What a great place to stay when visiting Disneyland! We visit the area frequently and keep trying new places. This is it! We're done looking.

We had a 2 queen room in building one with a Disney view. Next time, we'll skip the Disney view because there are huge pine trees blocking the view anyway. I can't say I'd like the highway view rooms though...they are really close to the highway. We'll go with a courtyard view room next time.

The new Castaway Cove looks awesome! We had great intentions of taking our kiddos in there but it was a little too windy and cool.

Our room was clean and comfy. The beds were soft and seemed pretty new. The bathroom was clean with plenty of water pressure.

Right next door is a great restaurant, Mimi's Cafe. We ate an enormous breakfast there.

I slighted them from an "excellent" rating just because our TV and remote didn't want to work together. We could have easily called for a replacement but it was already after midnight and we were leaving in the am. Also, we were only provided with one washcloth for our family of four.

All in all...excellent hotel within close proximity to the parks. We'll definitely be back soon!

We travel to California almost annually and usually stay at least one night at Disneyland. A few years ago, we were trying to save a little money and decided to stay at the Howard Johnsons instead of staying at a Disney property. This Howard Johnsons was unlike any other I've seen or stayed it. The rooms were very nice, clean, modern and roomy. The location was fantastic - just a short walk to Disneyland. Since that first visit we have returned here and have never been disappointed. One tip, you should try to get a room that faces Disneyland. Not only does it give you a view of the fireworks, but it cuts down on road noise. It's worth the little extra they charge.

We booked our stay months in advance. We called a month in advance to make sure our room was still available, and they informed us that their kiddie pool was being completely renovated. This vacation we were taking was going to Disneyland, with our 2 small kids, and no kiddie pool would be available? This was a problem. They, however, did lower our room price down to $100, and after checking a bunch of hotels with no vacancies, we decided to stay with HOJO. We arrived and were checked in within minutes, THANK GOD, after traveling with our 2 kids for hours and being up since 2 AM, this was appreciated. We immediately launched over to the Mimi's, which was AMAZING! I don't know if we were just starving, but we were VERY happy with this restaurant that is just across the street. Prices were very good too. Upon walking to Disney after Mimi's, we past by McDonalds which would also come in handy during our stay. The walk is no longer than 10 min to Disney which was great. AND you could see the fireworks during the walk home too.
The hotel itself was outdated and I was a bit disenchanted with it when we did arrive, but our room was one of the remodeled ones with AWESOME beds with feather mattresses and comforters with GREAT pillows. The craftsmanship of their remodel, however, is not top notch, but updated nonetheless.
With the kiddie pool being remodeled, which will be GREAT when they are done, we were left with the 1 pool for the entire hotel which did get crowded and quite frankly, the pool was freezing and my daughter wouldn't even go in it! This coldness of the pool is my biggest complaint.

Stay here, you won't be disappointed, especially when their new kiddie pool area is finished...

We have stayed at this hotel many times and have always had a good experience. It is clean and very reasonably priced. It is also a comfortable walk to the parks. A little long at the end of the day with tired children, but walking anywhere after a day of walking at disneyland is far! We stayed over the 4th of July weekend and were very pleasantly surprised when the new pirate ship water park that they added was opened on the 4th! This was a great surprise, because we were under the impression that it wouldn't open until the end of July. Our two boys enjoyed it so much that they would ask to leave Disneyland to go play at the water park! Other than the Disney hotels, the Howard Johnson is our favorite of all the hotels in Anaheim.