Paradise Pier Hotel - With Pictures

[WebmasterMaryJo]

The Paradise Pier Hotel is the third hotel in the Disneyland Resort chain. It is the farthest from the entrance to the Disneyland and California Adventure parks. However, guests staying at the Paradise Pier Hotel can enter the California Park through an exclusive gate that leads them to the area next to Mulholland Madness. Guests returning from Disneyland have a separate queue for the monorail, which lets them on before other guests. They will need to show their room key to the cast member when boarding the monorail.

The hotel is 14 stories high, and offers the following views: City/Standard view (and with concierge), Lower Resort Level, and Upper Resort Level. Some guests with Upper Resort Level can see the fireworks from Disneyland. Guests with resort views can watch the Electrical Light Parade wind its way through California Adventure while music is piped in through their television. Guests who stay in a city/standard-concierge room can request a cabana room. These are on the third floor, and have a little patio with a gate that guests can use to walk up to the pool area. These are particularly nice for families who love to swim, or plan on going to the pool bar. The Paradise Pier also recently converted some of their rooms into suites. I saw these up on the 14th floor, but didn't actually go in any of them.

There are two restaurants:

PCH Grill has casual dining. For breakfast, you can join Minnie and friends, for a character breakfast buffet. When we were there, Donald, Pluto, Daisy, and Max joined Minnie, and mingled with the guests.

Yamabuki Japanese Restaurant is rated highly in Orange County. They have excellent sushi there, and other foods that people with more traditional tastes will enjoy.

The pool is a rooftop pool, and you get there from the third floor. It has recently been completely refurbished, with a new 3-story slide added, as well as a children's pool, and a pool bar area. I really liked the views from the pool bar area, and it looks like a great place to enjoy an evening and watch the fireworks.

There is also a fitness room at the Paradise Pier Hotel, which is available to all hotel guests.

For all the pics in the DIS Gallery, click on the link below


Paradise Pier Pictures


Views of the Hotel

From the Grand Californian

From the Disneyland Hotel

Notice the hotel has no balconies. However, if you choose a city-standard view-concierge, you can request one of these cabanas. They have little patios with gates so you can walk right to the pool. These are only on the 3rd floor.

Hotel Interior Shots

The lobby with the new look

Rooms

The same couch folded down in to a bed

The Pool

View of the family pool with the Disneyland Hotel in the background

Jacuzzi, with family pool, a bit of the children's pool, and the slide

Children's pool, family pool, and jacuzzi in the back. The building with the blue & white striped top is the pool bar. 9:00am, and people were already swimming.

Close up of the slide

Views from the pool bar area

Views of the theme parks from the hotel room. The Upper Resort Level view is nice because you can see the Electrical Parade from there, while the music is piped in the room

 

[DaveH]

Thanks for the great pics. We are going to be there next week. I have a couple of questions. Are the beds queen or full? Is there a fridge in each room? I assume you had a great trip. Thanks again.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

<font color=navy>The beds were queen, and there was a fridge in the room that I saw. I would still request one to make sure.

I live in the area, so stopped by the PP hotel on Saturday to grab some pics of the new pool area. I really like the pool bar area, especially with our warm evenings we've been having.

 

[Marilyn]

Mary Jo, thanks for the great PP shots. We will be there in 2 weeks. We stayed there once before several years ago. I was wondering which you prefer the PP or DL hotel. We usually stay at the Grand CA and have never stayed at the DL hotel. Also, what do they serve at the pool bar? Marilyn

 

[MamaKate]

Thanks so Much!!

We are staying in an Upper Theme Park View room during Labor Day weekend. I was planning on watching the Electric Parade from our room & I'm glad to hear they pipe the music thru the T.V.

Thanks for the picture of the new pool slide. I've been looking for one & was excited to see your picture.

Thanks Again!
,
Katie

 

[lulubelle]

MaryJo,
Thank you so much for taking the time to take and post the pictures of the PP! The resort looks great

 

[dsnylndmom]

Thanks so much for the pix!! We just stayed at DLH and kept meaning to get over there to check out the new slide and never did. Looks great! We're hoping to get a cabana room in Oct.!

 

[GoofyDisney]

Great pix! Thanks so much for sharing!!!! This may just help put the "definite" in our "possible" trip plans!!!

 

[madcoco]

Thanks for sharing the pics! Just found these complimenting"before" pictures of DCA/GC taken from PP on a long lost memory chip from our old video camera.

 

[Grog]

Nice pics. I had always wondered where the cabana rooms were located. Like the new slide for the pool.

 

[Judy from Boise]

great pics MJ !