Help me please! HoJo vs. Best Western Park Place

[heycher]

Hi!

First timer, coming in for 2 or 3 nights January 8th.

HoJos? BWPP? Another?

Location is most important to me, pool is not a factor. It will be me, my husband, and our 10 year old daughter.

Really really really really would love some opinions on where to stay. I want to be CLOSE to the park, and want a clean room. Those are my 2 wishes.

THANK YOU!!

 

[Butterfly123]

I haven't stayed at HoJo's, but our last visit we stayed at BWPPI. You can't get a closer off site hotel to the park. It takes about 3 minutes to walk to the entrance gates. It was an average Best Western. It was clean, quiet, and the beds were comfortable. The staff was pleasant. Plus the morning breakfast wasn't outstanding, but it did save us time and money. I would stay there again. I have also heard good things about Park Vue Inn, and we are going to try them out this summer.

 

[fidoprincess]

We've stayed at both and BWPPI is the closest hotel to the parks except GCH. HoJo is really nice too but it is a longer walk.

Another board says BWPPI is 1310 feet for the closest room and Hojo is 2648 so more than 2Xs the walk. PP is 2454 so you can see that the walk is almost the same as HoJo. (I don't think I can post the link?)

If you were thinking of HoJo, it looks like Paradise Pier is the same price for that time and I would pick that instead since they are about the same distance. We are willing to walk a little longer to stay at DLH or PP if the cost is similar but not to hojo. We are staying the week before you at BWPPI one night before moving to DLH.

Have a wonderful trip!

 

[kirstie101]

If location is your main concern I'd choose the BWPPI. We've stayed at BWPPI a couple of times and really liked it. The location can't be beat. The walk to the park is under 5 minutes. Clean, comfortable, quiet, decent breakfast. If we get good rates here we would stay again in a heartbeat. Plus you dont have to worry about getting a room that faces the highway like you do at Hojo's if noise is a concern for you.

We will be staying at Hojo's for the first time next week thanks to the ENT discount and free parking. I'm sure its a nice hotel based on all the positive reviews and I'm looking forward to trying it out. The one part that I'm not in love with is the longer walk. At the end of the day it was so nice to just across the street to BWPPI and not have to walk past any other motels.

 

[Roook22]

We just got back from the Howard Johnson and it was great. They had a little store in the lobby as well as a game room and a great restaurant right across the street, as well as McDonalds a short walk away. If you walk over the I-5 there is a gas station with a Starbucks in it.
The beds were great, the tv channel selection was slightly sub-par but I didn't watch much tv.
The coffee maker was great and the fridge and microwave saved us a lot of money on food.
The fridge is turned off when you check in though, so turn it to medium and it shouldn't freeze anything.

 

[hojogm]

... Plus you dont have to worry about getting a room that faces the highway like you do at Hojo's if noise is a concern for you.

We will be staying at Hojo's for the first time next week thanks to the ENT discount and free parking. I'm sure its a nice hotel based on all the positive reviews and I'm looking forward to trying it out. The one part that I'm not in love with is the longer walk. At the end of the day it was so nice to just across the street to BWPPI and not have to walk past any other motels.

We just completed our sound-proof window project on freeway-side rooms on floors 1-6. These rooms are now amazingly quiet! Microwaves are also being added this week to our Standard 2 Queen rooms. Next week we'll be working on a test room on the 7th floor to make freeway noise at Hojoanaheim a part of Yesterland!

Jonathan
GM

 

[Dizzy4DL]

We just booked our third stay at BWPPI in three years. It isn't the cheapest, but at the end of the day the walk is perfect.
Like another person said, the breakfast is nothing great. We groan every time we think about it, but it's so nice to have on those early mornings.
If you do stay at BWPPI, request a room not facing the pool. It can get loud, even in the winter.

 

[kirstie101]

We just completed our sound-proof window project on freeway-side rooms on floors 1-6. These rooms are now amazingly quiet! Microwaves are also being added this week to our Standard 2 Queen rooms. Next week we'll be working on a test room on the 7th floor to make freeway noise at Hojoanaheim a part of Yesterland!

Jonathan
GM

Hmm, might have to change our ressie from Stnd double to Stnd Queen.....gonna have to ponder that one for a bit. Thanks for the info!

 

[DangerMouse]

I just stayed in a Kids' Suite on the 5th Floor of the HoJo last week. They all face the freeway, and I can attest to how incredibly quiet the rooms are. The staff was incredibly attentive and wonderful to work with.

The biggest mistake we made was leaving a day early to "splurge" on the DLH for our last night. What a disappointment! The HoJo is the ONLY DLR area hotel we will stay at from now on.

 

[Hummingbird15]

Hi!

First timer, coming in for 2 or 3 nights January 8th.

HoJos? BWPP? Another?

Location is most important to me, pool is not a factor. It will be me, my husband, and our 10 year old daughter.

Really really really really would love some opinions on where to stay. I want to be CLOSE to the park, and want a clean room. Those are my 2 wishes.

THANK YOU!!

Since you asked which is closest between the two, BWPPI would be your choice.
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[Briarrose1306]

I've stayed at the BWPPI several times throughout the years and I will always go back. It's definitely my favorite off property hotel to stay at and you can't beat the walk. Super close to DL entrance!

 

[fidoprincess]

Dangermouse, I've heard the kids suites are so wonderful but am curious why you didn't like the DLH? Was the construction finished when you were there? I think it would be hard to give up all the space of the kids suite to squish into one DLH room but was there another issue that made you so disappointed? Just asking because we are booked to go soon.

 

[bbangel]

We just completed our sound-proof window project on freeway-side rooms on floors 1-6. These rooms are now amazingly quiet! Microwaves are also being added this week to our Standard 2 Queen rooms. Next week we'll be working on a test room on the 7th floor to make freeway noise at Hojoanaheim a part of Yesterland!

Jonathan
GM

Good news! Now there just needs to be a way to shut out the light on the semi-circle windows on the second floor rooms and it won't matter to me at all which room I get

 

[NiceOneSimba]

We stayed at the BWPPI in late October, and were very happy with our choice. It's nothing fancy, but it was clean and the beds were comfortable. We had a mini-suite, which had plenty of room for us and our toddler (who was sleeping in a pack-and-play).

If you're not bringing a car, the BWPPI has a great no-car rate!

It's SO CLOSE to the entrance. Distance was the #1 factor for us, and we were so pleased! We'd go back there again in a heartbeat!

 

[ChristineandLiv]

We are taking our first trip next month, also staying the 8th. We are staying at HoJos and they have the entertainment rate for those dates. Unbelievable deal!

 

[DangerMouse]

Dangermouse, I've heard the kids suites are so wonderful but am curious why you didn't like the DLH? Was the construction finished when you were there? I think it would be hard to give up all the space of the kids suite to squish into one DLH room but was there another issue that made you so disappointed? Just asking because we are booked to go soon.

There were a few things that we were disappointed with. We checked into the DLH at 9 am, and did not expect the room to be ready. Our room still wasn't ready at 4:30 pm, and we had dining reservations that we wanted to get ready for, so we gave up our Adventure tower pool view room and got a parking lot view room in the Fantasy tower. The new Monorail slide area was closed all weekend for some construction project (a major reason why I booked the hotel was for the new slide area). Also, our room thermostat was broken and the room heated up to 83 degrees and would not cool down. We were miserable.

We paid $99 ent. rate at the HoJo for the kids' suite.

We paid $315+tax+parking fee for the DLH for one night using a special PIN rate.

Needless to say, I felt ripped off. It was an expensive lesson learned.

 

[fidoprincess]

Aww, Dangermouse, that is too bad. Switching hotels is always a pain but when you are doing it as a treat or highlight to the end of the trip and it turns out badly, that is such a disappointment. And for the $$$$, I would have felt ripped off too especially after getting such a great rate for the kids suite. I'd be so sad to have to give up the room you had for a parking lot view. I hope they gave you a refund!

I'm glad the rest of your trip was wonderful though and thanks for answering my post. It helps to be reminded to check everything when we finally get our room but I would have missed the thermostat! I wonder if that is a hotel wide problem with the new remodel. I read that some people were having hot water issues too and we never had either of those problems before. I'll be crossing my fingers but if the slides are down when I go, it will be a big disappointment too.

 

[Leofoenget]

Hi!

First timer, coming in for 2 or 3 nights January 8th.

HoJos? BWPP? Another?

Location is most important to me, pool is not a factor. It will be me, my husband, and our 10 year old daughter.

Really really really really would love some opinions on where to stay. I want to be CLOSE to the park, and want a clean room. Those are my 2 wishes.

THANK YOU!!

Bed comfort: Hojo Close to park BWPP it depends of if you would rather sleep than be close to the park. My choice, close to the park. I can make do with the bed.