I hate sleeping in the same bedroom as my parents. They snore and it keeps me up all night! So whenever we go on vacation we always look for rooms with two rooms (even if it's a "living room" and separate bedroom). We had a very pleasant stay at the Desert Inn & Suites. I slept on the fold out couch bed and it was surprisingly comfortable (although I'm young so I could sleep on pretty much anything w/o issue). The bathroom was clean, and the shower was hot and lovely. Also, near the breakfast room, they have a little gift shop. They sell blankets, hats, key chains, souvenirs, over the counter medication (Advil, Motrin, Tylenol, Midol, etc.), and bunches of other things I can't remember off the top of my head. But it was a nice place to buy souvenirs. Also there are a few restaurants near by that are very good to eat at. Me and my two friends ate dinner at Captain Kidd's Buffet, it was very good and cheap to eat there.
Our friends had also checked into the Desert Inn a few days after we got there and were a couple floors below us. So it was nice to be in the same hotel as them. I and my friends did make use of the pool and hot tub. It was nice... it wasn't big but it was a decent size to swim the length of it. However, the swimming pool was not heated very well... nice on a hot day I suppose, but I only went there at night... I think it was about 5' deep (which is taller than me!). The hot tub was nice and roomy, and a very nice way to end a long day at the parks, so most of my time in the pool area was spent in the hot tub. lol.
As for the rooms themselves, they were clean, the beds were nice. I'm unsure about the maid service because we kept the do not disturb sign out the whole time we were there. (If we needed the garbage taken care of, we simply put it outside our door in the morning while we got ready for the parks.) We don't like the maids coming in and messing with things we have set up a certain way (ie I kept the couch bed folded out into a bed the whole time we were there. If we had let the maid in, she would have folded it away! Which I would have hated as all I wanted to do at the end of the day was collapse into bed! lol.) While we were there they were doing a bit of construction work or something but they did that in the mornings and during the day so it wasn't really a bother to us.
All three of us (my mom, dad and me) had rented off site scooters which they allowed us to keep plugged in, in the lobby. It was so nice to have the scooters right there in the lobby! We would get dressed, go down to the breakfast and eat, then we'd go to the lobby and ride our scooters out to the crosswalk and across the street and into the parks! Then at the end of the night, we would ride them back to the lobby, plug them in, and go back up to our room! It was awesome! All three of us have knee/leg problems and if we had tried to do Disney w/o the scooters we would have not had much fun! Both my mom's knees give her trouble (old knee injuries), My left knee gives me trouble (I fell down stairs in my college theatre and my knee hit on the edge of the stair!!), and my dad has sciatica.
I will always stay at Desert Inn & Suites when I go to
Disneyland. It's close to the park, not too expensive, and had a good experiance there.
! Im so excited to get to the parks I don't care. We have never used the pool because we spend all our time in the parks. If you are planning on using the pool stay at HOJO there pool looks fun for kids.
We will be there very soon and I am thrilled that it is just across the street. If I were going during warmer months I would probably consider a different hotel with a nicer pool, but at the beginning of Nov. I don't think it will be an issue for us. 
