In terms of journey, I like nostalgia. Retro accommodations will be a lot enjoyable to remain in. The Howard Johnson Anaheim Resort and Water Playground combines retro household enjoyable with a incredible handy location throughout the road from Disneyland Resort. It’s a terrific spot for a Disneyland California household trip, and also you’ll simply be capable to stroll over to the parks.
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Steps from Disneyland: Assessment of the Howard Johnson Anaheim and Water Playground Resort
Location of the Howard Johnson Anaheim
Disneyland differs from Walt Disney World in that close by, Good Neighbor accommodations are simply inside strolling distance of the parks. Staying on theme park property isn’t almost as vital in California, as a result of off-property accommodations should still be very handy and it’s usually a brief stroll to the parks.
The Howard Johnson Anaheim is situated on S. Harbor Boulevard, about eight minutes’ strolling distance from the principle entry plaza at Disneyland. It’s shut sufficient that you may take into account strolling again to the room noon to relaxation or benefit from the water playground.
I flew into Lengthy Seashore Airport at about 7:30 pm and was on the resort inside about 25 minutes. On Sunday morning, I flew out of LAX very early, and it took about half-hour to get there – though I’d count on it to take for much longer with site visitors.
Given a selection, I’d select both Lengthy Seashore Airport or John Wayne Airport over LAX if potential. For me flying to Boston, it’s a bit tougher to discover a direct flight from these smaller airports.
Rooms on the Howard Johnson Anaheim
When selecting a resort room for a household, you’ll need one thing giant sufficient so that you could unfold out a bit. Fortunately, the Howard Johnson Anaheim affords quite a lot of room sorts in a number of completely different buildings.
Listed below are the assorted room choices:
Commonplace rooms can be found with two double beds (and an non-compulsory rollaway for an additional value) or as a king mattress ADA room. These rooms are in buildings 3-6.
Deluxe rooms embrace one king mattress rooms (in constructing 2), one queen mattress with jr bunk beds (constructing 1 dealing with the freeway), and two queen beds in both constructing 1 or constructing 2.
Premium rooms can be found as both one queen mattress/one bunk ADA, or two queen beds. As well as, you will get two rooms with two queen beds which are adjoining. These can be found in Constructing One (dealing with Disneyland) or Constructing Two (for the ADA rooms).
King suites, queen suites, and children suites are additionally out there. The youngsters’ suites have two bedrooms, so there’s loads of room to unfold out. These rooms are in constructing one.
I had a two-queen-bed visitor room in constructing one, dealing with Disneyland and the water playground. I arrived within the night, so it was darkish outdoors. Nevertheless, after I awakened, I used to be pleasantly shocked to see how shut the Matterhorn was to my room.
Rooms provide facilities that may assist you will have a cushty keep. These embrace snug beds with loads of pillows. There’s a bench with a desk that you should utilize to have a snack or breakfast in your room.
A small desk on the aspect of the room accommodates a mini-fridge, a microwave, and a Keurig espresso maker (with complimentary Wolfgang Puck espresso). Rooms have a secure, a closet, drawers, a tv (with Disney Channel, Nick Jr, HBO, and extra), an Amazon Echo gadget, a desk, and loads of shops for charging your units.
Bogs have refillable toiletries together with shampoo, conditioner, and physique wash. There’s additionally an lovable rubber duckie by the bath that visitors are invited to take.
Free WiFi is obtainable all through the resort and may be very straightforward to entry. If you must print, there are computer systems with printers within the frequent areas.
At night time, I used to be excited to have the ability to see the Disneyland fireworks proper from the small deck in my room. I used to be in constructing one, in a room dealing with the theme park. This constructing is the tallest of the HoJo buildings and was renovated in 2018. Constructing two was renovated in 2020. A renovation of the Castaway Cove can be occurring between January 15th – 29th, 2024, and through that point solely the backyard pool can be out there to visitors.
Facilities on the Howard Johnson Anaheim
After I arrived on the resort, I went proper to the entrance desk to test in to the resort. It’s in a separate constructing, and the entire course of was very straightforward. I then went on to my room.
Throughout the resort is a small present store, crammed with souvenirs, Disney-themed attire, premium espresso, snacks, drinks, and different necessities. Whereas the room does include espresso for the Keurig, there’s extra premium espresso out there to buy and use within the Keurig.
The resort is a Good Neighbor resort, and visitors should purchase their Disneyland theme park tickets proper on the entrance desk.
As you’d count on from the title, there’s additionally a water playground on the property, known as Castaway Cove. It’s open solely for the visitors, from 10 am to 10 pm each day, and plenty of children gave the impression to be having fun with it.
Castaway Cove features a toddler water slide, a drench bucket, water cannons, water umbrellas, a toddler wading pool, a whirlpool spa, water fountains, and extra.
As well as, Howard Johnson’s Anaheim affords a backyard pool. There are lounge chairs and complimentary towels on the pool.
Visitors on the resort obtain free parking on the resort for one automobile and will pay for a second automobile (based mostly on availability). This can be a big profit as a result of lots of the accommodations within the space cost for parking.
Throughout my keep, complimentary face paint and glitter tattoos have been provided by the entrance desk on Saturday. I’m undecided if that’s a daily providing, nevertheless it’s a enjoyable little perk.
There are additionally merchandising/ice machines and coin laundry situated on the property. Throughout the road from the resort is Mimi’s Cafe Restaurant, which affords breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Many fast service and desk service eating places can be found inside strolling distance of the resort.
Questioning in the event you’ll want a automobile in your keep? In case your plans simply embrace the Disneyland Resort, it’s straightforward to stroll there. I usually don’t hire a automobile and as a substitute use a journey share to and from the airport. However, in the event you plan to discover past the Disneyland space, a rental automobile can be useful.
If Disneyland is an enormous a part of your Southern California trip plans, I might suggest a keep on the Howard Johnson. It’s conveniently situated in your Disneyland trip and is a enjoyable, snug place to stick with the household. You possibly can study extra on their web site.
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