We got a great deal on a room here during Presidents' Week using our Entertainment book that we bought through a school fundraiser. The location is one of the four best for walking distance (Park Place Inn, Desert Inn and Del Sol are also right across the street from Disneyland). We didn't use our fridge, but we used the coffeemaker and microwave to have oatmeal and sugarfree cocoa instead of the sweet rolls and muffins the motel offers. The fruit (apples and oranges) and juice (orange or raspberry lemonade) were nice. The pool was warm enough for several people to be in it on a chilly February evening. I stuck to the jacuzzi, which was toasty and relaxing. Our bed's plastic cover really only made noise when we climbed into and out of bed, but my son's rollaway sounded like he was sleeping on a bag of potato chips. I didn't notice too much outside noise, but my daughter always brings a "white noise" machine, which I recommend for anyone who is staying near Disneyland. You never know when you're going to have neighbors from a different time zone who slam doors, talk loud, or thunder down the corridor.
We go to Disneyland at least once a year, and I would gladly stay at the Tropicana again if we got a similar deal.

My husband and I stayed at the Tropicana for 5 nights and would definitely stay there again. We think the location is fantastic and the room was a good value.

The front desk staff were very pleasant and helpful, check in was quick, and the room was good sized and clean.

The pool is small, but the spa is large and a welcome place to relax and rest your feet after a long day walking around the parks.

We passed on the high carb, sugar load of free breakfast, and the coffee in the room was not great, but Millie's just a few doors down is a good place for a hot breakfast.

If you are looking for luxury this is not your spot, but if you are looking for a quiet, clean, friendly place at a reasonable price within very easy walking distance of the Disney Parks, this is the place for you.

My family of four stayed at the Tropicana Inn for five nights in February of 2006. We normally prefer to stay at the Disneyland Hotel, however, this was a last minute, budget trip that was booked as part of a package. The Tropicana was one of only two hotels on Harbor, near Disneyland to choose from. We have previously stayed at the Howard Johnson's and the Park Inn. Both of those were okay places to stay but the HoJo was a letdown after reading all the great reviews and the Park Inn was a great location but the rooms felt a bit shabby and in need of refurb. The Tropicana had a wonderful location and really nice rooms. It took us on average five minutes to walk to the turnstiles of Disneyland. The rooms have clearly been redone in the recent past and are not a bad size. We needed a rollaway and there was just enough room to fit one in, we didn't need to move anything around to accomadate it at night. The front desk staff was wonderful, very helpful and courteous. They called us a cab one night so we could go to the Disneyland Hotel to eat at Goofy's, (we could have walked but we were tired) and when a taxi didn't appear within five minutes they called again without our even having to ask. The pool area is small, but has lots of nice lounge chairs, a few tables and plenty of towels. It was also very clean. In fact the whole property was very well maintained. I was constantly noticing maintainence and housekeeping staff working around the outside, cleaning windows, sweeping, cleaning the pool, hosing down the walkways and trimming the bushes.

The breakfast is not bad in my opinion because its free! I had read several reviews that made me think it would be pretty awful and it was bare bones, but the danishes and muffins were fresh and they also had apples and oranges which were great to stick in our backpacks for a snack at Disneyland for later in the day. The milk you could purchase was for a 16 oz. plastic bottle, enough for my two kids to share each day. It is certainly not like the free hot breakfasts some hotels offer but it was adequate to get our day going.

The plastic sheets also were something I was worried about and prepared to remove if necessary. However, they were not an issue. I am not sure I would have even realized they were there if I hadn't read about them ahead of time. They do make a bit of noise when you get in and out of bed, but since the matress pad is cloth and covers all but the outer edges they didn't present a problem while we slept. I did notice where they zip on/off so it would be a piece of cake to take them off if you were bothered. The beds were very firm and comfortable and the pilllows were really nice and thick, not all worn down. We asked for extra blankets and they brought them within five minutes. Also, the blankets were nice woven cotton ones and really clean. I noticed as we walked by the laundry room the maids use, there were always bedspreads in the wash and huge bins full of clean blankets. That made me think maybe they wash their bedding more often than other places.

The laundry room is small, I used two of three washers and both dryers and they all worked well. The gift shop/convenience store was high priced I thought but had a nice supply of things.

In all, this was a great experience. I still love the Disneyland Hotel the best, but now that we have found an offsite property we really enjoy near Disneyland, I might not be so anxious to pay over $200 a night to stay there again! I rated this property as excellent because dollar for dollar, it cannot be beat and it was one of the cleanest places I have stayed.

Our family of two adults and three teenagers stayed at the Tropicana Inn from new years eve for 10 days.
We had a rollaway bed and two doubles in our small room. Because the rooms have been refurbished and still new it was OK. We were on the gound floor at the back of the building and could hear the people in the rooms above us every night. It sounded as though they were jumping and running around their room and banging on their floor although I'm sure they weren't. Yes, the plastic sheets on the beds were horrible and made for a hot nights sleep even in winter and the pillows were terrible. Also every day we were left only four towels for five people. What I really want to say to anyone considering staying at the Tropicana Inn is don't expect any kind of service from the front desk and don't expect to be able to get any washing/drying done. We were caught at Disneyland in the rain and got soaking wet. Came back to change and wash/dry our clothes and found out they have only 3 washing machines and two dryers of which 1 does not work properly. Of course everyone else also wanted to use these same machines. We went to the front desk and asked if there were other facilities or send out laundry service to which we were told no and we would just have to tough it out like everyone else. We went back to our room and checked out the yellow pages for the closest laundromat and went back to the front desk and asked if this was close. They did not know and did not care. We asked them to call a taxi for us to which they said just pick up the yellow phone. We were on holiday from Australia and had no car, did not know the local area at all and had our only dry set of warm clothes on. All we wanted to do was to wash/dry our clothes so we would have something else to wear. The people at the front desk couldn't of cared less. We noticed this unhelpfull attitude at the Mini Mart and the Coffee place as well. Does the great location make up for no service and not very good facilities? I don't think so.