DL Area Safe?

[jacknsally19]

Sorry, this may be a silly question but I'm headed to a conference in LA next month and I decided to stay an extra 2 days so that I could go to DL & DCA for my birthday. Its my first time in the area (despite many trips to WDW). Anyway, I've booked a room at the Fairfield Inn Anaheim and will be walking back (alone) to the room after dark since I'd like to stay for the shows / fireworks. I live in a city so I'm fairly comfortable being on my own but just want to make sure that I'm not taking an unnecessary risk. In that case, I can try and get a Disney room (at a significant price increase might I add).

TIA

 

[starshine514]

You'll be fine walking to/from the Fairfield alone. Have a great time!

 

[Phoenixrising]

Don't worry about it, you'll be fine. I've been to DL a couple of times for multiple days solo, and have never had problems, even walking at night. The Fairfield is fairly close to the parks a 5 to 7 min walk, depending on crowds. You may encounter people hawking time shares on the walk, but they are not aggressive, and have never felt threatened by them. I view DL as one of the safer place to travel solo, and wouldn't hesitate to travel to DL solo again.

 

[jacknsally19]

Thanks everyone! I appreciate you putting my mind at ease. I'm so excited to experience DL for the first time and I will enjoy it even more knowing that I can stay out late and have fun

 

[bcla]

I would say it's generally safe, but not always pleasant. In particular, the 7-11 and the other convenience store attracts loiterers or just people just randomly hanging out because it's near Disneyland. Some might be intoxicated already and are looking for more alcohol. For the most part they won't bother anyone else, but it's not a great feeling being around people who are openly using foul language or look intoxicated.

No matter where the location is, there will always be a certain number of robbery attempts, but this is the reality nearly everywhere that crowds congregate. I've been in the area at night with my family, and never worried about their safety.

Besides that, you're staying in a place across the street and your exposure to the assorted hangers on will be minimal.

 

[tiffjoy]

Yes. You may be walking back without someone in your party, but you will likely not be *alone* unless you are leaving the Resort area much later than closing. There will be dozens of other people walking with you from the parks, some to your hotel, some to others. The FFI is also quite close.

I would agree with the above statement that if are made intensely uncomfortable by people standing on street corners panhandling or trying to convince you that you need Jesus and only they know the way, then you will be uncomfortable. I'm not, and I have also never seen anyone visibly intoxicated, but that just may be me. But I have walked by myself there before with my young DD (when DH has taken other DD back to hotel early), and I have never been accosted or felt unsafe. There are always so many other people around, and the street is always busy with cars and buses.

 

[GatorChris]

Just consider it walking back to your car on Yawkey Way, but with no Yankee fans

Go Sox (next year).

 

[mikedoyleblogger]

In my experience staying at the HoJo so much (just north of the Fairfield Inn), it's a very safe, and almost always peopled (and sometimes crowded) walk from the pedestrian crossing north to those two hotels. The only time I've ever been alone--and this was only for the part of the walk north of the McDonald's next to Fairfield Inn, has been on the nights I've left the park well past midnight.

I also think the comments about loitering don't really apply to this stretch of Harbor Blvd. I've only ever seen begging in one place, and only a few times--directly outside the DLR ped entrance on the DLR side of the crosswalk. More frequently I've seen homeless people loitering, and even that has ever only been on the bench at the northbound bus stop on Harbor immediately north of the crosswalk. And in those cases, I never felt unsafe at all.

 

[FourM's]

We stay at the Fairfield Inn often and the walk to the park is well lit with lots of other park goers on the sidewalks. I have stayed there with my two teen daughters and I felt very safe walking to and from the hotel, even let my teen daughters make the walk without me a few times.

 

[HydroGuy]

Yes. You may be walking back without someone in your party, but you will likely not be *alone* unless you are leaving the Resort area much later than closing. There will be dozens of other people walking with you from the parks, some to your hotel, some to others. The FFI is also quite close.

I would agree with the above statement that if are made intensely uncomfortable by people standing on street corners panhandling or trying to convince you that you need Jesus and only they know the way, then you will be uncomfortable. I'm not, and I have also never seen anyone visibly intoxicated, but that just may be me. But I have walked by myself there before with my young DD (when DH has taken other DD back to hotel early), and I have never been accosted or felt unsafe. There are always so many other people around, and the street is always busy with cars and buses.

In all my years around DLR I encountered a mentally ill homeless person once who frightened my wife by jumping out of some bushes. This can happen on any public street.

I also let my kids walk back and forth to hotels on Harbor by themselves when they were 10. Lots of people are around like others have said.

 

[Geemo]

It's not a silly question.
I too feel it is very safe around Disneyland.
The cost savings by staying off-site on Harbor helps alot.

Enjoy your trip.

geemo

 

[jacknsally19]

Just consider it walking back to your car on Yawkey Way, but with no Yankee fans

Go Sox (next year).

lol! I've done that walk plenty of times so I guess I know what I am in for
Thanks again everyone - I really appreciate it.

 

[Fantaluminishes]

I've stayed off-site on both sides of the resort, and walked plenty of times alone. Never had a problem, or seen something questionable. Last month I stayed on Katella, and passed the 7-eleven several times, including at 1am on a Friday night. No issues.

I'm currently at another walking distance hotel on Disney Drive. I walked to and from the park last night for the final time. No, nothing happened. This last-minute trip was to look at neighborhoods for our upcoming move down here. When I return next month, I'll live 10 miles away, and will use my new AP when I drive here from home.