BLTtinkerbell
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Which Disneyland hotel? And Why?
Thank you both! This is very helpful!
We have never been to Hong Kong before and are planning to spend two nights at Disneyland.
We have looked online at all three hotels, as well as some nearby hotels. We are thinking two nights at a Disneyland hotel will be great.
We are open to other suggestions.
We are considering Hollywood Hotel, but really don’t like the pictures we’ve seen because it looks too bright & busy for us. We are only considering staying here based on price.
Explorer Lodge looks really nice and relaxing. We are seriously considering staying here.
HK Disneyland Hotel looks luxurious and we have been looking at the Kingdom Club rooms as well as other rooms here. If money were no object, this would be our first choice.
We are considering booking Three Magical Days package.
Any thought on this?
It’s just DH & myself on this trip.
Thanks for any advice.
Happy travels
We stayed at the Hollywood for two nights in 2016 and enjoyed it. We also stayed in Kowloon for three nights. Although we didn't spend a lot of time at the Hollywood we did eat at Chef Mickeys one night and spend a few hours in the pool. We also walked around the DLH one morning before the park opened. It looked nicer but unless the prices were pretty close, I'd pick the Hollywood again except that I really want to try the Explorers next time. The distance to the park isn't an issue since we just took the shuttle bus. I don't think you can wrong with any.
I went to HK in January, and I did an overnight stay in DL. I stayed at the Disneyland Hotel. Very nice property, quick little peaceful walk to the park.
Couple things to keep in mind:
1) The park opens late in the morning, it opened at approximately 10am during my days.
2) The park does NOT open early for hotel guests. So you're on an even playing field with everyone else.
So if you're going to spend multiple days at Disney, it probably still makes sense to stay at a property. I'm going to go again next year but I won't do a Disney hotel. I'll just leave early from my mainland hotel. With the park opening so late, it's not difficult at all to do it this way.
Are you over 45 days out? Have you checked the 2 night plus offer with 20% off and free room upgrade? I would price out what’s included in the three magical day package separately with discounts for comparison. I believe I did that and for me booking separately costs less.
As hotel guests, I inquired and pre-ordered discount coupons for Dragon Wind breakfast probably with 10% off.
Two-day tickets are on sale for $699 plus $80 voucher in total if you are a Disney Fan member.
2-in-1 meal voucher is $130 each if you purchase with the park tickets online.
I think the Three Magical Day package works better if you are less than 21 days out and cannot take advantage of the other room offers.
Thank you for the information.
We are only 15 days out. We know we really need to make a decision asap, like TODAY! We have all our flights and other hotels booked, for our trip to Hong Kong and Thailand. This part of the trip has been difficult for us because we can’t decide if we should stay on property or not, if we should go to Disneyland one or two days, do we want time to relax a little....
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I will price out Three Magical Days separately. I think it made sense for Hollywood & Explorer. I can’t remember if it was a good deal for Disneyland Hotel. Kingdom Club Room would be a total splurge. The only reason we are considering Kingdom Club is to totally relax and spend time at the hotel and pools. We thought it might be convenient to have food & drinks available from the lounge.
Just when one of us makes a decision, the other is leaning a different way lol! And we haven’t completely ruled out staying off property, but then we don’t have any idea where to stay, so we just say stay on property.
Thanks for any and all help. I really appreciate it.
Thank you for your response. What mainland hotel would you choose? We are open to staying off property as well. We do want to make sure we see other things in Hong Kong, besides Disneyland.
Is the extra FPs work for all rides? From what I read, only Space Mountain, Pooh and Iron Man have regular FPs