Originally Posted by
Still-in-Shock
You have a good point; but I was thinking about hints like which bathrooms tend to get more crowded, restaurants to skip, which restaurants would be great for vegetarians, anything like that.
Also for people who stay at DL, which onsite and Good Neighbor hotels are best and why; any rooms to avoid, etc
Best bathrooms (shortest lines, cleanest): Aladdin's Oasis (go to the right of the entrance, it's a "companion bathroom"), Baby Center bathrooms (for those with toddlers/preschoolers that are newly potty trained and/or scared of auto-flush toilets, on Main Street and Pacific Wharf), Hollywood Studios (in the back, to the left of the El Capitan mural).
Worst bathrooms (busiest): Plaza Inn/Main Street bathrooms!
Favorite restaurants and places to skip are all based on individual tastes of course. Personally, I wasn't impressed with Bengal BBQ (skewers--$5/skewer basically, and it took 2-3 skewers to make an adult meal), otherwise I have loved everything! If you happen to love Pirates of the Caribbean, consider eating at Blue Bayou (the restaurant in Pirates). It's spendy, but the food is great, and every time I eat lunch there, I am shocked to find it's still daylight out when I finish eating!
Good Neighbor Hotels are very much a personal preference. Our family's favorite is Park Vue. It's closer to the main entrance than Disneyland Hotel. They have several different room types (a 2-room suite with kitchenette, a 2-queen room, queen with bunks, Jacuzzi King, not sure what other rooms), usually for under $250, many under $200. Last month, I paid $160 for a 2-queen room. They offer a return-customer discount, and a great hot breakfast (biscuits and gravy, bacon, scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, sausage at different times, make-your-own waffles, multiple breads, yogurt, fresh fruit, etc). That hot breakfast saves our family serious money! We stay away from Desert Inn and Suites. We've had multiple issues with them (getting confirmation calls for reservations cancelled months before, changing prices on us when we check in, charging for parking [half of the hotels charge, half don't], putting a hold on a night's reservation for 10 days before charging our card, after us canceling our reservation at 36hrs when FIL died [48-hour cancellation policy]). Their beds are hard, I got folliculitis after taking a dip in their hot tub, their towels are tiny and scratchy. Their prices are great ($69 for a 2-queen room when reserved months in advance, $109 for a suite), but not worth the issues I've had around the billing/reservation issues. Lots of people like HoJo (great water-park area, walk is about 10-minutes away). Best Western Park Place Inn and Suites doesn't really have "suites"--they are a room with a half-wall making it a "mini-suite." Our favorite very-budget places are actually the Motel 6 (can't remember the address) and Super 8 (on Katella).
--Mimi
Mom to Lala (2004), Bonus Mom to Big Sis 1 (1991) and Big Sis 2 (1992)
Grammy to Big Kindy Kid (2011), Big Pre-K Kid (2012),
Grandbaby Appendage (2014), and New Baby Grandboy (summer 2017)