We stayed at Camelot Inn and Suites for 5 nights recently. We chose this hotel based in part on the reviews here and by comments at Westjet vacations. They are also a Disney "good neighbor" establishment and are recommended lodging by the park. The location is ideal if your destination is Disneyland/Disney's California Adventure theme parks and is central to a lot of attractions up and down the coast.

Staff at the hotel seem eager to help and not once did we feel that we had been treated indifferently. The hotel sells Disney passes and books day tours for several operators. They take a deposit and then the guest pays the remainder directly to the tour operator. We booked two day trips, paying $40 deposit for each one. We then changed our plans and canceled the two tours. We assumed that we'd forfeit the deposits but the clerk at the desk called the tour operator and got us our deposit back. They didn't have to do that. It's just one example of how they cared for us during our stay.

The continental breakfast is rather ordinary, but adequate and comes with the room. The pool is very small, as is the hot tub adjacent to it. One huge bonus is that guests can see Disney's nightly fireworks from the walkway/balcony that runs the length of each floor.

The room is nicely decorated, and typical of a moderately-priced establishment. It was very clean, with no obviously worn items. The bathroom sink/vanity is outside the bath with the toilet and bathtub/shower in a separate room. Not my fave setup but I suppose for families it has an up side. We both found the beds to be harder yet less supportive than we like. They could at least use thicker mattress pads. There is no safe in the room but the hotel offers safety deposit boxes for no charge to lock up passports and valuable items.

Internet is not complimentary, you have to pay for it online. A T & T is the provider and we found the speed to be quite slow. It costs $9.95/day on top of the room charge. We also thought that the TV channels were rather skimpy, the worst we've encountered. Mind you we didn't spend much time in the room but after a full day of sightseeing it's nice to unwind to a TV show or two and there were no specialty channels, just major broadcast networks, CNN, 3 Disney feeds, some Spanish, and a couple of rerun movie channels.

Within walking distance there is a McDonalds, a couple of private restaurants, a Denny's, IHOP, Tony Romas, a Coldstone Creamery ice cream store, as well as a couple of convenience/giftware type places. Anything fancier is further than you'd want to walk. The closest mall of any consequence, with stores like Macy's and Nordstrom is a $20 cab ride - halfway back to John Wayne airport.

If you fly to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana it is about a $40 cab ride to the hotel. It is also about an $11 cab ride to the Amtrak station from the hotel. Amtrak by the way offers excellent service up and down the coast, with several trains per day in each direction. In addition there is a commuter train that goes to Union Station in Los Angeles.

This isn't a luxury hotel, it's for budget-minded people who want a clean comfortable room. We were very happy with the value for money offered and would not hesitate to recommend it. If your vacation plans take you to Anaheim, it's a good choice.