Hotel Suites

[Merriweather]

I'm planning a trip in December. Four adults, one child (who needs to be alone to get to sleep, LOL). Since I've heard stories of booking adjoining rooms and not getting them, we figure a suite would be best. We've found a few (we want on Harbor, near the entrance), but can anyone who has stayed at any of them give us a run-down? We'd like real doors, not a folding screen or something. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Brooklyn]

try www.anaheimdesertinn.com

They have great family suites. Actually they are just 2 adjoining hotel rooms which sound perfect for you. There largest family suites sleep up to 10 with smaller ones sleeping 8. They are on Harbor right across from the walkway to Disneyland's Entrance. They also have a heated indoor pool so you can swim in Dec! They also offer a continental breakfast. We have stayed there a few times and have liked it alot.

We have also stayed in the Carousel Inn and Suites. The room we stayed in would not be large enough for your group but it truly has a 2nd bedroom that was completly private. WHen you walked into the room there was a bed, tv, fridge, etc. Then you turned the corner and there was the bathroom. Then you turned again to a completly private bedroom. Maybe they have a 2 bedroom option like this one that might work for you???

I hope this helps.

 

[jocotter]

We have stayed 3 times over the past ten years at the Desert Inn and Suites when we needed a suite. Otherwise we stay at Candy Cane (they won't promise adjoining rooms.) We are staying there again in November with my husband, me, my daughter and two granddaughters. We have a suite with basically two hotel rooms, with an interior door between them and 4 queen beds in all. We have to stay somewhere with an interior door, for the same reason you mentioned. The children can safely go to sleep in the adjoining room.

Our experience has been that it's not fancy, but clean, has fridge, and is right at the crosswalk. The only issue that we've had is that they only give one parking pass for a suite. For us it won't be a problem, now that we know that.

 

[ktglads]

At the Carousel, one room that would be great fo you is the view suite. There are only 4 of them, so they go pretty quickly. It is like how Brooklyn described, but then you add a hallway to a living room area. This has a table and chairs that seat 4, a sofa that is a pullout bed and another bed in this room. This is basically the front part of the circular building. We had 5 adults in this room and had PLENTY of room. This gave us 3 double beds and a pullout sofa, so only 2 people had to share per night.

The only downfall was that there was only 1 bathroom. For some strange reason, this room also had 2 microwaves and 2 fridges. Even from the lowest room (200), you could see the fireworks from Disneyland.

 

[Merriweather]

Thanks to all who replied. I'm considering Desert Inn, glad to hear from some people who were ok with it, cause I've found some bad reviews. Two connecting rooms would suit us fine, but like someone said, they often won't guarantee that, and of course we can't leave the 3 year old in a room unless it connects or is part of a suite. I think my choices at this point (I want to be in the main grouping right there by the crosswalk, for going back and forth for naps and such) are the suites at the Dessert Inn, suites at the Carousel (it seems to have better ratings than the Dessert Inn) or, if I can get them to guarantee connecting rooms, the Best Western Park Place Inn seems to have over all good reviews. All we really want, aside from the layout and proximity to the parks, is cleanliness, working appliances (a/c or heat, fridge, tv, etc), good price, and a reputation for not screwing up reservations and room types, LOL.
So I'm trying to look at reviews and weed out bad reviews based on off the wall situations, what's at the breakfast bar, how big the towels are, how crowded the pool is, and things like that, LOL.
The reviews that worry me are the ones where you keep reading "and the clerk at the desk could care less". Although even on those, you have to wonder if the person approached the desk with the problem nicely or just started ranting at them.
If anyone has any info about any of the close by places, especially if they try hard to honor connecting room requests, I'd love to hear. Gotta book soon....
Thanks again for all the help.

Merriweather

 

[camouseketeer]

The Best Western Park Place Inn does not, according to the person I spoke to there when I called, have connecting rooms. Their rooms are not true suites with doors to close off sleeping areas. From the needs that were described in the OP, the BWPPI does not sound like the right place to go.

 

[manchurianbrownbear]

We stayed at BWPPI last month and our room, 244, connected to 242.

Our room/suite did not have a separate sleeping area. There was a waist-high wall that separated the sofa (which had a hide-a-bed) from the two beds.

We were very happy with BWPPI. It was clean, the service good and the price was reasonable. And, it's a five minute walk from the front of the hotel to Main Street USA!