My wife, daughter, and I travelled to Anaheim to visit the Disneyland Resort one last time before California Adventure was closed to shopping due to A Touch of Disney coming to the park. I searched the internet to try to find a motel that was in walking distance and inexpensive. We typically stay on Harbor Blvd when visiting Disneyland, but this time I found a motel on the entire other (West) side of the property, located on the corner of Katella and Walnut Streets, Abby's Anaheimer Inn.
When we pulled in the parking lot, I immediately wasn't impressed. The asphalt was run down and it looked more like an apartment complex than a motel. My wife was sincerely concerned for our safety and tried to convince me to just go somewhere else to stay. I considered it but thought I'd give it a try.
The person who checked us in was friendly and informed me that there were a few people who had been living there for 3 or 4 months but assured me they wouldn't bother me. We got to our room and noticed that it didn't have a shower curtain so I went back down stairs and informed the man who had checked us in. After spending a few hours at Downtown Disney, we came back to our room to notice that our shower curtain still hadn't been replaced.
We decided to drive somewhere to get dinner and when we got back, we noticed someone going into and leaving our room. We hoped that it was the people replacing our shower curtain and when we got to our room, we were relieved to discover that our shower curtain had been replaced.
One other thing I'll mention is that when I checked in I was told that if we needed anything there would be someone in the office 24x7 but out of the 3 times I checked downstairs, only once was someone there.
In the defense of Abby's Annaheimer Inn, I imagine that with Disneyland being forced to be closed much longer than they should have been, the owners of the motel had to do something to pay the bills, including opening it up to people looking for cheap housing. I imagine (and hope) that once Disneyland is allowed to open to out-of-town guests, this motel will be a much more inviting place to stay.
The walk to Downtown Disney took us about 15 minutes. We took the route up Walnut, over Magic Way, down Disneyland Drive, though the Paradise Pier parking lot, and then back north again to the security check point on the west side of Downtown Disney.
As far as the condition of the room, the walls had received a new coat of paint which looked very nice. The carpet was extremely dirty, and as was mentioned above, originally we had no shower curtain. Here are some pictures of the room:
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| Here's a look at the motel and parking lot. The biggest potholes in the parking lot were closest to the office, near the right side of the building in this picture. |
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| Here's a look at the outside of our room on the second floor. |
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| This is the inside of the room when you first enter. |
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| I generally like hard beds better than soft beds but these beds were extremely hard - even a bit hard for me! |
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| There was a small tv and dresser opposite the beds along with a desk and chair. |
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| Here's a look at the bathroom sink area. There was a small refrigerator, a few hangers, and a nice marble sink. |
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| And this is the bathroom. |
I'd like to say that I'll give this another try after things get back to normal in California after the Coronavirus, but I think this is a "one and done" experience for me.
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