Hotels Archive

Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort Review

The Wyndham is a hotel in Walt Disney World’s Disney Springs Area. This review covers our stays here, featuring photos of rooms and hotel amenities at the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort, thoughts on whether it’s worth the money, and how it stacks up to other Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels. To most noteworthy thing

Explorers Lodge Review

Explorers Lodge is the newest hotel at Hong Kong Disneyland themed to adventure, and the tropical climates of Asia, Oceania, South America, and Africa. In this post, we’ll share room photos, discuss strengths and weaknesses, and offer our take on whether Explorers Lodge is worth the money. As relatively little is known about Explorers Lodge,

Photos & Thoughts: Beach Club’s New Rooms

Disney’s Beach Club Resort has redesigned rooms, which are one component of a significant multi-year improvements to make this Walt Disney World hotel (and its sister resort, Yacht Club) more appealing to convention guests. In this post, we’ll discuss the new rooms, share some photos, and offer thoughts on the changes at Beach Club. These

Yacht Club v. Beach Club

Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts are two Crescent Lake hotels at Walt Disney World, both within walking distance of Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios and across the water from Disney’s BoardWalk Inn. In this post, we’re going to continue our ongoing Walt Disney World hotel comparison series with an entry featuring these two so

Disney’s Hollywood Hotel Review

Disney’s Hollywood Hotel is a resort at Hong Kong Disneyland with Art Deco design and Los Angeles theming, meant to evoke the golden age of Tinseltown. In this post, we’ll share room photos of Hollywood Hotel, cover its pros & cons, and offer our take on whether it’s worth the money. Despite having visited Hong

Beach Club Villas Review

Beach Club Villas are a Deluxe Villa Resort and one of the earlier Disney Vacation Club additions at Walt Disney World. In this review, we’ll share photos from a newly-refurbished Studio Villa, which is quite similar to a standard hotel room inside the Beach Club. In addition to room pictures and thoughts on the amenities

Best Western Plus Park Place Inn Review

Best Western Plus Park Place Inn is the closest hotel to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, directly across the street from the parks. This hotel review features room photos, thoughts on amenities, and pros & cons of staying at the Best Western, particularly as compared to other hotels adjacent to it on Harbor Boulevard. Best

Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace Review

The Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace at Walt Disney World’s Disney Springs is a hidden gem of a hotel. This review covers my recent stay at the hotel, featuring photos of rooms and hotel amenities. Buena Vista Palace dates back to the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village days of Walt Disney World, making it a

Residence Inn Anaheim Resort/Convention Center Review

Residence Inn by Marriott at Anaheim Resort/Convention Center is an extended stay hotel near Disneyland and Disney California Adventure typified by its large suites and full kitchens. This hotel review features room photos, thoughts on amenities, and pros & cons of booking at this hotel–currently the newest hotel near Disneyland at roughly one year old–versus

The Present & Future of Hotels Near Disneyland

Over the next couple of months, we’ll be adding several new hotel reviews from spots near Disneyland. Places with forthcoming reviews before the end of September include SpringHill Suites Anaheim Maingate (in addition to the other SpringHill we just reviewed), Clarion Hotel Anaheim Resort, Residence Inn at Anaheim Resort/Convention Center, and Best Western Plus Park