Thanks for the tips. I was kindof looking for more HOJO tips, like the cross walk tip and don't forget to turn on your fridge
Do they have cups in the room? Ice bucket?
Planning on bring power strips.
Oh, can you call over to Mimi's, make and order and then go and pick it up? We'll be bringing food but I love having a little egg and bacon in the morning.
There are usually 4 cups with lids and one extra cup with no lid in the bathroom. Cups are replaced daily. There are keurig coffee makers with 4 coffees and the usual packet of sweeteners. These get replenished daily also, but we have noticed this seems to occur at a separate time from when the room gets cleaned.
The room has an ice bucket, and at least in building 2 there is an ice machine and soda vending machine on each floor.
All the rooms have safes and refrigerators. I know Building 2 rooms and premium rooms in Building 1 have microwaves, but I don't know if any of the other rooms do.
The store is good if you want only an occasional item or you have forgotten something, and they do offer a 10% discount to
Disneyland AP holders. I try to remember to bring our own Tylenol or ibuprofen (for those end-of-the day muscle aches), some cold medicine (just in case), water, lots of snacks and plastic zipper bags to put them in for carrying around during the day, and an ice chest with small milks, cheese, and fruits and veggies for the fridge because I would rather be spending my money on food and stuff in the parks than convenience items in the hotel store.
My husband plays around with the temperature dial on those little fridges every time and was really pleased with himself last time when none of our milks or carrots froze.
Mimi's is great for carryout. You can call over, but if you don't think ahead you can just walk up to the take-out counter at the bar and order right there. I've never had to wait too long even when not planning ahead.
As for the walk over to the park, you save time by walking on the Disneyland side of the street. Cross at the crosswalk from HOJOs to Mimi's then cross Harbor immediately at the crosswalk at Mimi's. The park side walk somehow always feels more pleasant to me. At certain times of the day it is shaded, and it is always less crowded than the hotel side across the street. You save steps at the end of the walk by cutting in through the opening to your right just pass the bus stops (rather than waiting until you reach the light and the entrance cross walk that everybody still on the other side of the street will be using) and cross through what used to be the taxi area but what now seems to just be a throughway for all the trams and buses.
The room has wired internet which works fine, but if being wireless is important to you, bring your own wireless router.
Can't think of any other suggestions right now. Anything else you wanted to know?
Didn't seem to matter what the setting was at all. I read about others having the same experience. But the freezing action came in really handy with our water bottles that we took over to the park. The water stayed nice and cold for a long time.
As you can see, it didn't keep my husband from having cereal...
