It's been a while since I stayed there, but it's our favorite place to stay when visiting
Disneyland. Even back in 2013 it could have used a little bit of renovation, but our rooms were clean, the beds were comfortable, and we felt we got a great value. They do charge for parking though like most of the hotels in the area. We stayed at the Courtyard once and they charged for parking. It's maybe the second largest hotel in California by room count. You could have a long walk to your room from the elevator.
When we stayed it was around Thanksgiving 2012 and there was a basketball tournament at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena. I hadn't even thought about it, and Cal (which won the tournament) was there. So was Rice, whose head coach at the time was the former Cal head coach. I even saw the Cal head coach (Mike Montgomery) there after he won the tournament as well as one of the Cal basketball administrators (former assistant coach Jay John). I was trying to follow the game on ESPN from my phone while watching World of Color, but my battery ran out. I figured they won since they were up by 20 with 2 minutes left, but I figured I'd make sure. It was strange too as we were on the same floor as several of the teams in the tournament, and there were piles of team jerseys in front of doors. I guess they were supposed to be cleaned. I think we paid something like $99/night since there was no major convention going on. The basketball tournament was partially sponsored by the hotel and I think it was the official tournament hotel where all the players stayed.
We booked it again in summer 2013. I got a special rate of $59/night and when we checked in they put us on the Lanai floor. My kid loved being able to run around. The only issue was that there was an international junior roller hockey tournament going on a Huntington Beach, and teams participating were all over including the Hilton Anaheim. Again, some were piling uniforms, and some were even drying them on chairs on the Lanai area.
Overall I like it. It's not perfect but I think it's a decent enough business class hotel. If there's no major convention going on the rates can be really low. They're not specifically a tourist hotel, but they treat Disneyland visitors well. It's a longer walk to the park entrance, but it's not too bad in the morning and there will be lots of company on the walk over. On the way back it's easier to just take the Toy Story shuttle and then walk from the lot. I've talked to drivers, and there's no obligation to park at the lot to take the shuttle. They all know about it and Disney seem to be OK with it. The other thing is that the Starbucks in the lobby can have ridiculous lines in the morning. I didn't go for the coffee since they have in-room coffee, but they might run out of certain pastries.
