Narrowed dates down

[kikismom]

We've narrowed dates down to the following.

Feb 22 to 26 booked Del Sol or Hilton Garden Inn.

Feb 29 to March 4 Best Western Pavilions or Cortona Inn and Suites

March 7 to 11 booked Double Tree.

The hotels are within $40 of each other for pricing. Our big thing is we want to be close to a Starbucks to get coffee and breakfast each morning.

We have stayed at Pavilions before and walking the back way is fine for us, we did it twice a day on our last trip. I won't use ART but will Uber or walk to Toy Story (learned that here!). The other thing is I like the Food And Wine Festival but it's not a make it or break it. The kids will want to use the pool so that does matter.

Any thoughts on those hotels or dates? Any of them an absolutely not?

 

[Malcon10t]

Feb 22 to 26 booked Del Sol or Hilton Garden Inn.

The Del Sol is close to the Disneyland Crosswalk, so you could go to DTD to get Starbucks.

The Hilton Garden Inn also has no nearby Starbucks and it is a very long walk, about twice the distance of the Pavillion.

Feb 29 to March 4 Best Western Pavilions or Cortona Inn and Suites

March 7 to 11 booked Double Tree.

There is a Starbucks in the Hyatt Place at Katella and Harbor.

I don't know if any of your dates will make Food and Wine Festival. Maybe the March dates might.

 

[Cal-Pie]

I would choose your earliest dates, and I'd choose Del Sol because proximity always wins in my book. Your other dates overlap the Natural Products Expo convention on either end, (March 3-8) and I wouldn't want to stay at any of the hotels near the convention center (or south of it on Harbor) because it makes traffic horrendous.

 

[Plip]

Your first two sets of dates look identical on the "Is It Packed?" crowd calendar. The third set is a little busier. I know those kind of predictions aren't always accurate, but they're about as good a guess as we have. So just based on that, I'd lean toward one of those. And then, based on your hotel options, I'd go with the earlier dates and stay at the Del Sol, for the reason that @Cal-Pie gave. Even if you're okay with the walk from Pavilions, closer is better.

 

[kikismom]

Thanks all. Hopefully we will pick and book our flights in the next few weeks. I'm antsy to get the trip planned and ready.

 

[LizzyS]

I've been multiple times that last week of February and it's our preferred time to go; our next trip is the last week of February next year, too!

 

[kikismom]

I've been multiple times that last week of February and it's our preferred time to go; our next trip is the last week of February next year, too!

Even with Leap Day? The person I'm going with is concerned. She was there they year of the 24 hour thing and is hesitant.

 

[Plip]

Even with Leap Day? The person I'm going with is concerned. She was there they year of the 24 hour thing and is hesitant.

Back in 2012, Disneyland stayed open 24 hours for Leap Day as a special event. It attracted a huge crowd of annual pass holders who came after work. They had to close the turnstiles at a certain point, and it turned into somewhat of a negative experience for a lot of people.

They did it for a couple more years -- through 2015 -- even though there wasn't a Leap Day for those years. But they cancelled it in 2016, and that was probably for the best. And they haven't done it since.

They might do something for Leap Day 2020, although I seriously doubt that they'd go back to the kind of event that would create the kind of crowds they had for Leap Day earlier this decade. I don't think it should deter you from going that week.

 

[kikismom]

Thank you! I'll pass that along to her.

 

[Chickinvic]

I'd pick one of the earlier dates. I've stayed at Del Sol and it was perfectly fine and very close to the parks. I've also stayed at Cortona and it was also fine (further, but still perfectly walkable to me).

 

[StarlitNight05]

I agree with what others have said -- The first date and pick Del Sol. Proximity to the gates is always a winner for me. If someone wants to pop back for a rest, or get a sweatshirt, etc., it's way more doable.

 

[LizzyS]

Even with Leap Day? The person I'm going with is concerned. She was there they year of the 24 hour thing and is hesitant.

Leap Day will actually be our driving home day, so I haven't factored that into our personal plans as we won't be there.