If you book to stay at Disney who do you book with?

Tinks2014 · 23 Jun 21, 02:31 PM

If any of you that have stayed a few nights on Disney property who have you booked with ?
We tend to book flight separately.

sky13 · 23 Jun 21, 04:32 PM

I stayed at GCH in 2018. Booked directly with Disney on their website - which worked out great as they had an offer for a room discount for my dates. There are sites that show the historical discounts offered for the DL hotels, though with COVID-19 I'm not sure how well the historical discounts will predict future discounts.

**heighho** · 23 Jun 21, 04:37 PM

We went in August 2019 and booked our holiday with Virgin and found them excellent. If you look into them, you may need to check if they�re flying from your airport as they reduce the service to LAX.

If you�ve not been before, Disneyland California (the original I may add) is absolutely brilliant. Smaller of course but we enjoyed it just as much as MK. You�ll have a ball.

KarenG · 23 Jun 21, 04:48 PM

Just to say that there are offsite hotels that are closer to the parks than one if not two of the onsite Disneyland hotels - it�s a totally different set up to WDW.

I have stayed onsite and it was amazing but very expensive and we stay offsite always now - and never 10 mins walk from Disneyland - and save a lot of money doing so.

That said another option is DVC points if you have the appetite for that in the current climate.

Cloverlady · 23 Jun 21, 04:49 PM

Always directly with Disney for us.

Bozza · 23 Jun 21, 04:52 PM

We booked our 4/5 nights at the Disneyland Hotel directly with Disney.

The GC was actually slightly cheaper for our nights but we wanted to stay at the OG!

Tinks2014 · 24 Jun 21, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by KarenG

Just to say that there are offsite hotels that are closer to the parks than one if not two of the onsite Disneyland hotels - it�s a totally different set up to WDW.

I have stayed onsite and it was amazing but very expensive and we stay offsite always now - and never 10 mins walk from Disneyland - and save a lot of money doing so.

That said another option is DVC points if you have the appetite for that in the current climate.

Thanks . It�s for a milestone birthday and a first visit so was thinking of Disney for that reason. Was looking at DVC as an option.

KarenG · 24 Jun 21, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Tinks2014

Thanks . It�s for a milestone birthday and a first visit so was thinking of Disney for that reason. Was looking at DVC as an option.

We stayed at the Villas at Grand Californian on our first visit. It was epic.

I�m too tight to pay the grossly over inflated prices when other options are available 😂 My main criteria is being able to walk to parks and I love being able to use DVC for that at WDW. I just (personally) don�t see the value at Disneyland and would rather spend money on other things. But as I say, it was epic when we stayed at the VGC