Red Lion on Harbor

[sir clinksalot]

Booked this hotel through Priceline last week for the Low-Low price of $40 ($52 with fees).

Got to the hotel about 4pm (easy parking) and checked in. Their systems were down but they front-desk staff handled it VERY well. (Kudos)

It was a little wait for the room so they were giving you the option for free parking ($14) or a free $20 breakfast voucher. Since we generally eat breakfast at Disneyland we took the parking. Very nice of them to give people that option since they REALLY didn't have to.

Since we didn't want to wait we asked if it would be alright if we just came back later to get our room keys. (no problem).

Left at about 5:00 and got back about 10:45pm after fireworks.

Check in when we came back was a breeze and they even gave me the $20 voucher for breakfast since we helped them out by coming back. SCORE!!! And another thing they didn't have to do.

The rooms ... VERY nice. Two very comfortable queen sized beds, flat-screen TV (with lots of great channels unlike some local hotels **cough**Crown Plaza**cough**), Desk, etc. Nice fluffy pillows which is always a bonus.

Breakfast, got the continental breakfast, not great, not bad. Yummy coffee ... muffins had 20 grams of fat (no thank you). Fruit cup was yummy.

Check out was a breeze.

We figured out we only really paid about $18 for the hotel.

$52 with fees - $14 parking = $38 - $20 breakfast voucher = $18.

The hotel is very nice, very convenient, very clean. Easy/secured parking with just a short walk to the front desk unlike some other nearby hotels **cough**Crown Plaza**cough**.

Ratings:
Check In/Out - 4 out of 5 stars
Rooms - 4 out of 5 stars
Staff - 5 out of 5 (handled the systems being down above and beyond)
Parking - 4 out of 5 (convenient parking but outside or it would have been 5 out of 5)
Breakfast - 3 out of 5 (yes it was free, but it wouldn't have been worth the $18 I would have had to pay for it. Although some of the other menu items looked GREAT and I would try them if we weren't in such a hurry to get to Disneyland)

Here's hoping we get this hotel through Priceline a lot more in the near future!!!

[splash114]

sir clinksalot, thank you for the timely review. We'll be stayang next weekend at the Red Lion and are looking forward to a nice stay. Our Priceline cost is a bit higher ($46) though.

[penguinsoda]

I've thought about staying there a couple of times, but haven't just because of the parking fee. Why should I add $14 to my room when many of the other motels have free parking?

Is the only reason they gave you the option to not pay for the parking because the room wasn't ready?

[NeverNeverland]

Indeed, Pengy, indeed.

[sir clinksalot]

Yes Pengy, that was the only reason.

I can usually justify the parking when I'm paying $50 (or less) for a 3 to 3 1/2 star hotel. Even with the parking fee's it's still less than paying $100 or more for the Carousel Inn (or worse).

My hotel of choice anymore is the HoJo (due to the convenience) but for a quick trip, priceline (even with the parking fees) is the way to go.

[Pirate Lover 68]

I'm so happy to hear all this, we just booked a room for our trip at the end of December. This is very encouraging.