BWPPI vs Grand Legacy

[mamapenguin]

Price difference is $50 per night plus tax for a 3 night stay. What would you do and why?

 

[Plip]

For me, the Best Western Plus Park Place.

Breakfast pretty much makes up the $50 difference in my opinion. For our family of three, I figure I spend $30 on breakfast at Denny's or IHOP if I don't stay at the Best Western. So that's $30. The other $20 is easily made up in breakfast convenience. We can eat a decent breakfast (maybe not quite as nice as having table service, but it's way better than your typical hotel lobby continental breakfast) and be on our way in 10 or 15 minutes. At Denny's, we're just placing our order in that much time.

And since breakfast accounts for the difference in price (for us, at least), it's just about location for me. And the Best Western is enough closer that for me it's a no-brainer. It's always the first hotel I look at.

 

[Indiana Scott]

BWPPI because the walk is so much shorter.

 

[EmJ]

BWPPI here, also because of breakfast. I refuse to spend precious morning park time at any theme park sitting down at a full-service restaurant, so either we stay where breakfast is provided or we figure out how to pack in our own. And I am going to have a WAY easier time getting my family up and moving for hot bacon and eggs than cold Poptarts or whatever I can pack away The location can't be beat either!

 

[Ross Kratter]

I'd go with the Best Western, simply because I really didn't enjoy my stay at Grand Legacy. The room was seriously outdated and pretty dirty. They also don't include breakfast in the price, just a lousy brown paper bag with a bottle of water, a granola bar, and an apple, per my recollection.

 

[mamapenguin]

Thank you all, I canceled Grand Legacy.

 

[asumom]

Is the Best Western PPI breakfast similar to Stovalls (hot and cold selections (bagels, toast, waffles, pancakes, eggs, potatoes, meat, whole fruit, cereal, oatmeal......)? We are booked at Stovalls for the great price, but keep checking the harbor hotels for a good rate to cut 15 minutes off the walk. Right now, for my dates, the Best Westerns and several others on Harbor are $100 more per night. We are staying 5 nights, so just too much.

 

[mamapenguin]

Is the Best Western PPI breakfast similar to Stovalls (hot and cold selections (bagels, toast, waffles, pancakes, eggs, potatoes, meat, whole fruit, cereal, oatmeal......)? We are booked at Stovalls for the great price, but keep checking the harbor hotels for a good rate to cut 15 minutes off the walk. Right now, for my dates, the Best Westerns and several others on Harbor are $100 more per night. We are staying 5 nights, so just too much.

Yes breakfast is the same . I had Stovall’s booked also but then BWPPI came available for about $50 more per night. I have stayed at both.

 

[Plip]

Is the Best Western PPI breakfast similar to Stovalls (hot and cold selections (bagels, toast, waffles, pancakes, eggs, potatoes, meat, whole fruit, cereal, oatmeal......)? We are booked at Stovalls for the great price, but keep checking the harbor hotels for a good rate to cut 15 minutes off the walk. Right now, for my dates, the Best Westerns and several others on Harbor are $100 more per night. We are staying 5 nights, so just too much.

Yes, they would usually have all of those items at the breakfast buffet.

 

[Cal-Pie]

Does anyone know what time breakfast starts at BWPPI, and if they allow you to take food from the breakfast room? I've heard BW Anaheim doesn't allow food to leave the breakfast area, but I like to send my family to grab me a little something while I finish getting ready.

 

[Plip]

Does anyone know what time breakfast starts at BWPPI, and if they allow you to take food from the breakfast room? I've heard BW Anaheim doesn't allow food to leave the breakfast area, but I like to send my family to grab me a little something while I finish getting ready.

I don't recall when it opened (and I don't know if it'd be the same all year). But I do remember grabbing food for my wife and bringing it to the room.

 

[Marshmelo]

Does anyone know what time breakfast starts at BWPPI, and if they allow you to take food from the breakfast room? I've heard BW Anaheim doesn't allow food to leave the breakfast area, but I like to send my family to grab me a little something while I finish getting ready.

I am staying next month and from my research, yes you can take food to go. Start time is 7am.

 

[EmJ]

I am staying next month and from my research, yes you can take food to go. Start time is 7am.

Start time is 7:00?! I thought I read 6:30 somewhere. Sigh... back to my spreadsheet....

 

[Cal-Pie]

Start time is 7:00?! I thought I read 6:30 somewhere. Sigh... back to my spreadsheet....

I've seen 6:30 in TripAdvisor reviews. Hopefully that's current?

 

[slpeters]

We're staying at the Legacy. The difference was closer to $60 a night for us even with the "premium" rooms as the Legacy. It doesn't seem that much further--Google maps says it's a 5 minute walk. Breakfast at the hotel each morning would be good, but there's only 2 of us so I have a hard time believing it would be worth $30 a person per night for a week. To be honest at seven or eight in the morning on vacation I feel like the "snack pack" might be more what we're up for first thing in the morning any way.

Hopefully everyone's decision works out for their own needs.

 

[EmJ]

I've seen 6:30 in TripAdvisor reviews. Hopefully that's current?

According to The Spreadsheet, a 7:00 start time would only mess up one of my days (and by "mess up", I mean we would have to eat slightly less lackadaisically ), but I emailed them to ask. Because I just can't help myself. Will report back.

 

[Marshmelo]

Start time is 7:00?! I thought I read 6:30 somewhere. Sigh... back to my spreadsheet....

I just called the hotel directly and it is 6:30 to 10 daily. There are different answers online so I wanted to be sure!

 

[EmJ]

I just called the hotel directly and it is 6:30 to 10 daily. There are different answers online so I wanted to be sure!

Yay! They're going to be all, "Why does everyone suddenly want to know when breakfast starts....?"

 

[EmJ]

Yay! They're going to be all, "Why does everyone suddenly want to know when breakfast starts....?"

I just got a reply also saying 6:30. This is only my second interaction with BWPPI, but I will say I’m pretty impressed with their customer service so far.

 

[Marshmelo]

Yay! They're going to be all, "Why does everyone suddenly want to know when breakfast starts....?"

I didn’t see your post about emailing them until after I called and I thought the same thing