Hey everyone this is Julia with Honest Hotel Reviews and today I’m at the Grand Legacy
at the Park Hotel at the Disneyland Resort giving you an Honest hotel Tour & Review.
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We chose this hotel for a last minute girls getaway mainly because it was the most reasonably
priced hotel within a 5 minute walk to Disneyland.
This good neighbor hotel is classified as a moderate hotel on the Disneyland website
and is almost right across the street from the Harbour boulevard entrance to Disneyland
so we were excited for our stay.
The Grand Legacy at the park is made up of two notably different areas.
The front building of this hotel is newly built so the rooms are nicer and more expensive
and are accessed via the elevator in the lobby, plus you might just get a view of Disneyland
from your room.
This building also boasts a rooftop restaurant called the fifth which has great food, drinks
and a view of the park.
After 10pm this restaurant becomes a popular venue for live bands and djs to perform.
The downside to this is many trip advisor reviews mention how loud the bands were in
their rooms and that it prevented them from getting a good night sleep.
so if you’re a light sleeper or have young children, you might want to avoid the newer
rooms.
The second, and older part of the hotel is made up of multiple two to four story motel
style buildings.
This is typical for most of the hotels located right across the street from Disneyland.
Here’s how our reviews work.
Each hotel is graded on the same 4 categories which are: Overall Experience, Hotel Amenities,
Room & Value.
This way you can see how they stack up against each other.
For the Disneyland Resort Area hotels we’ve adjusted our rating scale to be more lenient
as many of these hotels are from Walt’s era and are showing their age.
There is a good argument to be made for picking a hotel that is right across the street from
the park.
You are so close to the magic that you can see California Adventure and the Disneyland
Fireworks without even stepping off the property.
It was the perfect option for our three night girls trip, especially since the weather surprised
us with moments of mega downpours so it was really nice being so close so we could come
back to the room mid day to change into dry clothes and shoes then hit up the park again
without missing a beat.
The second and older part of the hotel is made up of two to four story motel style buildings
that were built over 40 years ago.
keep in mind that most of the hotels right across from disneyland have this in common
that said we automatically tend to rate motels a little lower so if you're uneasy staying
in a motel style room you'll want to opt for a room in the newer building all in all we're
giving this category a 3 out of 5
As previously mentioned, the grand legacy hotel has a great rooftop restaurant & bar
and even has an amazing view of the Disneyland fireworks.
Other amenities onsite include laundry facilities, a gift shop, discount ticket store and a few
restaurants attached to the front of the hotel.
The pool is what we call a ‘parking lot pool’ where the pool is surrounded by the
parking lot.
Although we didn’t use it during our stay, it looked like a fun pool for kids.
But as an adult, I wouldn’t have used it to soak up the sun and relax.
T Our favourite amenity at this hotel is the little snack bags and water bottles they provide
to every guest each morning.
The only notable amenity that was missing at this hotel is the fact that there is no
fitness center.
at the end of the day we're giving this hotel a 3/5 for amenities
The Grand Legacy has a wide variety of rooms to choose from.
Again, we chose the Premier room because it was in the quieter section of the building
at the back of the hotel lot.
It was slightly smaller and lower quality than what we were expecting from the photos,
but that is fairly typical for an older hotel.
They have obviously made some upgrades to the room, namely the furnishings and the shower
and sink area.
The two queen beds had four pillows each which is great if you’re a family of four.
They were clean but you could feel the lumps and dips in the mattress, but that said, they
were slightly better than average for the area.
There is a bedside table between the beds with two outlets for charging your devices,
a flat screen tv, microwave, fridge, a very basic coffee machine, iron, ironing board
and luggage holder.
Here are a few things to keep in mind about this room, there is no in room safe which
is a huge hotel faux pas in my honest opinion.
As it is a motel style room, the sinks and mirror sit outside of the bathroom area and
the hotel windows look out to the guest walkway, the parking lot and pool area.
Even though the room looked clean at first glance, upon further inspecion we did find
something on the door handle to the bathroom and the microwave hadn’t been cleaned.
Overall, we’ve given this room a 2.75/5
The last category is Value.
When it comes to the Grand Legacy at the park, it’s all about Location location location.
This hotel is one of the closest hotels to Disneyland Park, technically, even closer
than the Disneyland Hotel itself.
If your main concern is finding a room that is super close to the park and is only a place
to crash at the end of the night, this hotel will suit your needs just fine.
That said, we have seen some of our favorite hotels that are maybe only an additional 5
minute walk from the park at almost half the price of this hotel.
Some other things to keep in mind are this hotel charges a $17 parking fee per night
if you're staying in one of their suites and have a second car that will run you an additional
$25 a night.
That said, if you've paid for parking the hotel offers complimentary valet service,
all in all we're giving them a 2.5 out of 5 for value.
This gives the grand legacy at the park an overall score of 2.8/5.
We would certainly stay at this hotel again but would try staying in one of the newer
rooms at the front of the hotel if the price was right.
We recommend this hotel to people who want to stay as close to disneyland as possible
but don't want to break the bank and are happy to stay at an older hotel.
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I'm Julia and this has been another honest hotel review.