Kathy C.
Google
What a gorgeous hotel! Everything looked new, sparkling clean, and well-maintained. There’s a large gym on the Lobby level (west) with a water fountain (choice of hot, cold, sparkling), lots of cardio and weight machines, and even cold wet towels in a mini fridge! We already had plenty of exercise at Disneyland, but I felt I needed to give the treadmill a whirl since everything was so clean and neat!
Our room was very spacious and clean, with all-touch-panel controls. Most maddening was the AC control, which didn’t work when we got into our room the first time (and it felt like the tropics!). No combination of fan and temperature settings could get the AC to start up. We ultimately asked the staff at the reception area about it, and they very politely offered to control it from their computers. Got back to the room after dinner and the room was still a bit hot. Tried meddling with the touch pad again and finally got the AC to work. No more problems with it after that, thank goodness.
Everything else about the room was great. Good blackout shades, no annoying super-bright LED lights on gadgets, soft pillow-top mattress, great blanket and comforter. The water pressure was a bit low and the bathroom has no fan, but those weren’t dealbreakers. The closet was super-tiny though, so we just kept our clothes in our bags.
The breakfast buffet in the Tangerine Room restaurant was excellent! Perfectly moist, fluffy scrambled eggs and awesome corned beef hash.
Walking to Disneyland was very easy. A 15-minute leisurely walk gets you to the west side of Downtown Disney, where Din Tai Fung and the LEGO store are. If you prefer to take the ART shuttle bus, you’ll have to get a pass yourself through their website; there’s no hotel shuttle. If you’re parking, there’s a huge parking structure behind the hotel. Check in first and then you can use your room key card to enter the garage. Also, there are really no parking spots out front to temporarily park while you check in, so just stop along the curb next to the Puesto restaurant or Blossom cafe/mini-market. You can, of course, choose to valet.
Lastly, have to shout out the staff! Super friendly and helpful!