Priceline Hotel: 3.5* Orange County (Disneyland - Orange - Garden Grove) Red Lion Hotel Anaheim

[sakawaka]

Hi, I need help identifying this property for check in 11/27/11-12/1/11.

3 1/2 Stars - Disneyland South Area Hotel - $56 per night

Amenities: Smoke Free Rooms, Laundry Facilities (self-service), Business Center, High Speed Internet Access, Restaurant(s)

It says: We are still gathering reviews for this property.

I usually use Priceline's name your price, so Hotwire is new to me and I'm trying to figure out if we want to give this a try instead. Any help would be appreciated.

[sakawaka]

Okay, after reading some recent wins I'm thinking this may be the Red Lion. What do you think?

[AaronJB]

Are you also seeing a pool icon?

Thank you for using the site's HOTWIRE or PRICELINE links to start your purchases and searches.

[thereuare]

Is there also a POOL icon in addition to the amenities you've listed above?

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

[sakawaka]

It didn't on the front page, but when I click it it does show pool(s) as one of the amenities. And yes, we always your link to access our deals! :)

[thereuare]

The Red Lion would be my best guess as well.

Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[sakawaka]

We have gone to Disneyland every year at this same time and have never had such a hard time locking in a really great rate. We have always won very nice 3.5* hotels for around $45/night. We have tried over the last couple weeks to score a deal, but never went higher than $48 for a 3.5* hoping to get a similar rate to past years.

Here is our bidding that we placed on 11/22.

-Bid $60 for 4* in Disneyland Anaheim South/Garden Grove - Declined but counter offered at $81

(we didn't really want to go any higher, so we went for a lower star)

-Added free re-bid zone - Bid $45 for 3.5* Disneyland Anaheim South/Garden Grove - Declined

-Added free re-bid zone - Bid $48 for 3.5* Disneyland Anaheim South/Garden Grove - Declined

-Added free re-bid zone - Bid $50 - Accepted at Red Lion

Dates of stay are Sunday 11/27 - Thursday 12/1. We were really hoping for the Crowne Plaza or Doubletree. We mistakenly thought that the Red Lion was in the Disneyland North Zone. This really isn't a great deal considering they have an advertised rate on their site for $79 which includes free parking and free daily breakfast. We have to pay parking which is $14 and if we were to add in the daily breakfasts, it would put our total at $84...$5 more than their advertised deal. But, it is closer to Disneyland than we have ever stayed. Hopefully the hotel will exceed our expectations. :)

And as always, we used your PRICELINE link for all searches and bids.

[sakawaka]

We never went for this deal, and stayed true to our usual way of bidding for hotels through Priceline's name your price. We ended up winning this hotel anyway. See Priceline section for details.

[AaronJB]

Sorry to hear the result was a disappointment, but hopefully the property will exceed expectations.

Thank you for sharing your win and using the site's PRICELINE or HOTWIRE links to start your purchases and searches.

Enjoy your stay.

[sakawaka]

Okay, I am confused. I had a thread in the Hotwire section to help identify a hotel. I had a separate thread in Priceline's forum for my win which was unrelated to my Hotwire inquiry. It looks like my threads were combined into one. This comment was in reference to the Hotwire hotel we passed up on. Just don't want anyone reading this thread to be confused.

[thereuare]

All posts for the same stay go in the same thread, which is why your two threads were merged. This allows others to see the everything that was involved/tried in receiving the ultimate win, as well as prevents the 'other' thread from not having a conclusion (many users would have a thread going in each forum and then only follow-up the thread which was won, leaving future readers of the 'other' thread wondering what was ultimately done for that stay). Having fewer threads without a conclusion helps keep the board better organized for everyone.

This thread is ultimately located in the PRICELINE section of the board since that is service that was ultimately used.

Hope that clarifies it a bit.