It is one thing that has always upset me about
Disneyland. It is pure and simply a locals destination. They give no thought to tourists coming from a distance.
This makes no sense. You think it’s locals staying onsite? I mean, I’m not saying they aren’t, but to think that everyone paying that much to stay onsite lives locally is ridiculous.
Not to mention alllll the hotels around. They are not to house the locals in general. They are to house people who come in from elsewhere.
DL is filled with non-locals. I’ve been one many times! I go on solo trips and I talk to people, and I cannot even tell you of a time when I struck up a convo with someone who turned out to be from the area.
I want a nice hotel to come and to go swimming at. And I don't see any hotels within walking distance with really nice pools
Meanwhile, DLH is a big blob of a pool filled with people playing so you can’t swim.
People tend to hate the PPH pool even though it’s terrific for swimming. I love PPH, but my income hasn’t kept up with their rates.
The Grand’s pool was closed when we stayed there so I don’t know what it’s like. Looks a bit small from the outside.
Hojo has a very nice swimming pool away from their water play area. Walk to and from on the Disney side of harbor, and you can hear the park music almost the whole way, and you have the landscaping Anaheim has out on to shield you from some of the traffic etc. it’s most pleasant.
HRH pool is 3 1/2 feet deep. It isn’t great for swimming. I agree with the rest, but that pool was a disappointment.
Yep. It’s a sitting and drinking pool.
If you want to do it cheap you've got to stay off site, which can still be VERY close, in fact probably closer then the walking distance from Paradise Pier and maybe even DLH.
Not just probably. I’ve mapped a variety of walks to the center of the esplanade, and the ones across from the entrance are closer. Our specific room at the Grand was barely closer to that spot than walking from HoJo sidewalk.
Gotcha. Just kinda gets old people always saying DL is just a locals park.
Yep.
And so wrong as well.
The Courtyard has a great looking little water park but the pool itself is very small.
We were at Universal Orlando this past weekend and I just got to thinking how nice it was walking back to the hotel with the beautiful landscaping, foliage and waterway. It really makes the trip so much nicer. And I kept thinking how I just would be disappointed walking down Harbour Blvd past a McDonald's. I know it seems silly. But I'm just so into escape and immersion. It's why I love Disney so much to begin with.
I’ve literally never noticed the McDonald’s. And Wdw, DL, universal...it’s all so peopley who even notices where you are? I’ve had far more magical walking to the hotel experiences at DL than I have at Wdw. Mainly because it’s so much quicker to get back to the hotel at DL.
And I own Dvc at Wdw lol, so I’m no stranger to it. And I love UO and even USH! I’ve been to them all, and I stay onsite at all BUT Disneyland, because being onsite at Disneyland is just so unnecessary.
We stay there and love the Premium rooms. They bring you breakfast in the morning, have a small snack basket in the room, and rooms are quite nice. My favorite off site. But it is a motel layout.
To me it looks kinda like if Port Orleans French Quarter and Port Orleans Riverside merged. At least from the outside. And so much closer to the parks then PO resorts are to WDW!
Next time I go I’m staying there.