Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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You can charge purchases at most Disney-owned shops and restaurants to your
hotel account, and have packages delivered to your room.
DISNEYLAND RESORT HOTELS
DISNEY OFFERS THREE ON-SITE HOTELS:
the
Grand Californian,
the
Disneyland
Hotel,
and the
Paradise Pier Hotel.
The Grand Californian, built in the rustic stone-
and-timber style of the grand national park lodges, is the flagship property. Newer,
more elaborately themed, and closer to the theme parks and Downtown Disney than
the other two on-property hotels, the Grand Californian is without a doubt the best
place to stay … if you can afford it.
The next most convenient is the sprawling Disneyland Hotel, the oldest, but most
recently renovated, of the three. Comprising three guest-room towers, the hotel is
lushly landscaped with a new vintage Disneyana theme and offers large, luxurious
guest rooms. Walking time to the monorail station, with transportation to Disneyland
Park, is about 3-6 minutes.
The east side of the third Disney hotel overlooks the Paradise Pier section of Dis-
ney California Adventure theme park, hence the name Paradise Pier Hotel. Although
the guest rooms and public areas have a beach-and-boardwalk flavor, the hotel is not
themed. The guest rooms here are large. Walking to the monorail station and Down-
town Disney takes about 5-10 minutes.
Guests at all three Disney-owned hotels can use their keys to charge dining and
shopping within the resort to their room. Third-party vendors (including most Down-
town Disney restaurants) are excluded, and you'll need to show photo ID along with
your room key.
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
The Grand Californian Hotel is the crown jewel of Disneyland Resort's three hotels.
With its shingle siding, rock foundations, cavernous hewn-beam lobby, polished
hardwood floors, and cozy hearths, the hotel is a stately combination of elements
from Western national park lodges. Designed by architect Peter Dominick (who also
designed the Wilderness Lodge at Walt Disney World), the Grand Californian is
rendered in the Arts and Crafts style of the early 20th century, with such classic fea-
tures as “flying” roofs, projecting beams, massive buttresses, and an earth-tone col-
or palette. We strongly encourage visitors with an interest in architecture to take the
fascinating (and free) hour-long Art of the Craft walking tour of the resort, offered
several times each week through the Guest Services desk. Most reminiscent of the
Ahwahnee Hotel at Yosemite National Park, the Grand Californian combines rugged
craftsmanship and grand scale with functional design and intimate spaces. Pull up a
