Hi! My wife and I just upgraded to the Inspire MK last week since 3 of our kids have asked us to go to DL with them in the next year. We live in UT so have to factor in travel costs. Since the MK includes DL parking, we are considering staying further away from DL to save on hotel costs and hopefully squeeze in one or two extra trips. We usually stay withing walking distance on Harbor and love that, so this is new for us. So, a few questions:
1. Any differences in ease/speed between parking at DL at Mickey, Pixar or Toy Story? Do the garage entrances back up more than Toy Story in the morning? Or does it just depend on which direction you are coming from? Any difference between Toy Story shuttles or Parking Tram, especially at night?
2. Any recommended areas or cities to stay in? We'd probably like to keep the drive to 15-30 minutes, especially with adding on tram/shuttle time after/before the drive. Or if easier to answer, any areas/cities we should specifically avoid? Big issue for us is a safe area to park our car at night.
3. Any specific hotel recommendations, realizing this is very subjective? Ideally the hotel would be in the $100-$150/night range, maybe up to $200. But that soon gets into some Harbor pricing. On Harbor/Katella we've stayed at HoJo, Candy Cane (our favorite but prices way up since the remodel), Castle Inn, Desert Palms by 7-11, Fairfield. Further away we've stayed at Best Western Raffles and at Standford using ART. I'm guessing driving is more convenient than ART if available?
Edited to Add: 4. Any experience with the Best Western Plus Anaheim Orange County in Placentia? That is one we've seen for a deal and are considering.
Thanks in advance! We are excited to spend all our trip money these next 12 months at Disneyland.
1. Any differences in ease/speed between parking at DL at Mickey, Pixar or Toy Story? Do the garage entrances back up more than Toy Story in the morning? Or does it just depend on which direction you are coming from? Any difference between Toy Story shuttles or Parking Tram, especially at night?
2. Any recommended areas or cities to stay in? We'd probably like to keep the drive to 15-30 minutes, especially with adding on tram/shuttle time after/before the drive. Or if easier to answer, any areas/cities we should specifically avoid? Big issue for us is a safe area to park our car at night.
3. Any specific hotel recommendations, realizing this is very subjective? Ideally the hotel would be in the $100-$150/night range, maybe up to $200. But that soon gets into some Harbor pricing. On Harbor/Katella we've stayed at HoJo, Candy Cane (our favorite but prices way up since the remodel), Castle Inn, Desert Palms by 7-11, Fairfield. Further away we've stayed at Best Western Raffles and at Standford using ART. I'm guessing driving is more convenient than ART if available?
Edited to Add: 4. Any experience with the Best Western Plus Anaheim Orange County in Placentia? That is one we've seen for a deal and are considering.
Thanks in advance! We are excited to spend all our trip money these next 12 months at Disneyland.
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