DizMe
Here we gooooo...
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2007
We recently stayed 3 nights at CCI. We were attending the HM 50th event and didn't want to pay on site prices for hotel. CCI was $155/night for us in a premium room. This was comparable to other motels on Harbor though slightly lower than most. It was my first time staying there but I'd heard such good things over the years that I was eager to try it out. Our group was 3 adult women.
Pros:
*The motel exteriors are nicely kept up and it has a charming look to it. Lots of flowers and plants make it look pretty.
*The staff were pleasant. They were accommodating for changes in check-out time (they let us check out at noon).
*The pool was pretty, and though it's in the middle of the parking area, it's connected to the office, surrounded by attractive fencing and plants and private. There is a spa. They also have tables poolside if you choose to eat your continental breakfast there.
*The continental breakfast was much better than most of the other area motels.
*There is a free dedicated shuttle that runs every half hour.
*It isn't that far to walk to the parks. We never used the shuttle because we like walking, but for mobility issues etc the shuttle is good to have.
*They provide very nice amenities (toiletries, sewing kit, etc).
Cons:
*This was the noisiest motel I've stayed in near DL, and I've stayed in almost all of them. Much of this was because my so-called premium room was directly behind the motel laundry, right next to the snack and ice machines, very near the maintenance room, and right under the stairs. Worst location EVER.
*This is an old-school motel, where you park your car directly in front of the rooms. On the ground floor, where we were, all of the cars coming and going are just feet away from your room.
*Piggy-backing on the above, the garbage collection was also right there and very noisy at quite an early hour.
*This is something you encounter at other DLR hotels/motels, but there was a lot of noise from people going to and from the parks or wherever, and it is right outside your door/window. If you like to sleep in, this is something to note.
*The pillows are square and hard as rocks. My neck still hurts from them. They are very fat and have no 'squish' to them.
Cons specific to our stay:
*Our room had one window, which faced directly onto a stucco wall. It was the laundry room, which was ~6' away from our room window, and our view was this laundry room side that was just a large blank wall. It made our room incredibly dark and not particularly welcoming.
*One of the beds in our room made a metallic clanking noise every time my daughter turned over or moved around.
*There was a microwave and one of those small fridges in the room, but the fridge was on top of the bathroom sink counter and the mw was on top of the fridge! Took away a lot of counter space and wasn't very convenient.
*We went to the HM event which ended at 4 AM and walked back to our room. We were all very tired and planned to sleep in. At 6-something AM, maintenance began pounding with a hammer on the wall between our room and the one next door, then running a drill. After several minutes of this, we pounded very loudly on the wall and they stopped until 7:30.
We did talk to management multiple times. The motel was sold out but they did offer to move us to a downgraded room. However, we wouldn't have been able to get back in until after 3 and it was the day of the HM event. It was the same story the next day when we went in to let them know about the pounding and drilling. I really think they should have charged us less for that horrible room.
Upshot is that I thought it was a cute motel, but it made me remember why I almost always find it "worth it" to stay in a nicer hotel. I usually stay onsite but I was miffed with Disney for making the hotel prices so outrageous even though they were far from full. I pay less at Christmas than what they were charging.
Pros:
*The motel exteriors are nicely kept up and it has a charming look to it. Lots of flowers and plants make it look pretty.
*The staff were pleasant. They were accommodating for changes in check-out time (they let us check out at noon).
*The pool was pretty, and though it's in the middle of the parking area, it's connected to the office, surrounded by attractive fencing and plants and private. There is a spa. They also have tables poolside if you choose to eat your continental breakfast there.
*The continental breakfast was much better than most of the other area motels.
*There is a free dedicated shuttle that runs every half hour.
*It isn't that far to walk to the parks. We never used the shuttle because we like walking, but for mobility issues etc the shuttle is good to have.
*They provide very nice amenities (toiletries, sewing kit, etc).
Cons:
*This was the noisiest motel I've stayed in near DL, and I've stayed in almost all of them. Much of this was because my so-called premium room was directly behind the motel laundry, right next to the snack and ice machines, very near the maintenance room, and right under the stairs. Worst location EVER.
*This is an old-school motel, where you park your car directly in front of the rooms. On the ground floor, where we were, all of the cars coming and going are just feet away from your room.
*Piggy-backing on the above, the garbage collection was also right there and very noisy at quite an early hour.
*This is something you encounter at other DLR hotels/motels, but there was a lot of noise from people going to and from the parks or wherever, and it is right outside your door/window. If you like to sleep in, this is something to note.
*The pillows are square and hard as rocks. My neck still hurts from them. They are very fat and have no 'squish' to them.
Cons specific to our stay:
*Our room had one window, which faced directly onto a stucco wall. It was the laundry room, which was ~6' away from our room window, and our view was this laundry room side that was just a large blank wall. It made our room incredibly dark and not particularly welcoming.
*One of the beds in our room made a metallic clanking noise every time my daughter turned over or moved around.
*There was a microwave and one of those small fridges in the room, but the fridge was on top of the bathroom sink counter and the mw was on top of the fridge! Took away a lot of counter space and wasn't very convenient.
*We went to the HM event which ended at 4 AM and walked back to our room. We were all very tired and planned to sleep in. At 6-something AM, maintenance began pounding with a hammer on the wall between our room and the one next door, then running a drill. After several minutes of this, we pounded very loudly on the wall and they stopped until 7:30.
We did talk to management multiple times. The motel was sold out but they did offer to move us to a downgraded room. However, we wouldn't have been able to get back in until after 3 and it was the day of the HM event. It was the same story the next day when we went in to let them know about the pounding and drilling. I really think they should have charged us less for that horrible room.
Upshot is that I thought it was a cute motel, but it made me remember why I almost always find it "worth it" to stay in a nicer hotel. I usually stay onsite but I was miffed with Disney for making the hotel prices so outrageous even though they were far from full. I pay less at Christmas than what they were charging.
