Relating to journey, I like nostalgia. Retro accommodations might be a lot enjoyable to remain in. The Howard Johnson Anaheim Lodge and Water Playground combines retro household enjoyable with a unbelievable handy location throughout the road from Disneyland Resort. It’s an ideal spot for a Disneyland California household trip, and also you’ll simply have the ability to stroll over to the parks.
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Steps from Disneyland: Overview 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 be very handy and it’s typically a brief stroll to the parks.
The Howard Johnson Anaheim is situated on S. Harbor Boulevard, about eight minutes’ strolling distance from the primary 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 lodge 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 anticipate it to take for much longer with site visitors.
Given a alternative, I’d select both Lengthy Seashore Airport or John Wayne Airport over LAX if doable. For me flying to Boston, it’s slightly tougher to discover a direct flight from these smaller airports.
Rooms on the Howard Johnson Anaheim
When selecting a lodge room for a household, you’ll need one thing giant sufficient to be able to unfold out a bit. Fortunately, the Howard Johnson Anaheim affords a wide range of room varieties in a number of totally different buildings.
Listed below are the varied room choices:
Commonplace rooms can be found with two double beds (and an optionally available rollaway for an additional value) or as a king mattress ADA room. These rooms are in buildings 3-6.
Deluxe rooms embody 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 may get two rooms with two queen beds which might be adjoining. These can be found in Constructing One (dealing with Disneyland) or Constructing Two (for the ADA rooms).
King suites, queen suites, and youngsters suites are additionally obtainable. The children’ suites have two bedrooms, so there may be 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 exterior. Nevertheless, once I awoke, I used to be pleasantly stunned to see how shut the Matterhorn was to my room.
Rooms supply facilities that may assist you might have a snug keep. These embody 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 facet of the room comprises a mini-fridge, a microwave, and a Keurig espresso maker (with complimentary Wolfgang Puck espresso). Rooms have a protected, a closet, drawers, a tv (with Disney Channel, Nick Jr, HBO, and extra), an Amazon Echo gadget, a desk, and loads of retailers for charging your units.
Loos have refillable toiletries together with shampoo, conditioner, and physique wash. There’s additionally an lovable rubber duckie by the bath that company are invited to take.
Free WiFi is obtainable all through the lodge and could be very simple to entry. If you might want to print, there are computer systems with printers within the widespread 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 obtainable to company.
Facilities on the Howard Johnson Anaheim
Once I arrived on the lodge, I went proper to the entrance desk to examine in to the lodge. It’s in a separate constructing, and the entire course of was very simple. I then went on to my room.
Inside the lodge is a small present store, full of souvenirs, Disney-themed attire, premium espresso, snacks, drinks, and different necessities. Whereas the room does include espresso for the Keurig, there may be extra premium espresso obtainable to buy and use within the Keurig.
The lodge is a Good Neighbor lodge, and company should purchase their Disneyland theme park tickets proper on the entrance desk.
As you’d anticipate from the title, there’s additionally a water playground on the property, known as Castaway Cove. It’s open completely for the company, from 10 am to 10 pm day by day, and plenty of youngsters 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 lodge for one car and will pay for a second car (based mostly on availability). It is a enormous profit as a result of most of the accommodations within the space cost for parking.
Throughout my keep, complimentary face paint and glitter tattoos had been supplied by the entrance desk on Saturday. I’m unsure if that’s a daily providing, however it’s a enjoyable little perk.
There are additionally merchandising/ice machines and coin laundry situated on the property. Throughout the road from the lodge 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 lodge.
Questioning in case you’ll want a automotive to your keep? In case your plans simply embody the Disneyland Resort, it’s simple to stroll there. I sometimes don’t hire a automotive and as a substitute use a experience share to and from the airport. However, in case you plan to discover past the Disneyland space, a rental automotive can be useful.
If Disneyland is an enormous a part of your Southern California trip plans, I’d advocate a keep on the Howard Johnson. It’s conveniently situated to 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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