Well there goes my hotel.... Help!!

[DisneyMom234]

Since you have a car, here are some options:

http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rental...20&to-date=2015-10-25&minPrice=0&maxPrice=125

We've done VRBO/AirBnB/Homeway reservations several times and it works great for us! (We like it because there are a zillion of us, so if you split us into hotel rooms we don't see each other after the kids are in bed. The house we have for our trip for pretty much the same dates as yours sleeps 35, but you don't need one that big!) I've also stayed at the Motel 6. We had six (maybe 7?) rooms that trip. They were all spotless. Except my little brother's room, which was spotless except for the cockroaches.

When was that?

 

[JadeDarkstar]

I have posted a few times on some of your posts. I am sorry to see you cant find one you like. Its gona cost more then 100 to get closer to the parks. Maybe try a bit further out. One I read about days inn, another two i've stayed at was travelogue and quality inn booth were ok in the clean and safe department. I only had personal feelings. I didn't like taking art from travelogue, and quality inn didn't have a chn I wanted on tv LOL.

Try getaway today for a hotel maybe, or hotels .com or any of the other bidding sites. There are a lot around or look at renting a house as one person said. What about extended stay yes you have to drive but you said that was ok.

 

[DisneyMom234]

Have you thought about a house?

I wasnt really aware houses were common but Have started looking at those as well to see what i can find know of any good sights?

 

[bumbershoot]

They had a syringe... To my husband (who grew up in a crappy area in NV) this is completely unacceptable. Please if you arent helping dont post. I already got i trouble for asking this

How am I NOT helping? I'm posting because I think that I'm helping you a great deal, if you would hear me.

I'm telling you that people on TA are bananas. They always have been, especially about Disneyland. I'm telling you that I, a longtime Disney traveler, a world traveler, a person who traveled by herself for years, do not trust most of the reviews that people on TA write.

If I were going by what people on ONE site said, and I found that people who know what they are talking about do NOT trust that site, that would be helpful to me.

It's too bad you didn't catch that Hilton sale the other day. That was a good one. Though I think it was higher than your budget, maybe.

Our childrens safety is priority number 1 sorry if this doesnt fly with some.

Are you implying that others just toss our children into vats of syringes? I mean seriously, why put that sentence if you aren't actually saying that WE don't care about our children's safety?

The guy said it was "in the curtains." I'm a little surprised they would miss it, but something about the whole thing is fishy to me.

The WHOLE thing is fishy IMO.

At a place that isn't $20 a night...I don't believe there are people living there. I don't believe that someone pulled down his pants and stuck his hand in his underpants in the parking lot. I don't believe that the person watching this didn't call the police immediately. I don't believe that a syringe fell "out" of the curtain. I don't believe the review or the experience.

I have a hard time trusting a review when they took time to review it at the end but did NOT take the time to call Housekeeping *right then and there* to have it CLEANED, or to march down to the front desk and get it fixed. (and that goes for reviews here, too)

When we walked into Saratoga Springs Resort at WDW and it was so mildewy in there I nearly died, we took care of it. By the next morning we were getting OUT of that room (I was already delirious from the smell...I have serious problems with mold/mildew as well as chemical offgassing...and DH was letting me call the shots, and I made a BAD call by not getting us out of there that night), but we had called immediately at least.

As for the black feet/socks thing... even the fanciest hotels have that problem! I always wear my slippers in hotels now ever since having black socks at Desert Inn, PVI, Paradise Pier Hotel and Tropicana!!

Absolutely.

At least at M6 they have laminate floors so you can sort of see if things are clean or not! Carpets are the worst, because vacuuming them doesn't get them "clean". If the M6 floor is grungy, call the housekeeper in there with a wet mop, get it DONE.

Aside from the lobby and proximity, GCH should really be a <$200/night hotel.

I so very much agree with you.



We have syringes in our house from a medication DH was on. If DH was cleaning the top of the fridge and the milk jug fell down (he grew tired of paying for sharps containers) and he didn't clean it all the way, we'd have a syringe sitting around. Doesn't mean we're druggies.

My mom was THE cleanest person ever, a serious neat freak. And we had spiders and termites in our house in CA, and cockroaches in our house in FL. Critters get in, no matter HOW clean you are. (someone talked about roaches) It's how the hotel deals with it that's the key, not necessarily that they are there in the first place.

 

[JenKate]

I wasnt really aware houses were common but Have started looking at those as well to see what i can find know of any good sights?

We use VRBO, AirBnB, Homeaway. I actually linked you to some in my other post that are available for your dates at a decent price. Let me go find it.

http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rental...9&utm_campaign=10859114_ifhdvu32iy002d7s001o9

And we stayed at Motel 6 in 2011? 2012? It's not a place I would personally pick, but I wasn't in charge that trip. It was, however, perfectly adequate. (And free for me, so I can't complain.)

 

[JenKate]

Ok, so the ones listed in that first link are all hotels. Here are some others, in a bit higher price range:

http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rental...&to-date=2015-10-25&minPrice=125&maxPrice=250

 

[JenKate]

Here's some more:

https://www.airbnb.com/s/Anaheim--C...25/2015&guests=4&price_max=133&ss_id=p7olqsbw

 

[KalamityJane]

I completely agree with bumbershoot that it is about how the hotel deals with things. And also to whomever said that GCH was <200/nt hotel. It really is (and when I have stayed there, the most that I have paid was ~250/nt, which was pushing it, even for Disney for me. I do know that I am paying more for the Disney service rather than the actual hotel though.

 

[beachdreamr1229]

I think most hotels have good and bad reviews. Stovalls is loved by a lot of people but my key card reader was smashed like someone had tried to break in. At the Fairfield, my kids' feet were black after a few minutes barefoot, but a lot of people love it. The brand new courtyard had a messy hallway the day we checked out with tissues and lotion strewn about. But it was a great hotel. One of the best I've stayed at. Even the on-site hotels have their issues. There are going to be isolated issues everywhere, so I would try to look at the big picture and decide based on a few different reviews. If it's terrible, complain at the hotel.Most will try to correct the issue so you have a good time.

 

[chickapin parterre]

So this for others, on a budget, short on time, and "who visits in October?"" surprise shock, who are reading to consider Motel 6 as an option.
The inside rooms are clean, they are designed to be clean by having no carpet, so no foreign items on the floor.

There is no furniture, so no dust bunnies, no pizza grease, no flaking wood, nothing left behind, no surprises
room is designed for clean sink with floor that can be mopped with chemicals. Bathroom can also be cleaned with cleaning elements.

The three above positives are going to be standard each time you reserve a room at this Motel 6
In my experiences at this Motel 6, and I will return again, is that there have been minor problems with an easy fix on each of my Disneyland visit. And I have yet to enter any lodging on my west coast travels that did not have a problem.

yes, the Maingate has problems. the outside walls are filthy, the pool is in poor up keep and there is no staff dedicated to keep the grounds clean24 hours a day. But each time I have reported the night's garbage in the hedges, the filth on top of the vending machines (6'5 I see filth at that height everywhere, you would be surprise how many homes have filthy tops on their refrigerators.) and lack of towels, the problems have been fixed.

 

[sdchickie]

If you don't mind driving or taking the shuttle the Wyndham at garden grove was really nice. We've also stayed at Dolphins Cove that was nice as well, but not as new as the Wyndham. The last time we were there we stayed at the Quality Inn Anaheim at the park, it was close enough to walk and had a fantastic free breakfast, but it wasn't as clean as the other 2. Nothing horrible, mostly a musty smell from the carpets. We were going to go back there but I just found a better rate at Eden Doc so we'll be staying there next month. I read that it is recently remodeled and has wood floors so no musty smell.

 

[lizzytizzy]

We had reserved the motel 6 anaheim maingate based on tripadvisor reviews and some peoples recommendation here.

The past several reviews of people just getting back on trip advisor have made it sound very dirty and crappy now.

Please help me find a decent place for our nighys oct 20 through 25th that is safe and clean and cheap.

Any help is appreciated!!

Where did you ended up staying?