Worse Hotel Experience of a lifetime Just arrived to hear that the overbooking policy had my room booked and paid 5 months ahead given to another guest Week end had three rooms for almost 1000$ per room per night and the third ne was simply not available The hotel staff is repeating the same useless explanation like a robot Disastrous
We have given this hotel 2 stars because it was clean and the rooms were comfortable. Our negative rating is based on the following: 1. My child’s beloved teddy bear was taken from the room (along with the linens) when room service replaced the blanket that we had borrowed for the travel bed/crib that we brought from home. This bear was one of the last gifts from my father to our family before he passed away 3 years ago; my child has slept with this bear and it’s provided him comfort since he was born. As any parent with a similar type of sentimental item knows, this has resulted in much sadness, acting out, sleep loss, and we have to be very careful in how we explain this to our son so that he maintains a positive outlook on people. We have reached out to hotel staff daily (and occasionally more) since we first noticed that the item was taken from the room. At first they seemed like they wanted to help. They reached out to the hotel’s loss prevention team, who checked all the laundry chutes and said that they would reach out to the third party off site laundry facility. Staff relayed shared experiences of childhood items being lost or forgotten places but didn’t quite seem to understand that this was an item taken out of our room, out of our child's bed, not one that had been lost due to negligence on our part (ironically we had left it in the bed, versus taking it with us to Disneyland, to keep it safe). After checking out of the hotel we sent an email with the photos of the bear, but the hotel staff took a while to respond to the photos or let us know that they had forwarded them to the laundry facility (we actually had to call to confirm this, after not hearing back from them for 2 days). When I called next (now 5 days after losing the item) they thought it would be best for me to talk to the manager handling our case. After waiting on hold for some time, I called back to see if she could call me back later. I was told that she was very busy right now as the hotel was holding a convention. I finally got a call back the following day, and the manager said she would follow up with me daily. We proceeded to get daily calls over the next few days, but afterwards it trailed off. Now, one and a half weeks later, they have stopped calling entirely. We've actively worked with our son so that this would not affect his trust of people, and he's tried to cope by suggesting we do things like build a robot to find his bear, or maybe send a backpack or a bed in the mail so that his bear would have some place to sleep. Finally, after some heartbreaking discussions where we had to explain that he wouldn't probably see his bear again, we went to the store and found a new bear (which, thank heavens, he has formed an attachment to). Afterwards, my son said "please, please, please don't take us to that hotel ever again." In retrospect, we really wished we would have stayed at a Disney hotel. I’ve heard wonderful stories about the care they take when tidying rooms, watching out for stuffed animals and treating their customers with care and respect. Ultimately, this loss seriously tarnished our first vacation since pre-covid times (and one that we had been planning for, saving for, and looking forward to for the previous year). Marriott should provide housekeeping with better training (i.e. they should not be handling items in a travel crib) and managers should give housekeeping more time so that they are not as rushed and can avoid making mistakes like this again. 2. When we first attempted to check in, Marriott claimed that we didn't have a reservation with them. Fortunately, my husband was able to retrieve his confirmation code and booking information from his email and hotel staff re-booked our room after explaining that there were sometimes "computer glitches" that caused bookings to be lost (I can only imagine what would have happened if the hotel was fully booked and this had happened to us). Ultimately, this was a bit of an inconvenience and took an hour to resolve upon our arrival. 3. The pool was falsely advertised as being heated (to 86 degrees) by the front desk staff. When we initially checked (after dressing in our swim clothes and walking through the hotel in them), we found it to be extremely cold (probably close to the ambient nighttime temperature of 50 degrees at the time, since the pool is in the shade all day due to its placement). We checked in with staff, they said it was probably still heating up. We checked back several other times, and the temperature never changed. It was also quite dirty (with noticeable debris built up on the bottom of the pool). 4. The hotel has an awkward layout and is in a bit of a desolate location. It is located on the Anaheim Garden Walk, which may have previously been a lively place, but which is now an unwelcoming space with few pedestrians and where many of the businesses are either abandoned or under construction; it feels totally desolate and strangely offers no play areas. Also, within the hotel, the front desk is on the second floor with the entire first floor being given over to business meeting rooms and event space. This made checking in even more painful as we were separated from our luggage (which was stranded on the first floor, since we couldn't take it up the escalator and were unfamiliar with the layout of the elevators) for an hour while we waited for them to resolve our reservation issues. 5. Room service is apparently a joke. The only way to pull up a room service menu that we found was via a QR code that left in the room, and the QR code was printed in a tan-colored ink that was very close to the creme color of the paper that it was printed on, which meant that neither my phone nor my husband's could read it properly (we eventually we able to work around this by taking a picture of the code and uploading it to a website that fixes broken QR codes). However, when we attempted to order (both by calling the # on the pdf linked to from the QR code, as well as via the in-room phone) the phone would ring for (seriously) 5 minutes with no answer. We finally gave up and just started walking to the Cheesecake Factory to pick up our dinners (which was thankfully close, we ate a LOT of Cheesecake Factory on this trip). 6. Other people have complained about the malfunctioning in-room fridges, and this is no joke. Their refrigerators are enclosed in what are basically sealed cabinets, which, if you understand how thermodynamics works, guarantees that they will not work properly. Even after we propped open the cabinet to try and get the fridge to cool down, it never reached a cold enough temperature where we felt comfortable keeping food in it (which led to a lot of food waste and extra food purchased since we couldn't store our leftovers). …
This was our third stay at this hotel and I'm giving it an 'average' rating due to the poor valet. Sorry, but you guys totally let this place down. Check-in was good, the restaurant was good, Parkestry roof top bar is great, and the rooms are lovely but if you're bringing a car and you want to valet park be prepared to take a few deep breaths. You pay a lot to park here and for what? A valet to watch you literally dragging your bag from the car while three (yes three) of them standby and watch having a chit chat? "Oh look, here's another guest struggling with their bag. Let's watch!" What a welcome. The last time we stayed here we waited 40 mins for our car for pick up, this time we waited 20 mins (bearing in mind we called ahead by 20 mins to ask for the car to be ready as per their suggestion) and at both drop-off and pick up guys were standing around chatting as people struggled with luggage. Is this not part of the service anymore? So what do you get for your $$s valet fee? Didn't they used to at least open the car door or ask if you would like help with your bags? We are Marriott Titanium and we do have a choice. This hotel would not be one of them in the future based on the valet alone. Such a shame as the rest of the hotel is really nice (including the staff). It sounds a bit daft, but honestly, to see these guys standing around while people struggled with strollers, bags etc. is shameful. …
CYNTHIA IS STILL ROCKIN. We have been coming to Southern California for along time now so we can get or Disney Fix. We never thought we would find anyone that loved Disney the way we do. So since we made such an amazing personal connection with Cynthia, we followed her from her other to here at the Marvelous JW MARRIOTT. She knew the best way for us to once again plan our day out and even get on to Mickeys Runaway Railway. She always comes through with the best tips and latest treats to eat at the park. She even has an amazing Instagram that you can get great updates from. As long as Cynthia is at this hotel it will always be our home hotel. She is a Gem to Be treasured. Keep shining bright. The rooms could have used a little care though slightly mess. And the parking prices and lack of service there was ridiculous. The only thing this Hotel has going is Cynthia!!…
Our families first visit to California was amazing. We did an early check in and Cynthia was very kind to find us a room that early. The hotel is beautiful and is very close proximity to Disneyland. Cynthia introduced herself as a Disney expert and she really was. She helped us plan our days out and talked to us all about the Disney app. We really appreciated her enthusiasm as she would check with us each morning about our previous day at Disney. We already can't wait to come back and visit again.
Just stayed feb 14-20th at the JW Marriott.. Came down for a convention and a few days at Disneyland.. Let me start that I did not have much time to plan this trip.. I am a DVC Member and GCV were all booked.. looked at the other Disney hotels and were not impressed with rooms or the price. ( sorry Disneyland, Florida has amazing resorts. So I decided to stay at the JW for close by to convention center and Disneyland. First impressions of hotel were beautiful, modern hotel, Bell staff were extremely friendly, Shout out to Maria who was always there to help. Check in was a breeze, Aubrea at the front desk was very informative and she upgraded our room to a theme park view. You can tell the staff has gone through an amazing training. It reminded me of Disney.. Daniel who works at the bar which serves lite small plates was awesome. For a large hotel, staff made guest feel very special .. We ate in the restaurants for breakfast and dinner.. food was great.. Gym was a nice size with spin bikes, free weights and machines. Beautiful inside and outside spaces to hang out.. Rooms were very well appointed. We did have a little disturbance on our 4th day with the guest in the next room.. let's just say 5 am was my wakeup call. Jasmine who was the shinning star was able to change our room and surprised us with a major upgrade to a hospitality suite ... If you are looking to stay in Anaheim, look no further. this is the hotel 5 stars...…
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS HOTEL! First of all, the hotel itself was super nice. The food downstairs is amazing, I love the garlic fries. It’s only a 10 minute walk from Disney, which is also awesome! Room service is great, cleaned the rooms when I wasn’t there and I was super happy to see that. I literally stayed here two trips in a row just because of how amazing this hotel is! I am so coming back and staying here again! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS HOTEL!
We were very impressed with how the JW Marriott staff went above and beyond to make our stay memorable. Right from the beginning, the valet met us at our vehicle and took our bags and had them in our room already when we got up to the our room on the concierge floor. The next morning the hotel manager Nikki introduced herself, got to know us, and asked if there was anything else she could do to make our stay better. We were pretty happy already. But this was when our hotel stay turned into a memorable experience. We went to the theme park with our two children for the first time. Spent the entire day showing them the world of Disney. After a long day, we come back and open our room and there are two Mickey dolls on the bed for the kids along with milk on ice and cookies. The way the kids lit up will be a memory we will have forever. The hotel continued to do little things throughout the trips such as open up the lounge on the weekend to watch fireworks when it was normally closed. Give our kids Disney balloons at the amazing weekend brunch. Thank you to all the staff that made our hotel stay into a memory that will last forever. …
Thé location is wonderful so closed to the park The room was beautiful and the view was fantastic on the park and the fireworks! The concierge lounge was amazing especially because of the top notch service of Adria on evening and Huntington on morning. The quality of the food was so delicious in the concierge lounge especially on morning for breakfast. We tried many hotels in this area but this one is definitely the Best 👏👏👏👏 Do not hesitate if you are in this area to book this one .. A Gem❤️
We stayed here for 5 nights during Christmas. This hotel had amazing service and housekeeping was amazing. The location of the hotel is great if your doing Disneyland. Also connected to a bunch of restaurants next store. Def will be back and def staying at the amazing property. Staff was amazing .
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