Tropicana was $230/room/night ($2570 total with parking) and Park Vue is $281 per room/night ($2700 total). Desert Inn is also sold out now.

As an additional wrinkle, my friend wasn't able to get all of the days off work, so I'm taking her kids by myself for the first two days, which ruled out the Anaheim Islander and Stovalls, since there wouldn't be an adult for each room. It also means we need parking for two cars -- Alpine told us we'd have to park the second car at Gardenwalk.

I reviewed the options with her and my kids and we settled on the Springhill Suites. She was really interested in the free breakfast and we decided having 5 beds for six people is definitely worth the extra cost over the other options. Hopefully if she's on one end of the room and we're on the other, the snoring won't be too bad even without a door between the spaces.

That sounds like a good choice

If you did like any of those other places better you could always check back because something could open up.