What I wrote in my TR about DLR in May of this year.
I didn't know at the time but this hotel sells out fast, so if you decide on it don't wait to make your reservations.
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As you might be able to tell from the prior post I did stay offsite. I am a big fan on onsite but DLR was three times the price of offsite and I didn’t really see much of an advantage. Since we would just be there two mornings I just didn’t see the benefit of EMH vs $300 a night at onsite resorts.
We booked at the Best Western Park Place Inn. For location it gets a 10. I could make the walk in about 5 minutes. In fact one night I took leftovers back to the room from Cathay Circle and then made it back to my mom in just over 10 minutes. The crosswalk to go to the Disney Park Gates is in front of this hotel.
Service was great, I found the employees polite, helpful and very eager to anticipate your needs.
I did not have a car but a cousin drove in to have lunch with us on Sunday so I bought a one day pass for $10. Very worth it, and easy to get her car approved and parked.
The rooms were very clean, the linens were not old or ratty, and the bed was very comfortable. I paid just over $100 (plus the fees/taxes which brought it to $124.00 per night) but still for three nights the price was very reasonable ($375.94 + $10 parking fee for one night).
Fridge/Microwave/coffee maker in a King room with fold out sofa. The coffee was dismal. Beyond bad, I had brought my own stuff (Ice coffee drinker), but my mom does plain black coffee, hot. She can drink anything, even she said it was pretty bad.
Water pressure was low in the sink but strong in the toilet/shower area. They don’t have an explanation of the toilet flushing. It’s an eco flush so two settings. I recognized it, but my mom didn’t.
Housekeeping was great. Again I give it high marks for the quality of the room and good employees.
We were in room 153. First floor about mid way down on the far side of the hotel. We actually took this room because it was ready early rather than wait for our assigned room. We ended up right next to the housekeeping laundry. Very loud clumping noises until 9 or 10 at night and activity all day long. It didn’t keep my mom up (yes she goes to bed early) or drive me totally nuts in the morning or if we came back, but it was annoying. I did not complain because I choose to take the room, but just FYI. Avoid this room.
The pool is tiny and luckily I am not a pool person, because you couldn’t have paid me to get in it or the hot tub. There were lots of kids jumping between the two and more than one baby in a non swim type diaper sitting in the water. However I was very near the pool and never heard any noise though there were plenty of people enjoying themselves. I think the most I saw was 3 or 4 families and that was about the limit of seating and space to move in the pool. The hot tub was shoulder to shoulder.
I've read mixed reviews on this breakfast but I thought for the level of stay and the price it was a very nice buffet. There were cereals, whole fruit, bagels and bread, muffins/pastries/donuts, a hot line with waffles, bacon/ham, egg patties, roasted potatoes and one hot cereal, along with a cooler of yogurt and the usual low fat milk/coffee/oj.
I found the breakfast to be very limited for me (multiple allergies), but my mom was happy with the offerings. Her only complaint were soft waffles (stuck them in the toaster the next day and that worked great) and the egg patties were bland. I was prepared and had brought items to supplement my breakfast so it was all good. I ended up with whole fruit, breakfast meat (sausage one day, ham the others), potatoes, and orange juice (I brought WF bread and Almond milk). My mom tried waffles, fruit and made a breakfast sandwich (toast,egg,meat) both days, she drank lowfat milk, and coffee. I think she tried the pastries one day, but she didn’t care for them, but they were pretty basic Danish/muffin selections. She also had yogurt. The coffee in the breakfast was much better than the in room stuff. They had two types of oatmeal (from a packet), and three dry cereal selections. I might have been okay with one of the cereals (frosted flakes as I’m not gluten free but wheat and oatmeal free, but I didn’t really see any safe choices if you were Gluten Free).
I found the food to be at the right temperatures, it tasted good and there were employees on hand to keep the area cleaned up and stocked.
