Hi, everyone. I'm pretty new to the DISboards site, but you've come HIGHLY recommended by family who have been members for years. I'm hoping someone out there can help me with choosing a non-Disney hotel for our upcoming trip. I haven't been to DL in 20 years, so I'm totally unfamiliar with the area.
We're planning on visiting the last week of August for 3 nights/4 days. My husband and I are traveling with our 4 yr. old twins and my husband's parents, so we need sleeping arrangements for 4 adults and 2 children.
We're trying to make this trip on a decent budget and so don't want to spring for 2 rooms at a Disney hotel which would run us over $300 a night (for both rooms) (I've checked).
We'd also like to be able to walk into the parks, so have been looking at motels across the street. So far, the best deals I could find are 2 BR/2 BA suites at the Anaheim Desert Inn & Suites or at the Carousel Inn & Suites. Both places have recently been remodeled (according to their reservations people). Desert Inn was renovated 1-1/2 yrs. ago, Carousel last Dec.
We're not looking for (or expecting) anything fancy, I just want to make sure we don't get anything gross. Clean, convenient, and comfortable is what we want.
Have any of you recently stayed at either of these places (since the renovations)? If so, would you recommend it? I was just hoping that someone might be able to give me a first-hand recommendation and maybe help me decide which of these two places would be better. (Desert Inn quoted me about $10 less per night than the Carousel. So they are pretty comparable.)
Thanks in advance!
We're planning on visiting the last week of August for 3 nights/4 days. My husband and I are traveling with our 4 yr. old twins and my husband's parents, so we need sleeping arrangements for 4 adults and 2 children.
We're trying to make this trip on a decent budget and so don't want to spring for 2 rooms at a Disney hotel which would run us over $300 a night (for both rooms) (I've checked).
We'd also like to be able to walk into the parks, so have been looking at motels across the street. So far, the best deals I could find are 2 BR/2 BA suites at the Anaheim Desert Inn & Suites or at the Carousel Inn & Suites. Both places have recently been remodeled (according to their reservations people). Desert Inn was renovated 1-1/2 yrs. ago, Carousel last Dec.
We're not looking for (or expecting) anything fancy, I just want to make sure we don't get anything gross. Clean, convenient, and comfortable is what we want.
Have any of you recently stayed at either of these places (since the renovations)? If so, would you recommend it? I was just hoping that someone might be able to give me a first-hand recommendation and maybe help me decide which of these two places would be better. (Desert Inn quoted me about $10 less per night than the Carousel. So they are pretty comparable.)
Thanks in advance!
