The Disneyland Hotel Superthread

[kkmcan]

Couple of questions for our first DLH (and first on property) stay this coming Oct.

1) Would love to get a room with a decent view and the fold out chair/sofa bed. What tower do I request and would the fold out chair fit my small 14 year old dd?


2) We are going to be checking out of Hojo's and into the DLH so we will be getting there early when hopefully there are lots of rooms available and therefore more likelyhood of getting a good room.

Even though our room won't be ready and available to us at 8:00 in the morning can we use the pools that day before our room is ready???

Plan is to check-in, have them hold our luggage and head over to the parks for the morning. After lunch head back to hotel to use pools and relax and then hopefully get into our room.

 

[Purple Opal]

Couple of questions for our first DLH (and first on property) stay this coming Oct.

1) Would love to get a room with a decent view and the fold out chair/sofa bed. What tower do I request and would the fold out chair fit my small 14 year old dd?


2) We are going to be checking out of Hojo's and into the DLH so we will be getting there early when hopefully there are lots of rooms available and therefore more likelyhood of getting a good room.

Even though our room won't be ready and available to us at 8:00 in the morning can we use the pools that day before our room is ready???

Plan is to check-in, have them hold our luggage and head over to the parks for the morning. After lunch head back to hotel to use pools and relax and then hopefully get into our room.

Hi kkmcan, For the best views of the fireworks, people typically request rooms in the Adventure Tower. (You can request a theme park view room class, but will pay a higher price FYI. Or you can request the Adventure Tower and cross your fingers paying a regular room rate). As far as the pull out chair/sofa, I don't have any photos of them - perhaps some of the thread users will post something? (if so, I'll add it to the room reviews section on Page 1).

2. The answer to the second question is yes - you can use the pools after you check in, even if your room is not ready.

Have fun! Please take photos and feel free to post them here - especially of your room # / view so we can build the library for other people checking out the hotel.

 

[Purple Opal]

Just wondering whether anyone is planning a stay at the DLH during the upcoming "Grand Re-Opening" of Disney California Adventure.

If so, we hope that you will post photos here! (including your room number so we can list them in the room reviews at the start of this thread!)

 

[smiley_face2]

Couple of questions for our first DLH (and first on property) stay this coming Oct.

1) Would love to get a room with a decent view and the fold out chair/sofa bed. What tower do I request and would the fold out chair fit my small 14 year old dd?


2) We are going to be checking out of Hojo's and into the DLH so we will be getting there early when hopefully there are lots of rooms available and therefore more likelyhood of getting a good room.

Even though our room won't be ready and available to us at 8:00 in the morning can we use the pools that day before our room is ready???

Plan is to check-in, have them hold our luggage and head over to the parks for the morning. After lunch head back to hotel to use pools and relax and then hopefully get into our room.

We are going to be doing the same thing! well except we will be at the Park Vue Inn first. We have not stayed at the DLH since the reno so we are very excited to see all the changes. this is a last minute, like today!! addition to our trip and I was so excited when we decided that I cried a little bit!!
I too am hoping to get a better room by being there early!

 

[Zbugz]

Does anyone know which of the three towers was the original hotel?

TIA, Zbugz

 

[OKW Lover]

Does anyone know which of the three towers was the original hotel?

TIA, Zbugz

The original hotel is no more. It was a simple motor inn to start with and that area is now part of DTD if I read the YesterLand site correctly.

 

[revwog1974]

I can't post the exact link here but if you go to Mouse Savers and then click on Disneyland along the left hand side. Then on Disneyland FAQ.
There is a "Jump To" section and the fourth item down is: When Will new disneyland vacation package deals or room discounts become available.
It shows that last year on September 14th the deal became available for discounts on reservations for check-in dates from October 2 to December 24.

I'm going to Disneyland in October with my DD6. Right now we're booked at the BWPPI but I admit I would feel safer if we could stay on site. Maybe that's silly since BWPPI is right across the street. Anyway, if they do run a 30% off special this fall is it likely to be only Monday-Thursday like the current one is? Also will I need a reservation now to have a hope of getting a room for a weekend?

 

[Zbugz]

The original hotel is no more. It was a simple motor inn to start with and that area is now part of DTD if I read the YesterLand site correctly.

Thanks, that link was helpful.

 

[hulamom]

We just booked the DLH for August and reserved a lower level resort/pool view room. They said the rooms are between the 3rd and 6th floors, and the person assured me that the rooms are sound proofed.

For those who have stayed in these rooms, are they indeed sound proofed or can you hear noise from the pool area or DTD area?

I was thinking about the upper level rooms, but didn't really want to pay for the upgrade. Celebrating our 20th (and bringing the kids along)!

 

[bhyer]

We stayed on the 6th floor (overlooking the pool) late last year. There was absolutely no noise at all from outside. There was however PLENTY of noise from the elevator our room was right next to.

 

[AngelDisney]

Has anyone used the laundry facility onsite the DLH? Does it open 24/7 like those at WDW hotels? If not, does anyone know the opening hours? I usually do laundry late (very late) at night . If it does not open 24/7, I may need to take afternoon breaks to do my laundry .

Thanks in advance!

 

[disneegrl4eva]

Has anyone used the laundry facility onsite the DLH? Does it open 24/7 like those at WDW hotels? If not, does anyone know the opening hours? I usually do laundry late (very late) at night . If it does not open 24/7, I may need to take afternoon breaks to do my laundry .

Thanks in advance!

nope sorry it closes at 10pm

 

[OKW Lover]

Agree on the pool noise issue. We had a room in the Adventure tower overlooking the new monorail slide area of the pool and heard absolutely nothing.

 

[coopersmom]

Post-rennovation are all the concierge theme park view rooms located relatively close to the lounge? I was reading previous reports of being very far away (like separate towers, two elevator rides away). Is that still possible?

 

[Magalex]

We are WDW vets but we are saving for summer 2013 for our "once in a lifetime"trip to DL. I would love, loveto stay at the DLH. Is it worth it to splurge? I receive pin codes/discounts from WDW very often. Does DL ever have summer discounts/pin codes for their hotels?

 

[ktlm]

Finally got it to load. Wow. That is stark and intense. I hope the reality is better than the photo. I guess we will be spending our time in the other areas of the resort and avoiding the front check in area. I had no idea they were changing it so radically. Is it just blue or is there any decor at all?

So, now you have the great lobby of the GCH and the great rooms of the DLH. What are people going to choose?

Why oh why did they get rid of the Mickey head soaps? I get that the hotel is all remodeled and that is why it costs so much more, but now they are taking away the extra magic...I love those bottle!/end rant !

We stayed at DLH 2 weeks ago for the third summer in a row. I have to say we were pretty disappointed with a couple of the renovations. Rhonna the inside lobby actually isn't too bad. They do have tea cup seats that are pretty cute-except they are kind of half tea cups and 6 year old DD wanted to know why they would put "broken" tea cups in the lobby. The chairs in the kids area are cute too. I would say the lobby is okay, nothing spectacular, but it also didn't make me cringe. It is the exterior front of the hotel that is horrible. They took out everything that gave it any character. It is completely bland and stark. No giant Mickey greeting you, no pink and blue Sleeping Beauty glass/stone chips in the pavement, no Disneyland Hotel circle on the ground, no beautiful sparkly light fixture. Everything that we, as WDW vets, were impressed with and found wonderful on our first 2 stays was gone. All they did to make it in any way Disney was take the small Mickey and Minnie statues that used to be in the lobby and shove them outside. DD was so upset by the changes to the outside of the hotel that she was almost in tears when we entered the building. I have to say, I can't blame her, my heart absolutely sunk looking around too.

We also hated the pools. There was actually no pool where DD was tall enough to be able to swim and stand. The monorail pool had just opened last year when we were there, and it is cute, but it is all slides and wading- no swimming area. The other 2 pools are 4 feet across the board. There is no 3 foot area. DD(6) wanted to swim, but she is only 46 inches, so there was no place other than on the steps that she could stand anywhere in the pool. The 2 pools are not kid friendly at all unless your kid is wearing floaties or a life jacket. It is also extremely difficult to find anywhere to sit around the pools- there are more chairs in the monorail area, but you can't see the pools from there so if the rest of your family is in the pools, that can be a problem.

Rhonna, we do really like the renovated rooms which we have stayed in the last 2 years, and the grounds are nice too. The only thing in the room we hate is the faucet in the tub which while cute, can be extremely difficult to work. I've had to call DH in more than once in the last 2 years, to try to figure out how to either get the water on, or get it completely off. Just when I think I have the thing figured out, I have trouble with it. Peace.love.Mickey I am completely with you on the Mickey head bottles and the product inside them. I didn't know they were gone and I am so dissapointed. I absolutely loved those things. I hated it when WDW got rid of them. I discovered at WDW, that I'm allergic to that H2O line that they use at DLH now. It just makes my nose stuff up and makes me sneeze!

We are really considering trying GCH next time, which prior to this trip we loved DLH too much to switch. That is not to say that we wouldn't stay at DLH again because we would. We just might close our eyes as we enter the building!

 

[ktlm]

We are WDW vets but we are saving for summer 2013 for our "once in a lifetime"trip to DL. I would love, loveto stay at the DLH. Is it worth it to splurge? I receive pin codes/discounts from WDW very often. Does DL ever have summer discounts/pin codes for their hotels?

You say it is once in a lifetime, but you better watch out...DL is pretty easy to fall in love with...even for a WDW vet! If you are an on-property WDW vet, I would say that DLH is worth the spluge, because to get the total immersion WDW feel, you will want to be on property. DL did have a summer discount last year. This year, it had a late spring one which we used for the first week of June but it cut off right before Carsland opened and I don't know of any for this summer because they are already expecting Carsland to fill the place and draw big crowds. I will also tell you that the DL discounts are not as good as what you will find at WDW. We usually stay deluxe at WDW with a bounceback or a 30 or 40% discount code. Even with the DL discount, it costs us the same to stay 4 nights at DLH as it does to stay 7 or 8 nights at a WDW deluxe resort. DL always gives me sticker shock. The problem is we have fallen too much in love with it to stay away! We were going to take a one time trip to DL with DD mostly so she could see the Aladdin show as it is terrific and she was hugely into Aladdin at the time of her first trip there, and now we find ourselves alternating between WDW and DL .

 

[8lovesmickey]

I agree -- it's amazing how quickly you will be hooked on the DLH. I haven't been since the renovation (going next week! Woo hoo!) but I have stayed several times before, plus twice in the Grand Californian and twice in Paradise Pier.

I loved the luxury of the Grand, but as a Disney addict since my first trip in 1965 (I was in the stroller but I'm sure I was already addicted!) I prefer the DLH for its in-your-face Disney atmosphere. If both were priced the same, it would be a harder decision. But since the DLH is a little less expensive and every bit as wonderful, it was a no-brainer this time.

For me it is worth the splurge... and since you can see all of DLR in a lot less time than you need at WDW, you can come close to spending the same as WDW overall. (Plus we live in Colorado now and can get to CA much cheaper than FL so that saves us hundreds.)

Also if you need a little money saver, it's a cheap cab ride to the closest grocery store... we always stock up on water, quick breakfast (cereal bars & bananas) and wine & beer. That saves us at least the difference in a night or two of hotel prices between off-site and on-site.

Keep your eyes out for discounts - they've been coming rather randomly this past year.

Good luck on your trip planning!!

 

[limace]

Maybe I missed it, but I was looking for the answer to a PP's question about which rooms have the fold out beds. Do those have 2 queens as well? There will be 5 of us, so trying to make this work.

 

[nicolispicoli]

Maybe I missed it, but I was looking for the answer to a PP's question about which rooms have the fold out beds. Do those have 2 queens as well? There will be 5 of us, so trying to make this work.

Yes, there is a 2 queen with pullout, that is the way their standard 2 queen comes. We always have 5 and we love the layout with the 2 queens and pull out. It works out perfectly for our family. The room is actually still pretty spacious and definitely big enough for us and our stuff as well as the pack and play next to the bed/window.