Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland Hotel Information: Rooms, Pools, Dining, and More

Disneyland Hotel Overview

Comprising four guest-room towers, the Disneyland Hotel is lushly landscaped with a vintage Disneyana theme and offers large, luxurious guest rooms. Walking time to the Downtown Disney Monorail Station, with transportation to Disneyland Park, is about 3–6 minutes. After the Grand Californian, the next most convenient is the sprawling Disneyland hotel.

The Disneyland hotel consists of four towers facing each other across a verdant landscaped plaza, a swimming complex, restaurants, shops, and gardens. The hotel was originally connected to Disneyland Park by monorail, but a portion of the hotel was demolished during the construction of DCA and Downtown Disney, and the station was rebuilt on its original location. Guest registration for all four towers is situated in the Fantasy Tower (previously called the Magic Tower, and the Marina Tower before that), which is connected to the Disneyland Convention Center and Disneyland hotel’s self-parking garage. Though all four towers share restaurants, shopping, and recreational amenities, the Fantasy Tower is most conveniently located. It and the Adventure Tower (formerly Dreams, née Sierra) are closest to Downtown Disney and the theme parks. The Frontier Tower (formerly Wonder, formerly Bonita) is the farthest from the action.

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Rack rates for the Disneyland hotel range from around $410 for a city view in the off-season to more than $720 for a theme park view during holiday periods. The best views can be had from the east/ west-facing Adventure Tower, which overlooks the hotel’s inner plaza and pool area on the west and Downtown Disney and the theme parks to the east. The most lackluster views are the north-facing vistas of the Fantasy Tower, although on a clear day you can see as far as Downtown Los Angeles and even the Hollywood sign.

As concerns practical matters, parking is a royal pain at the Disneyland hotel. The self-parking garage is convenient only to the Fantasy Tower, and even there you’ll probably have a long walk. To reach the other two towers, you must pass through the Fantasy Tower and navigate across the hotel’s inner plaza and pool area. The Frontier Tower on the southern end of the property has a small parking lot to the rear accessible via Downtown Drive and Paradise Way. Unfortunately, many of the already limited spaces are reserved for the adjacent Disney Vacation Club time-share sales office. Even so, if you’re staying at the Frontier Tower, it’s your best bet. If there’s no room in the Frontier lot, you’re better off parking in the Paradise Pier hotel’s lot than in the Disneyland hotel parking garage. The only valet parking is at the Fantasy Tower, so even if you valet park, you’ll still have to hoof it to the other towers.

A California family who didn't have a car to park thought the Disneyland Hotel especially convenient:

I initially thought that staying at the Disneyland Hotel was a nice treat that we might do just this once. I now see it as an absolute necessity as it allows early entry and an easy midday retreat. That plus the great service there seals the deal. One final tip: Although the rooms don't have a kitchenette, you can request a refrigerator and a coffeemaker. We used the coffeemaker to heat water for instant oatmeal and kept juice and milk in the fridge for quick breakfasts in the room.

Like the Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, the Disneyland Hotel charges a $40 per night for the privilege of self-parking, or $50 for valet.

How Disneyland Hotel Compares to Other Disneyland Resort Hotels

The theme of Disneyland Hotel is based heavily off of Disneyland's history, with rooms featuring vintage pictures of Walt Disney in the park, as well as classic Disneyland artwork from the early era of the park. As for as amenities, the rooms tend to be a bit smaller than the other hotels, but the quality is very high.

Early Entry for Disneyland Hotel Guests

Disneyland and Disney California Adventure offers Early Entry access every day of the week. Early Entry allows Disneyland Resort hotel guests staying at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, Disneyland Hotel, or Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel in to Disneyland or Disney California Adventure 30 minutes before the parks open to the public. So if a park officially opens at 8:00 a.m., some people will be able to enter at 7:30 a.m.

See our Disneyland Resort Early Entry page for a full list of attractions open during Early Entry.

Disneyland Hotel History

Walt Disney barely managed to finance the construction of the Disneyland theme park. He certainly didn't have the funds to purchase adjacent property or build hotels, though on-site hotels were central to his overall concept. So he cut a deal with petroleum engineer and TV producer Jack Wrather to build and operate the Disneyland Hotel. The deal not only gave Wrather the rights to the Disneyland Hotel but also allowed him to build other Disneyland Hotels within the state of California until 2054. It always irked Walt that he didn't own the hotel that bore his name, but Wrather steadfastly refused to renegotiate the rights. After Jack Wrather died in 1984, the Walt Disney Company bought the entire Wrather Corporation, which among other things held the rights to the Lone Ranger and Lassie TV series and, improbably, the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach. By acquiring the whole corporation, the Walt Disney Company brought the Disneyland Hotel under Disney ownership in 1988.

In August 2009 the Disneyland hotel embarked on an ambitious and long- overdue renovation that included major improvements to the guest rooms, as well as a modernization of the hotel’s exterior. While the hotel was formerly essentially themeless, the renovation has embraced the retro-nostalgia of baby boomer Disneyland devotees and added decorative elements evoking the park’s early years; look for 1950s-style signage outside each tower and a tribute to Frontierland’s long-gone Old Unfaithful geysers. The redesigned main lobby evokes Mary Blair’s It’s a Small World designs, and features a blown-up fun map of the original park. The check-in area sports early attraction concept artwork and seating styled after the spinning teacups, whimsical touches that stand in stark contrast with the ultramodern sculpted steel behind the front desk. Peek inside the Frontier Tower lobby to see an amazingly detailed model of Big Thunder Mountain.

Where To Check-In, Get Theme Park Tickets, and Make Dining Reservations

A security gate guards the entrance to Disneyland Hotel's grounds. If you arrive by car, you'll need to provide photo ID at the gate; it's not necessary to provide your reservation number or paperwork. A dedicated parking lot across from the lobby serves as temporary parking for those who need it while checking in.

Check-in time at Disneyland Hotel is 3:00 PM, and check-out time is 11:00 AM. You'll need to provide a government-issued photo ID and credit/debit card when you register.

Get theme park tickets and dining reservations at the Concierge Desk. If you need to check in and obtain theme park tickets, you can save some time in line if one adult gets in line for tickets just after another adult starts the registration process. The Concierge Desk can also make Disney dining reservations, and you can avoid a wait there by making them online prior to arrival.

Disneyland Hotel's Rooms

Disneyland Hotel rooms feature a sleek monochromatic contemporary look. Each room has one king-size or two queen-size beds, along with a pullout couch; one-bedroom suites with a wet bar and living room are also available. Features include a headboard with a carving of Sleeping Beauty Castle; fiber optics in the headboard create a skyline with fireworks (accompanied by a tinny rendition of “When You Wish Upon a Star”) at the flick of a switch. Other decorative touches include black-and-white photography depicting the history of Disneyland and hidden Mickey designs in the carpet, though the overall feel is more business modern than Disney whimsy. Each room has a flat-panel HDTV, perfect for connecting a laptop or video game console. Other room amenities include mini-refrigerators, coffeemakers, safes large enough for laptops, and high-tech phone, cable, and wireless Internet connections. Plumbing, electrical, heating, and air- conditioning systems upgrades also were included in the project.

Rooms feature large windows that give the facade a glistening sky-blue tint. The windows, which are specially designed to filter outside noise. A handful of corner suites and penthouses in the Frontier Tower have sliding doors and small balconies.

Each Disneyland Hotel room is furnished with the following:

• One king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds
• Dresser with 3 small-sized drawers
• Small desk with 1 chair
• Nightstand with telephone and digital alarm clock
• Full-length mirror (on bath door)
• WiFi wireless Internet access
• Flat-panel TV
• Mini-fridge
• Coffee Maker
• Ironing board and iron
• Hair dryer
• Digital thermostat
• In-room safe
• Tiny bottle of shampoo, and bar soap

The mini-fridge is a dorm-style unit that sits under a counter or desk. It's more like a beverage chiller than a refrigerator in that it'll keep drinks cool, but you're not going to freeze popsicles or make ice cubes in it. Every room in Disneyland Hotel has a coffee maker.

The bathrooms are still small for an upscale hotel, but there is a sink and vanity outside the bathrooms. As in most family hotels built in the 1950s and 60s, a connecting door, situated by the closet and the aforementioned single sink, leads to an adjoining room. Soundproofing around the connecting doors is nonexistent, so be prepared to revel in the sounds of your neighbors brushing their teeth, coping with indigestion, and arguing over what to wear. Fortunately, these sounds don’t carry into the sleeping area. Water pressure in the shower is good. A 1500-watt, wall-mounted hair dryer is provided, but it's not very powerful; bring your own if you've got lots of hair.

Handicap-Accessible Room Options

Disneyland Hotel has rooms available with various accessibility options. Some feature roll-in showers, while others include assistive hearing devices.

Standard View Rooms, Resort View Rooms, and Pool View Rooms

Disney knows that some hotel rooms are better than others. Most people prefer to be close to the lobby and dining, and want something pretty to look at from their hotel room window. To capitalize on this, Disney categorizes all of Disneyland Hotel's rooms based on what you see from inside the room.

Here's the system Disney uses:

• A Standard View room may look out on to a parking lot or one of the neighborhoods next to the Disneyland Resort.
• A Pool View room has views of Disneyland Hotel's Monorail waterslide and E-Ticket Pool.
• Resort View rooms feature views of Disneyland and Downtown Disney. The higher your room is, the better your view of the Disneyland will be, but that privilege does come at a higher price (sometimes as much as $100 more, per a night). Rooms with a Resort View also have good views of Disneyland's fireworks show.

Pools and Playgrounds at Disneyland Hotel

The original pool has been greatly expanded into an “immersive water play area.” The new complex’s centerpiece is a pair of waterslides (187 feet and 112 feet long, respectively) themed to resemble vintage monorail trains, topped by the classic Disneyland block-letter logo. There’s also a 19-foot kiddie slide and bubble jets for the little ones. While the footprint of the 4,800-square-foot E-Ticket Pool (formerly known as the Never Land Pool) remains unchanged, a new 4-foot-deep pool has been added between it and the new waterslides, with a footbridge allowing easy passage from one side of the water to the other. Unfortunately, the adult-friendly quieter Cove pools were lost in the construction, reclaimed as a grassy space for special events. Though the rebuilt amenities are attractive, they still appear inadequate in light of the hotel’s volume of visitors. On sunny days expect long inefficient lines for the slides, as well as a severe shortage of lounge chairs and elbow room.

Disneyland Hotel's pools range in depth from around 3 feet 6 inches/1.1m to 4 feet 9 inches/1.4m. Disneyland Hotel's pools are open every day, including during winter. Pools are heated to 82°F/28°C throughout the year. We've swum in temperatures as cold as 40°F/4°C; the water was fine, but getting out was a shock. Disneyland Hotel also has a hot tub near in the pool complex.

Pool hours are at least 9AM to 9 PM, extending to as much as 8 AM to 12 AM during busy times. Lifeguards are on duty during the pools' operating hours.

Infants and children in diapers are welcome the Disneyland Hotel pools, as long as they're wearing swim diapers. Water wings are allowed at all Disney pools, and every pool has free life vests in a variety of sizes:

• Infant/child: Weight less than 30 lbs.
• Child: Weight 30-50 lbs.
• Youth: Weight 50-90 lbs.
• Adult XS: Weight more than 90 lbs., Chest size 31-34 in.
• Adult S: Weight more than 90 lbs., Chest size 34-37 in.
• Adult M: Weight more than 90 lbs., Chest size 37-40 in.
• Adult L: Weight more than 90 lbs. Chest size 40-43 in.
• Adult XL: Weight more than 90 lbs., Chest size 43-46 in.
• Adult XXL: Weight more than 90 lbs., Chest size 46-48 in.
• Additionally, there may be a small supply of even larger vests. Inquire at your resort.

You may need to bring your towels from your room to use at the pool - Disney sometimes stocks extra towels poolside, and sometimes they don't. Our advice is to send someone down to the pool to check the towel situation before you go. If you end up using your room towels at the pool, just call Housekeeping when you get back and request more.

Wheelchair Accessibility at Disneyland Hotel's Pools

Disneyland Hotel's E-Ticket Pool has a chair-lift device that can lower guests in wheelchairs into the shallow end of the pool. Check with any lifeguard for assistance on using the lift.

Restaurants and Dining at Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland Hotel has one full-service restaurant, one character dining restaurant, two bars and lounges, and two counter service restaurants. If none of these establishments meet your needs you can take a short walk to Downtown Disney and eat at any one of its restaurants of varying quality and price range.

Goofy's Kitchen

Goofy's Kitchen Breakfast Menu - Goofy's Kitchen Dinner Menu

It’s a buffet and your chef is Goofy... which should tell you everything you need to know. Breakfast features Mickeyshaped waffles, sausages, pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs, and other traditional breakfast items. Dinner offers everything from prime rib to premium salads.

You come for two reasons: 1) It’s easy and convenient, especially if you’re staying at the resort, and 2) the youngsters haven’t yet had their fill of dining with a rotating cast of Disney characters. Goofy and all his friends always put a smile to kids’ faces.

Breakfast is your best option for both food and wait times. Goofy’s Kitchen has many fans, including this Alpine, Utah grandmother:

Goofy’s Kitchen, even at the staggering price, was well worth it. The food was really good, a lot of the menu is designed for children, and the character visits are worth the price. What a thrill to see my grandchildren’s delight at being visited by Minnie, Pluto, Chip, and Snow White (with whom my 2-year-old grandson flirted brazenly!).

Goofy’s Kitchen serves a character breakfast buffet 7 a.m.–noon (2 p.m. weekends) anda character dinner buffet 5–9 p.m. Goofy, of course, is the head character, but he’s usually joined by Minnie, Pluto, and others. A separate children’s menu featuring kid favorites such as hot dogs, burgers, chicken nuggets, pizza, macaroni and cheese, and spaghetti and meatballs, as well as healthier options such as sliced fruit, yogurt, and whole-grain baked goods. Priority Seating is highly recommended for Goofy's Kitchen.

Trader Sam's

Trader Sam's Menu

Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar serves exotic cocktails and Asian-inspired appetizers in an intimate and elaborately decorated environment reminiscent of Walt Disney World’s extinct Adventurers Club. Order an Uh Oa, Krakatoa Punch, or Shipwreck on the Rocks to see some explosive special effects.

Trader Sam's shares its dining menu with the neighboring Tangaroa Terrace. Some standout items include the Pulled Pork Sandwich and the Panko-crusted Chinese Long Beans

Trader Sam's has a limited amount of indoor and outdoor seating. This becomes a problem on weekends due to the location being extremely popular with locals. It's not uncommon to see lines of over an hour long to get a seat during Disney Marathon and D23 Expo weekends.

Tangaroa Terrace

Tangaroa Terrace Breakfast Menu - Tangaroa Terrace Kid's Breakfast Menu - Tangaroa Terrace Lunch/Dinner Menu - Tangaroa Terrace Kid's Lunch/Dinner Menu

This is Disneyland Hotel’s poolside tropical retreat. Tiki torches and South Seas music are a dead giveaway that they want to evoke that island feeling. House specialties Breakfast starts with French toast with bacon and banana-caramel sauce or grilled cinnamon-spiced oatmeal cakes. Lunch and dinner feature a one-third-pound Hawaiian cheeseburger with teriyaki sauce, bacon, and grilled pineapple on a multigrain roll.

The Coffee House

The Coffee House Menu

Located near Goofy's Kitchen, The Coffee House features a small selection of coffee and pastries.

Transportation to and from Disneyland Hotel

Driving Your Own Car Disneyland Hotel is just off of the 5 freeway in Anaheim. Take I-5 South Exit on Disneyland Dr and turn left on Disneyland Drive. Go about 0.3 miles and make a right on Magic Way. Drive about 0.2 miles down Magic Way (past the Downtown Disney entrance) and Disneyland Hotel will be on your left.

Disneyland Hotel's GPS address and location are:

Disneyland Hotel
1150 Magic Way
Anaheim, CA 92802

Latitude: 33.809604 North, Longitude: 117.926876 West

Taxis are also available at all local airports, but the price can become extremely expensive after sitting in Los Angeles traffic on the way to Disneyland Resort. We've heard reports from people that have paid almost $150 to get from LAX to their Anaheim hotel.

Getting to the theme parks and Downtown Disney: All Disneyland Resort theme parks, hotels, and Downtown Disney can be accessed with a short walk from any Disneyland Hotel room. The walk from Disneyland Hotel to Disneyland or Disney California Adventure usually takes about 15 minutes, depending on how fast you walk. Another option is to take the Disneyland Monorail. Guests who catch the monorail at Downtown Disney will be dropped off at the Tomorrowland Monorail Station.

Shopping, Recreation, and Things To Do at Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland Hotel's gift shop is Fantasia Shop and sits just off the lobby. As you'd expect from a Disney gift shop, Fantasia has a decent collection of souvenirs ranging from small trinkets such as keychains and pens, to embroidered jackets and Disney princess dresses. Prices for these items are about what you'd pay in the theme parks or Downtown Disney.

Fantasia Shop also sells basic pharmacy items such as sunscreen, aspirin, allergy and cold medicine, baby diapers and formula, shampoo, and the like. And Fantasia Shop has Disney-branded cookies, chocolate, coffee tins, and similar items, if that's what you're looking for. Prices for these items are considerably higher - about double - than what you'd probably pay at home.

Miscellaneous Disneyland Hotel

Coin-operated washers and dryers are in laundry facilities located near the Monorail Pool. Cost is around $2 per wash, and another $2 per dry cycle. The machines take quarters, and a change machine is provided. A small selection of soap, fabric softener, and dryer sheets are also sold, for around $1 each. A typical wash cycle takes 20 to 30 minutes, and a typical dry cycle takes 40 to 50.

If you lose something during your stay, contact Disneyland Hotel's Lost and Found department by calling (714) 778-6600.

Blog Posts About Disneyland Hotel

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Hotel Photos

Hotel Videos

Tour of The Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland Hotel Standard Room Tour and Review

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
Walking distance to both theme parks	Expensive
Rooms are very functional with plenty of light and device-charging capabilities	Lines for pool slides can be long
Well-designed pools	Long walk to parking
Rooms themed to Disneyland's lands

Disneyland Hotel Dining

• The Coffee House (Quick Service)
• Goofy's Kitchen (Table Service)
• Tangaroa Terrace (Quick Service)
• Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar (Bar or Lounge)

Commuting Times to the Parks

Park	Monorail	Resort Transportation	Walk
Disneyland	13.0 min	11.0 min	9.0 min
California Adventure	–	11.0 min	9.0 min