I am curious about this as well. We will be visiting San Diego then disneyland for the first time next summer. So excited and love planning! Thanks for the help!
June 2014-POR; January 2013-POFQ; September 2011- POFQ; and May 2010-ASM
We always stay at the
Catamaran Resort--in fact, we'll be there on Sunday---in 4 days!!!
The Catamaran is on
Mission Bay, and less than 10 minutes from
Sea World---a super easy and quick drive!
What we
love about this particular property, is that you have Mission Bay beach out the back of the Hotel---
literally---especially if you book a bay view room or bay view suite!
If you go out the front of the Hotel, you simply cross Mission Blvd. at the light(far right corner of the Property), and you are right on Ocean Beach---about a five minute walk!
It's the best of both worlds(in our opinion)---calm, low key, lovely beach, or big, beautiful, wave crashing beach across the street!
There are some really good eating spots all within a 5 minute walk:
The Eggery(to die for breakfasts!!!!),
Tony Roma's, and
Boardwalk Pizza(kind of "Dive" looking, but fantastic pizza!!!), all across the street, and
La Playa(authentic Mexican food, also kind of "Dive" looking, but super clean and delicious!), right next door to the Catamaran!
Rooms are very reasonable(we think anyway), considering the
marvelous location, and the earlier you book, the better the rates are!
When we don't feel like splurging for a Bay View Suite, we book a Garden Room(which we love)! The grounds are tropical and gorgeous, and they light tiki torches all over the property when the sun sets!
