Desert Palms Hotel & Suites?? Yes/No??

[ceceb20]

So we are planning our first family trip in November from the 21st -25th.... just before thanksgiving. I have a few questions....

1) Is this time frame crowded? Good time to go??
2) Looking at staying @ Desert Palms Hotel & getting 3 day park hopper pass
3) Musts for a hotel: Suite (have 2 small children), refrig, micro, internet, Close to DL, clean and comfy beds.
4) would love to be able to see fireworks from hotel , but not a must

Any tips or reviews would be great! We will be doing a lot of short trips to DL during this time frame and going back to the hotel to rest. My hubby has a brain injury and can handle crowds for only so long and will need to rest, plus my kiddos are 3 yrs and 20 months.

Thanks!

 

[jordan13402]

We are staying there Dec 19th through the 23rd. I'm interested to see what you think. We got the Sahara suite, which has a full kitchen and sleeps 6

 

[tink2dw]

No to the Desert Palms and

YES to Desert Inn and Suites, much cheaper, it is across the street from DL and has all the above. But not sure about Internet in the rooms, I do know they have it in the lobby. And they have a roof top area to watch the fireworks. First 2 times I stayed there we could see the fireworks from our room window. [Desert Inn is about 4 blocks to McDonalds.]


Here is the link
http://www.anaheimdesertinn.com/room_suites.htm

and Here is the Best Map of the DL area! it is clickable.
http://www.geocities.com/ashpsyche/DisneylandLinkMap.html

 

[jordan13402]

is the Desert Palms a long walk?

 

[DizMe]

If you do plan to stay there (I've never been so I don't know what it's like), you can get a coupon from restaurants dot com that gets you $25 off a $35 or more meal from the on-site restaurant at Desert Palms. You can get the $25 coupon for $2 if you order it by Oct 12. Type in FOUR for the coupon code (normal price is $10). There is no shipping charge--you just print it off your computer.



*Note: the restaurant can add an 18% gratuity to your bill based on pre-discounted cost, so a $35 meal is essentially half price with this offer.

 

[farmfresh]

Desert palms is about 10 mins from the main gate - not a particularly great choice in my view, having stayed there! On the up side they have a reasonable selection of bed/room configurations, but they are pretty basic other than that. Interior pool is very small, and the breakfast buffet was very average.

As another poster said, you can do better, and you can be closer. You would not want to walk there and back several times a day with small children - maybe you could look at somewhere with a better outdoor space, so if you did want to come back, you could spend that time at an outdoor pool or similar.

 

[tink2dw]

maybe you could look at somewhere with a better outdoor space, so if you did want to come back, you could spend that time at an outdoor pool or similar.

That would be Hojo but in december it could be too cold.

Desert Inn and Suites has an indoor pool.

 

[ceceb20]

Thanks for all your help...i decided against Desert Palms and looking into something else now!

 

[DirkLogan]

Here is a link with all of the area hotels.

http://www.geocities.com/ashpsyche/DisneylandLinkMap.html

 

[FourOrchards]

Desert palms is about 10 mins from the main gate - not a particularly great choice in my view, having stayed there! On the up side they have a reasonable selection of bed/room configurations, but they are pretty basic other than that. Interior pool is very small, and the breakfast buffet was very average.

As another poster said, you can do better, and you can be closer. You would not want to walk there and back several times a day with small children - maybe you could look at somewhere with a better outdoor space, so if you did want to come back, you could spend that time at an outdoor pool or similar.

It's the distance that turned us off from this place too. The rooms look really nice from the pictures though.