TheMouseForLess Resort Reviews

TheMouseForLess members review Disneyland resorts.
Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel

Family name: Jones Family + friends

Resort: Disney Paradise Pier Hotel

Date of Stay: November 8-11, 2001

Type of Resort: Moderate

Room sleeps : 5

Please Rate the Following on a scale from 1-10 (10 being the best):

Theming: 7
Room Size: 7
Amenities: 7
Quality: 8
Cleanliness: 9
Transportation: 7
Recreation: 10

Over all rating: 8

Don't miss: DCA at night......open your curtain and enjoy the fabulous view!! If you going when there is a water show (holiday time), you can watch it from PP view rooms.

Room Location Suggestion: Request/pay for Pier view rooms. Well worth it!! 5th floor or higher for best view.

The Mouse For less Tip: ASK for the Pier view at check-in even if you didn't "pay" for it, as it is now considered/priced as "preferred". You just might get it!

Comments: We love this "older" yet newly renovated Disneyland hotel. Furthest from the Disneyland Park, but VERY close "special DCA entrance" for "this resort only" guests. Great Character breakfast in hotel. Though "furthest" away, still worth the walk. Also: The rooms have 2 big beds, but also have a chair that pulls out to sleep 5!! GREAT for a child!

Family name: Cheryl J. and Nieces, Bridgette 5, Michelle 13

Resort: Disney Paradise Pier Hotel

Date of Stay: August 23 - 25, 2002

Type of Resort: Moderate

Room sleeps : 5

Please Rate the Following on a scale from 1-10 (10 being the best):

Theming: 7
Room Size: 8
Amenities: 7
Quality: 8
Cleanliness: 9
Transportation: 6
Recreation: 10

Over all rating: 8

Don't miss: Ask at the entrance for the small golf cart style shuttle to take you to the entrance to Downtown Disney and then catch the monorail into Disneyland. To get to DCA, use the special "Paradice Pier Resort Only" entrance.

Room Location Suggestion: Request/pay for Pier view rooms (6th floor and up). We were on the 5th floor (called a lower theme park view) and had part of the view obstructed by the palm trees, but we could still see the beautiful lights at the Paradice Pier section of DCA. We had room #536 which was not too close and not too far from the elevator and ice machine.

The Mouse For less Tip: We stayed using an AP discount but it was the same as the Disney Club discount. Keep checking, up until 1 1/2 weeks before the trip the prices were higher. I also took advantage of the current "buy an adult 3 day pass, get a child's 3 day pass free" for the girls.

Comments: We loved the pool, it is large although not themed and right off the elevator on the 3rd floor. Guest here can also use the themed Never Land Pool at the Disneyland hotel, but we never made it over there. The five year old said it was her favorite hotel, (probably because she got to sleep on the special chair that unfolded into a twin size bed) Room came with refrigerator, hair dryer and the coffee maker on a shelf in a small alcove just outside the bathroom. I used this space, with its plug ins to use my curlers while the girls were in the shower. This hotel still looks very fresh from its last renovation and the service was excellent.