We stayed here last October 2007.

Heres the thing - This place wasnt our 1st option. We booked too late and werent able to stay at our desired hotel.

So we were given this place as option 2.

We arrived on "Gay day" not knowing it was gay day. So the building was BOOKED. I came with my girlfriend. We got there early, and werent given the single bed room we asked for. Apparently they were all taken. That kinda pissed me off. I didnt come to anaheim to sleep in seperate beds with my significant other. The fact we had to wait 30 min PAST check-in to get a room we didnt pay for was disgusting. Although we may have had one of the best "views" from our room of DCA, it didnt make up for the mixup. The view wasnt all that great.


The electric doors didnt work either. The front desk told me it might be the card so they replaced ours, with cards that didnt work. haha Sometimes we got lucky and didnt have to walk all the way around the building to get in because a guest was either entering or exiting and kept it open for us as we approached.

For a 8 night stay here, those electric doors are my biggest complaint.

The elevators in the moring were a bit of a hassle as well. All the cleaning maids would use them and it took longer for guests to get to where they needed to be. But its not their fault.

The best part of my stay, was the bellman, KING, if you see this, whatsup man. Thanks for everything you did to make my stay worth while. Hes from the bay area too so we got along well. When you stay more than a week at a hotel you get to know some of the employees. ahah.

Im not sure what changes have been made since then, but the week we were there they had begun changing the name of the place. I most likely will never stay here again, nor would i encourage anybody else to. But thats based on MY experience. Its all personal preference. If you prefer to walk around the entire building, stay here.

Do not waste your time with this "soon to be red lion" hotel. They are letting it disintegrate before they renovate. It was falling apart, stained, dirty, paint chipping. I didn't even want my 6 year old daughter to put her head on the chair back, it was so gross looking.
It felt like they were nickel and dimming us at every corner. Want a refrigerator in your room like the picture, that'll be 20 bucks, want to park, another 10, a cup of coffee in the lobby, $3... no thanks
Forget the pool too, it's not for kids. The shallowest part was 5.5 feet deep and in the middle of the pool. You wouldn't want to swim there anyway the water was so dirty we could barely see the lines on the bottom.

Please dont be put off by the bad reviews of this hotel.

i must admit when my husband and i pulled up in the car i did think 'oh my god what a dump' but that is just the view from the outside. i have to say my opinion quickly changed. i found the rooms to be very clean and comfortable. dont get me wrong it isnt up to 5 star standards but if you can get a good deal i would recommend staying here. reception were great and offered to book a restaurant for me for my birthday ( i hadnt told them but they noticed. i thought that was a nice touch)

the walk to disney is only about 15 mins. unless you have small children i wouldnt bother with the bus it really is quicker to walk there.

we ate in the restaurant most mornings and i found the staff really helpful and friendly. the food wasnt great but was perfectly acceptable.

if you are looking for a hotel that is clean, comfortable and close to disney i can highly recommend this hotel.

This hotel is rated 2 1/2 - 3 stars by various websites. Only gets that rating because it has an on-site restaurant (which I never saw anyone in and on my first night stay, it was closed and I was told I would have to eat in the lounge, which also had no one). Their website claims it has wireless internet throughout the hotel and I also confirmed this with a phone call to the hotel prior to my trip. I should have asked if it worked!!! Me, and several other hotel guests who were in town for a Design Automation Tool convention, were in the lobby trying to get a connection. The hotel website states it has a heated pool. There is a pool, but it is definitely not heated. Also, it is filthy. The water is murky and there is sand and dirt all over the bottom. Even my 9 yr old noticed this. I do have to admit that the rooms were clean, although run down (peeling wall paper, filthy draperies). If you can get a deeply discounted rate and will spend most of your vacation in D-Land, then this place might be okay. Otherwise, find someplace else....