splitting our stay

[kxmeeh]

has anyone gone to disneyland and split their stay. we are going for 6 nights in july, 2008 and we were considering doing 3 nights off site and 3 nights on-site. has anyone done this before? how difficult is this? we have been twice and stayed at paradise pier and disneyland hotel. this is going to be a girls only trip and would like to see the californian. should we just stay onsite the entire time. there are 2 reasons for the split stay...one is the cost savings. the other is because the off site hotel has breakfast. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MATTERHORN]

Well I personally would not stay offsite just for breakfast, that is such an easy meal. But for cost savings, we do it all the time. That way, we get the best of both worlds!! We get to spend more time at DL since we are saving money, yet we get to stay onsite a few nights too!!

And I strongly recommend if you can to make the onsite stay the last part that way you are moving up and ending on a high note!!

Andrea

 

[bumbershoot]

And I strongly recommend if you can to make the onsite stay the last part that way you are moving up and ending on a high note!!

I say the opposite!

We stayed at PP for 4 nights at the beginning of our stay. Then at HoJo the last 2 nights. And we felt we moved up with HJ, b/c it was such a better value for us, and a much shorter walk for us, too. Or at least a more straightforward walk.

For us, the breakfast thing was a big deal (though we didn't get b'fast at either hotel). We kept forgetting to feed ourselves, and it was an issue almost every morning, when we suddenly realized we needed to get something. It would have been MUCH more convenient to stay somewhere that we could just zip out and snag something with calories in it. Heck, even the cheapie hotels we stayed in for the other aspects of our big trip served muffins and whatnot. Not great, but better than nothing, which is what we were getting elsewhere!

BUT having the EE days b/c of the PP stay was VERY good, and I would absolutely miss those if/when we stay offsite in the future.

 

[JennHales]

You know I don't think I would want to split up my stay. I am one who likes to un pack when I get to a hotel and put the suit cases away. So would take a lot of time to pack up check out and then check in and unpack again. Plus at a lot of places you can check in untill 4:00 so you have the what am I going to do with my bags problem if you don't have a car.

Honestly if I was going to be there that long I would find a hotel with a kitchenette.
Jen

 

[yipee]

That's what we're doing! We've always stayed on Harbour, but this year, we're splurging and staying 4 nights at PPH and 4 nights at GCH! That way, we can still afford it, but we get to try 2 Disney properties. It'll give us an idea if the GCH is worth the extra, and if the PPH is worth the extra over off-site!

As for checking in and out, we're going to check into the GCH early, and have them hold our bags. I think most hotels would do that for you!

Hope this helps!
And if you're crazy, I guess we are too!

 

[kxmeeh]

would i be on my own carrying bags over to the second hotel? we are going with 5 women and no rental car. we are looking at the first 3 months at cortona suites and 3 nights at the californian. i think i would rather stay onsite for the last part of the trip, it is less of a walk to get to the hotel that way.

 

[tink too]

We're splitting our stay next year - 3 nights at DLH and 2 nights in Hollywood - we figured that we might never be back in California ever again so we'd like to spend some time in LA, too.

 

[bumbershoot]

would i be on my own carrying bags over to the second hotel? we are going with 5 women and no rental car. we are looking at the first 3 months at cortona suites and 3 nights at the californian. i think i would rather stay onsite for the last part of the trip, it is less of a walk to get to the hotel that way.

Before we decided to drive for the whole trip, we were just planning on calling a cab to take one of us and our bags over to the second hotel.

If you're going TO GC, I'm quite sure that you could "move" everything even before you could check in, or rather, before they had a room for you yet. They have a storage area for bags for guests who have checked in before the room is ready. Of course, you have to tip tip tip, but it might be easier than walking all of the bags over!