AGentlRose
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2008
We arrived at the Disneyland Hotel too early to get into our room, so I took my husband on a tour of the hotel. The last time we stayed here, we were always at the parks and by the time we would come back, it was too dark to wander the grounds. Stopped by the waterfalls, the Koi fish pond, the great pictures of Disneyland's famous guests and Walt. They had characters in the front desk area greeting guests, Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Pluto. So this time he got to see how pretty the hotel really is.
I had just booked this hotel basically last minute, so I reserved a standard view, which would have been on a lower floor, no view. To my great surprise, Disneyland Hotel upgraded us to 8th floor (of 11) with a view of California Adventure and Disneyland! Disneyland closed at 5pm today because Miley Cyrus is having her birthday party there, so we went to California Adventure Park. I stopped at Guest Services to get a GAC for "no stairs" and we headed off to the back end of the DCA. We did get any fast passes, rode Mulholland Madness, 20-30 minute wait, then the Sun Wheel, non swinging gondola (we are not really thrill seekers), then to Toy Story, which I loved, was only a 30 minute wait. I didn't do great with my score, but it took me a while to get the hang of it. We stopped and got pizza at, Pizza Omm Mow Mow, it was just okay, I'm the pizza queen and parks' pizza doesn't cut it with me. We watched the Pixar parade from some seats behind where the crowd lined up, but this was good enough for me, I have several medical problems, so sitting anywhere beats standing. Next stop was It's Tough to be a Bug, it was okay, would not be on my "must do again" list. We wandered through the gift shops and stopped at Burr-bank Ice cream for a cone before leaving the park.
As much as I love this room's location and view, I must say, if I wasn't a night owl, I would be annoyed from the music coming from Downtown Disney. I think they stop around 11 pm. I wouldn't mind so much, but this is the third time, they're playing "Sway", so I'm guessing their song list is not very long. We did get to see the fireworks from Miley's birthday party at around 11:15 pm, but they were only about 5 minutes long, not the full length of the regular "Wishes."
I had just booked this hotel basically last minute, so I reserved a standard view, which would have been on a lower floor, no view. To my great surprise, Disneyland Hotel upgraded us to 8th floor (of 11) with a view of California Adventure and Disneyland! Disneyland closed at 5pm today because Miley Cyrus is having her birthday party there, so we went to California Adventure Park. I stopped at Guest Services to get a GAC for "no stairs" and we headed off to the back end of the DCA. We did get any fast passes, rode Mulholland Madness, 20-30 minute wait, then the Sun Wheel, non swinging gondola (we are not really thrill seekers), then to Toy Story, which I loved, was only a 30 minute wait. I didn't do great with my score, but it took me a while to get the hang of it. We stopped and got pizza at, Pizza Omm Mow Mow, it was just okay, I'm the pizza queen and parks' pizza doesn't cut it with me. We watched the Pixar parade from some seats behind where the crowd lined up, but this was good enough for me, I have several medical problems, so sitting anywhere beats standing. Next stop was It's Tough to be a Bug, it was okay, would not be on my "must do again" list. We wandered through the gift shops and stopped at Burr-bank Ice cream for a cone before leaving the park.
As much as I love this room's location and view, I must say, if I wasn't a night owl, I would be annoyed from the music coming from Downtown Disney. I think they stop around 11 pm. I wouldn't mind so much, but this is the third time, they're playing "Sway", so I'm guessing their song list is not very long. We did get to see the fireworks from Miley's birthday party at around 11:15 pm, but they were only about 5 minutes long, not the full length of the regular "Wishes."