The Staybridge Suites Anahiem is the best "bang for your buck" achievable for families travelling to the Disneyland area in my opinion, friendly staff, exceptional continental breakfast, lovely grounds, pool and whirlpool sites.Free coffee, juice etc. 24/7 in the lobby, The dog friendly full kitchen suites are a bargain at 99 per night, there is the Brasserie with great food in the adjacent Holiday inn that shares the property and facilities and the gym there is well set up. Shuttles every 20 minutes to Disneyland and also shuttles downtown and to Universal studios.

Checked in for a one week stay as a business traveler. This needs stating because you are in Anaheim either as a family to visit Disney or as a business traveler. Depending upon which there are some different ways to look at this property.

The front desk staff were very friendly when I checked in and explained up front all of the amenities that the hotel offered. She also said that they are planning to modernize and spruce up the rooms, which will be needed before I check in again.

As a parent, this would be a decent place to stay if you are visiting the theme parks, particularly for the following reasons: Free and good quality breakfast; "happy hour" beer, wine and some sorts of food, rooms with fridges, microwaves; an acceptable pool that is shared with the Holiday Inn next door and not too far from Disney, though not walking distance.

This property is bordering on the sketchy side of Anaheim so I would not let the kids run loose off the property.

As a business traveler you have all of the above plus free parking and ok internet. What it lacks from this vantage is a lot of excited feral children running about as their parents relax after a stressful day and it can get noisy. The exercise room is appalling in that the equipment is old, nasty and worn out. They probably should just not offer anything at all until they get some equipment that is post 90's and works properly. Also 5 out of 9 laundry machines were out of order. Again, either shut this down or keep them in good working order. The beds/linens could use some upgrading as well.

I would have given this place a 3 except the staff were so friendly and it really seems like they are trying. Owners should back up their staff with some capital to improve the TVs, exercise room and laundry.

On the plus side overall, it was a good value and the free coffee was very good.

We stayed in the 1 BDR suite whilst my BIL stayed in the studio unit that also had its own kitchenette. We enjoyed the spaciousness, daily housekeeping and the kitchen facilities (one big fridge) esp for takeaways

Good pointers
- friendly American staff though there seemed to be only 1 or 2 on at any time
- buy your tickets thr Reception rather than queue and waste time at Disneyland as we had not booked online or thought of buying it at Staybridge
- ample free laundry facilities - detergent can be bought from the little sundries room next to Reception for $1 per mini pkt, also titbits in pkts and refrigerated, souvenir fridge magnets, souvenir Disney towels
- the laundry is next to a mini-gym with a TV set
- comp access in the lobby - 2 terminals
- free wifi
- reasonable range of hot breakie with sausages. waffles, etc ... I note some negative reviews about the food but this is food fare provided in bulk, not from an ala carte menu
- dining lounge with a welcoming "feel" to it with a fireplace
- free DVD rentals
- coffee and tea thr the day (Nestle hot choc at breakie) accessed at Reception lobby
- plenty of car park with no charge
- there is a Sundowner's reception held from 5:30 to 7:30 on some days of the wk - Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays where a complimentary cocktail is served. Cannot comment on what that comprised as we were not around

Minor negatives
- limited luggage trolleys and we had to load/handle them ourselves
- no restaurant on site but Holiday Inn is just next door as part of the IHG group which has its own restaurant
- not walking distance to anything decent/useful and too long a walk to Disneyland for young kids - maybe 30 mins

We had no issues with noise on level 4 though walking along the corridoor, our olfactory senses were
stimulated several times. BIL had a corner studio which was spacious.

Shuttle to Disneyland is shared with Hol Inn, terminal is outside Holiday Inn, about a hop skip and jump away. It ran per 20 mins and cost $4, be it for one way or return trip.
We had tossed b/n picking Staybridge vs a more convenient Best Western stay just opp Disneyland - no regrets. Had contemplated another stay vs Paradise Pier in 4/2012. PP is now 25% discounted for an early spring special. Checking Disneyland's Gd Neighbour Hotel price quote on the Disneyland website, it surprised me that the price for a stay at Staybridge for a 1 BDR unit, will cost us more than Paradise Pier in the first wk of 4/2012. No need to guess where Yours Truly will pick this time, but google and I reckon U can get a better price if your choice is Staybridge

This was our go to hotel in Anaheim when our youngest was an infant. If you are going to split your Disneyland "days" in half and squeeze in a nap, this is a great option. It is only 2 miles away from Disneyland, but the location is very quiet. I always preferred this to the hotels right across the street, where you never feel like you could escape.

The rooms we had included a fridge and microwave, so we could heat up formula and other baby food. They have washer and dryers available to clean up onsies and other outfits. The pool was great as well, for those days where you decide to just stay at the hotel.

Transportation to and from Disneyland is less than ideal, but that is the tradeoff here. They do have a shuttle the runs every 1/2 hour or so, if you want to buy tickets for that.

Now that our kids are a bit older, we have moved closer to the park. But if you need to get in a nap each day, and need more than basic amenities, I would recommend this hotel.