Best offsite hotel???

[RNforKids]

I have ressies for GC mid June, but now am having 2nd thoughts about it . I could save hundreds to spend at the parks by staying elsewhere. Are there any 4*'s nearby that you would recommend? I would love to hear about some great hotels in the area..

 

[year2late]

Sorry for the broken recoord routine, but I like to go 3 star Disney Area on Priceline. I usually get my rooms for 27 - 40 bucks. I have recieved rooms at the Hilton/Marriott/Westcoast....and my favorite (Priceline)Hyatt Regency - I upgrade to a suite everytime for a small amount.

Grand Californian is a fabulous experience, I highly recomend it, but it is very hard to justify the extra expense.

 

[jpgolds]

My family and I just returned from DL and we stayed at the Hilton Towers! (right near the convention center) I would highly reccomend this hotel! We requsted and got a park view room for $50/night thru priceline! Hotel is very nice and the pool area is great! We walked to the parks every day! No need for shuttle!

 

[year2late]

We always get a good deal through Priceline on their three star hotels.

 

[c&m]

We too love using Priceline for our Anaheim stay. We've been lucky twice. We got the Anaheim Marriott 2 years ago for $65 (yes, we paid too much that first time we used PL, but we learned to use www.biddingfortravel.com after that) and the Hyatt Orange last year for $42.

Both were fantastic hotels. We loved the Marriott for its proximity to DL -- walking distance. We loved the Hyatt for its spacious new kidsuites, and its proximity to Target and other restaurants. The Hyatt, being further away from DL, has a shuttle bus that was free when we were there last year in Sept. (don't know if it's still free though).

For WDW, we'd stay on-site and there are many reasons to do so IMHO. But for DL, we don't really want to spend the extra $$$ to stay at the DL resorts and don't really feel it's necessary.

Good luck planning your trip!!!

 

[c&m]

One more thing I need to add about using Priceline. There is no refund if you cancel. Before you book anything on PL, you need to be absolutely sure that you are indeed going.

 

[seaotter]

Wow, I'm sure going to try priceline next time! I've used them for air fare, but never hotels. Sounds like you are all getting great deals!

I got a good deal using expedia.com on the Hyatt Hawthorn Suites. Now I've read some reviews where people complained about the small bathrooms, but we got one with a hottub and jets (and therefore a much bigger bathroom), and I can't frickin' tell you how much we loved that! A private hot tub after a day at Disneyland was like heaven.

Anyway, it was a two room suite with a view of California Adventure. It included a free buffet type breakfast (eggs, waffles, sausage, donuts, soda, cereal, bagals and other stuff). The rooms were large, and like I said we had a hot tub in our suite. We paid $55 a night. I felt like the free breakfast added a great deal of value to the deal. I don't know how many stars the place gets though! Sorry!