jhaig
Not The First To Pass This Way
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- Oct 3, 2007
Our plan is to visit CA sometime either late July / early August in 2018. This will be our first ever trip to DL, and first trip to California as well. The plan is to spend the first half of our trip doing Beverly Hills, Hollywood, do a movie studio tour, Santa Monica Pier, a day at the beach, and all of the other necessary stuff that a first-timer should do. Then we will spend four days at DL, which should be enough to see everything we want to do.
In doing the research of the hotels on-site and off-site, I am leaning towards staying at the Disneyland Hotel. It's our first time out there so I figure just bite the bullet financially and do it. However, at 550-ish per night, that's a pretty big bullet. The off-site ones that look like they would be worth a shot would be the Candy Cane Inn and Desert Palms. These check in at around 200-ish with just a short walk (we have stayed at the Contemporary at WDW before and the walk seems comparable).
Since it's our first time there, do we stay at the Disneyland Hotel and be immersed in the "Disney bubble" while at the same time hoping for a room discount? Or is an off-site place like the ones above just as good?
In doing the research of the hotels on-site and off-site, I am leaning towards staying at the Disneyland Hotel. It's our first time out there so I figure just bite the bullet financially and do it. However, at 550-ish per night, that's a pretty big bullet. The off-site ones that look like they would be worth a shot would be the Candy Cane Inn and Desert Palms. These check in at around 200-ish with just a short walk (we have stayed at the Contemporary at WDW before and the walk seems comparable).
Since it's our first time there, do we stay at the Disneyland Hotel and be immersed in the "Disney bubble" while at the same time hoping for a room discount? Or is an off-site place like the ones above just as good?