Ebassy Suites or Holiday Inn Resort

[SunnyAk]

Hi All,

We are planning a trip to DL this August (yes, this was a last minute decision. Sigh). We want a suite room as DH and I will be with 2 pre- teen girls.

So far we like the Holiday Inn Anaheim Resort Area and Embassy Suites South. Any reviews? Other Hotel suggestions?

Also, when/where should we buy park tickets? From the hotels? At the gate? Disney online?


Thanks!

 

[HenDuck]

I am cutting and pasting my response to an earlier post below:

This is regarding Embassy Suites South.

Good Points

1. The rooms are really nice. Beds are comfortable. Furniture in the living room area is stylish. The bathrooms are true Hilton style. Very nice, new and have Neutrogena products.

2. It's all suites. So you actually get two rooms. We had a queen-queen suite which came with 2 queen beds in the bedroom and a pull out bed couch. Having the extra space is so nice, especially if you have a napping child.

3. Free full breakfast with cooked to order omelettes as well as just about everything else you could think of. They don't mind if you bring your own containers and fill up on milk either!

4. Free (yes free) cocktails from 5:30 to 7:30. Enough said.

5. Great staff.

6. Room service and the food is great. The grille downstairs has huge portions. Enough to share.

7. Speaking of food, Buca Di Beppo is right there in the parking lot. Yum!

No-so-good points

1. My biggest complaint is that they did away with their private shuttle to DL. Now you have to use ART. ART is fine if you are there during peak times of the year and/or do not need to take a small child back to the hotel for nap time. During non-peak times, they inexplicably schedule a mid-day break from 12:30 to 2:00-ish. Uh, yeah. Isn't that when I need the shuttle to take my kid back to sleep? It's inconvenient, for sure. Plus the shuttle driver lied to us one day and told us that another shuttle would be by in a few minutes...I guess He meant 90 minutes...when he left us stranded at DL one day right at nap time.

2. They only had 2 sets of working washer/dryers in the whole hotel. That's not enough if you're there during busy times.

3. They seemed to have a lot of elevator problems while we were there, but then that is probably not uncommon.

Having said all of the above, I would stay there again. My whole family truly enjoyed the hotel. However, I'd have to rethink the ART-nap-mid-day break problem. If we end up going again before my son can make it til 2:00 before he naps, we may not stay there next time.

Hope this helps!

 

[smcbaker]

I've not stayed in one of the suites at the HI Resort area, just the regular rooms, and I was pleased. That was summer of 2002 and we are going again in two weeks. Rooms were clean, bathrooms were clean, nice hotel. Only ate breakfast once in the hotel restaurant and I found it to be ok but expensive. Had a good rate on the room. With 4 in your family, if you get a decent rate at the Embassy Suites, I don't think you could go wrong. They have a great full breakfast, easily saving you $30/day.

 

[SunnyAk]

Thank you for the replies!

I think we are going to go with the Embassy Suites. I think. They are closer and we like that they provide Breakfast.

Thank you!