Sarah S.
Yelp
Stayed here 6 nights at the end of June 2022. Overall a very good stay! Nice to have Disneyland right across the street, easy 10 minute walk. The water park here is fantastic, the reservation system makes it nice because it never gets super crowded. They have a Starbucks/Bistro but the people working at the Starbucks are rude and got our order wrong twice so we didn't have much luck there. Everyone else working here was very pleasant and nice though! They always greet you when you walk in and tell you to have a good time when you are walking out.
If you order Instacart, you can order in advance and have it delivered to the resort and they will hold if for you. Have fridge for items that need to be kept cold. But they will not deliver it to your room, you have to come down and sign for it. I asked about having it brought up to our room then and they acted like it would be a huge inconvenience (I was going to tip $20 but whatever) so I lugged it up myself. Your mileage may vary.
They have 2 laundry rooms, 3rd and 5th floors I think I recall? They are about $4 a load which is a decent price! You have to pay with an app called "PayRange", these aren't coin based. The app then tells you how much time is left on your machine which is nice so you don't leave your laundry in the machine when it's done.
We were upgraded, we had booked a no view room but got a fireworks view one. My husband travels a lot for work and has status with Marriott. I used my black light flashlights to do my usual arrival inspection in the room to make sure it was clean and it passed with the normal wear and tear (the stuff you will see on ceilings in hotel rooms cannot be unseen with a black light, you have been warned. Some dudes get DISTANCE.) But no evidence of bedbugs and the bed was good. The light switches were filthy but I was cleaning them myself anyhow along with any other commonly touched surfaces, I always do. Never EVER stay at a hotel without your own cleaning wipes and clean your own commonly touched surfaces. And if you get an Instacart order, get your own handsoap if you have a little kid like us. Our son cleans his hands so much better when he has pumping hand soap over bar soap. The fireworks view was AWESOME, loved being able to see them from our own room!!!! Beds were comfortable. My son liked the bunk beds. The fridge in room did stay cold enough for milk. I always travel with a fridge thermostat to check the fridge temp and it stayed 39-42 degrees. My son goes through a half gallon a day so we had several Instacart orders and I always am checking to make sure the milk is staying cold enough and it was good the entire time (milk should always stay below 45 degrees). So if you have milkaholics like mine, the fridges stay cold enough! Good size fridges too!
The rooms were very nice, big and as I mentioned decently clean. Housekeeping was excellent. I left notes when I knew they were coming (along with a generous tip. Always tip housekeeping good if you want good service.) and they would leave what I asked (which was just 2 extra towels).
They have a nice gift shop if you forget something or want a snack or something. Mimis Cafe in the parking lot is a GREAT place to eat, we ate there several times after the rude and poor service at the Starbucks/Bistro and Mimis Cafe was so good!!! My fussy 8 year old loved it too.
I think they should get the lifeguards at the Water park some megaphones for how often they need to yell out at kids breaking the rules but aside from that, it really was wonderful. I loved not having to search for an open pool chair. My son loved all the play areas, my husband loved the hot tub. I hope they never do away with the reservation system so it's never super crowded.
Overall, it's clean and nice, very good location. Price was good for location too and value of the water park. If/when Disney adds back in the values for staying on site, I would probably stay at a Disney resort but if they aren't giving early entry or some real reason to stay at one of their resorts then this Marriott is the perfect place to stay!