My grandma, my mom and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Disneyland hotel. We were warmly welcomed by Fannie and Adrian at front desk, who provided us great services and kind arrangements for my birthday staycation. The room was fabulous and clean with big balcony and great sea view.

We were also impressed by the service of Taxine at the Walt’s cafe (the food, especially the steak in the dinner set was amazing) and Rex at the Chinese restaurant. All staff we encountered, e.g. Ada at front desk and people at the welcoming area, were friendly and helpful. We would recommend the hotel to our friends, especially those who are having their birthdays in this no-travel period. The birthday package was a good deal that came with one-day entry to the park.

We booked a Disneyland Hotel Kingdom Club room stay for 4 people. We are doing this trip as a staycation, since we are not able to visit any overseas territories and we do have holidays to spend. The Disneyland Hotel was having promotional offers, we figured if we book two standard rooms it would cost more or less the same as booking 1 larger Kingdom Club room, which would include more services and meals and seemed better value.

We arrived at the hotel at about 2pm. We initially queued at check-in but I also asked my wife to check with the floor manager. The manager then led us to 7th floor to check in at the Kingdom Club lounge, which is inaccessible to other guests. We were served by a cast member called Best who took care of us, made our swimming pool, evening happy hour (basically an evening meal) and breakfast bookings, then he led us to our room. He also gave us Priority Passes for rides in the park when he learned that we would visit the park the next day. The room was clean and tidy with everything we expected. Mini Bar was free but refill was not. Soon someone came to deliver free fruits to our room. My sister took a packet of popcorns from the lounge and she said it tasted great.

Due to COVID-19 the swimming pool has limited capacity of 80 people each hour. Guests must book beforehand. We already booked at check-in so we proceeded to the swimming pool at 3:30pm and had a good time. There was a water slide which I tried for the first time. It is actually very fast if you lie down flat. But the weather was getting cool and I think people who got in the pool after us would find it a little cold. After the pool we hit the gym for another 45 minutes of exercise before heading back to the room for showers.

We then went to the Kingdom Club lounge for evening happy hour and wine. Actually the food served was more or less a meal. It was delicious and my wife and I had our fill. The waitress asked if we wanted seconds but we declined. After this we went to the hotel shop. When we paid for our merchandise the girl said there were discount coupons in the room so I went back to get them. After this we went back to our room and retired for the day.

19 Oct

Next morning we went back to Kingdom Club lounge for breakfast. There were American or Chinese set breakfasts. We all went for American. The waitresses also served us bread, yogurt, fruits and of course, coffee. We asked for a second serving of bread and we were all very full.

Then we went downstairs for tai chi class. The class was full as almost everyone in the hotel joined in. Then Goofy came and took his turn to teach us. After the class we went to the garden for a morning stroll before checking out. The girl in the lounge arranged for our luggage to be transported to the park exit, so we can collect them after our visits to the park, which is a very good service.

Overall we very much enjoyed our stay. The food and services offered at Kingdom Club were excellent. With the current promotions it was well worth the money.