We stayed in 2003 for 10 nights at the Embassy Suites, I believe North. I have it down as ES Anaheim. It did have an indoor pool and exercise room. We absolutely loved it! We had 3 young kids with us and didn't find the drive to be bad (maybe 10-15 minutes at most). Since we went in February, the indoor pool was a necessity - especially with the cool weather we had. The breakfasts were awesome - I can't think of anything we would have wanted that they didn't have. The kids loved the evening "drinks" - they'd usually just get coke, but they'd also make them some shirley temple type drinks and they usually had chips and salsa or popcorn or pretzels.
Don't know if they still have it, but my kids also loved the koi pond. If you ask at the front desk, they'll give you food for the kids to feed the fish, which was really a high point for them. We never had any problems with the elevators, except when one of my sons got in one and accidentally hit the emergency button. Security came running and there were like 5 people there to help him in 1 minute or so. We felt so bad about it, and then the hotel sent a fruit and snack basket to our room for the inconvenience. I didn't understand that since it was my son's fault, but I think the fact that he looked petrified (he was about 6) when all these people came running made them feel bad!
We never had problems with noise - about the only complaint I can think of at all was that we didn't get the weather channel on our TV! I'll be glad to answer any questions about that Embassy Suites if you're considering that one too! My kids still ask a couple years later when we're going back to California so they can go back to that hotel!