We booked thru the Disney Travel Company & knew that Motel 6 would be very basic. No extras (hairdryers, continental breakfast, etc). We didn't plan on spending much time in our room & we just needed a safe place to sleep & shower.
Our room had just been remodeled.....was a little shocked when we entered our room & there wasn't any carpeting. They had removed the carpets & put in hardwood flooring (of some sort). It was actually nice looking & made the room look cleaner & bigger. We had 3 adults & 2 children with 2 queen beds. (we brought along a toddler sized blow-up bed) & it worked just fine.
We depended on wake up calls every morning & had no problems with them.....right on time every day. We never made it to the pool but it looked like people were really enjoying it.
We used the Anaheim Resort Transit to get back & forth to Disneyland (we will never do that again). You can walk to the parks but it is probably close to 8/10ths of a mile.
There's a small gift shop with cold drinks & other items you may need. The prices actually weren't that bad & the owner was always friendly.
If you just want a place to sleep & shower, you're not looking for all the extras & you want to save your money to spend elsewhere during your trip........then Motel 6 would be fine.
We plan on staying there again on our next trip.

Booked through Disney Travel, saved a TON of money. Don't forget your hairdryer, like I did. They really have no extras, but it's a clean, safe place to sleep in between partying at Disneyland. They let us check in early which really helped us!

If you're wanting your hotel experience to be something special, go somewhere else. If, like us, you just need a place to sleep close to the park, BOOK THIS HOTEL.

My family and I recently stayed at Motel 6 from March 3-14th, 2008

We booked through the Disney site and got a bunch of little extra goodies which was nice.

This is what we thought.

Check in:

We got there early and check in was not a problem, there was a room available right away which was a blessing since we got in a 9am. Consider that it wasn't prime time, so they had extra space available, don't expect this if you go during the busy seasons.

The room did NOT smell at all, the sheets were clean, the towels were fine, absolutely no mildew in the bathroom, everything flushed properly, the water pressure was not horrible. It was good.

After reading some of the reviews, i was really worried that we would be sleeping standing up, but that wasn't the case at all.

We had a room on the 3rd floor, where at night you could look out the window or stand on the deck and see the fireworks, which was great when the kids were tired.

The first room was right behind the elevator, so I was a little worried, but pleasantly, you could not hear the elevator at all. However the crazy lady yelling in Spanish on the deck was a bit irritating the first night, but you can't blame the hotel for her. Lady you know who you are! Good grief.

2 days later, we decided that we wanted a fridge, seeing as we were staying so long. So not a problem, we got a new room on the 4th floor overlooking the pool area, again, clean and good.

We did find it to be a little noiser on this side because of the people in the pool, but it wasn't bothersome, we had our fan on and the t.v. on and it didn't bother us.

Upon walking to the pool a few times, I saw some maids cleaning rooms that had laminate flooring, I think they were rooms with single beds and they were clean and looked nice too.

Staff:

Everyone we dealt with was very friendly and helpful. Understand that sometimes it is busy all at once, so once I had to wait 5 minutes...oh darn. Otherwise, everyone was really helpful, we were there a long time and wanted directions, use of their phone, and just general information, and I they were always happy and willing to help. Then again, I asked nicely, if you are an idiot, I would be rude to you too.

Pool/hottub:

I am always really cold, so upon reading the reviews, I didn't think I would use the pool at all. Upon arriving, I was a little disappointed to see that the hottub was not in service, However they had 2 men working on it and the next day it was up and running great.
We came back every afternoon and had down time, where I enjoyed laying in the sun and the kids thought the pool was great. It was clean and I even went in one day and was surprised to see that it wasn't cold at all.

All in all, here is a breakdown of what we thought.

-Good service, nice staff.
-Loved the coffee/hotchocolate machines in the lobby,(but they shut down at 10am) and we found that if you went really late, sometimes they were out...not usually an issue.
-The rooms were clean, and comfortable
-The distance from Disneyland was managable to walk, about 15 minutes, we did this and used the ART.

*keep in mind, the ART runs every 20minutes from this hotel. When you come back it is bus 7B, but if you go on 7A it takes you to a hotel just around the corner, which was nice, when we didn't want to wait for our bus.

-There is lots of restaurants within a few minutes of walking. We had a ball at Bubba Jump shrimp, and the kids enjoyed the Denny's across the road from disneyland.

We had a great trip, not dissappointed at all. I am glad we saved money and stayed here and were able to spend it doing fun trips instead.

*******If you are booking the Disneyland Express read this******

This had nothing to do with our booking or our hotel, but, I thought I would share incase you stay here.

Because this hotel is not one of the major hotels, the Disneyland Express, does not normally stop here to pick you up. You MUST phone 24 hours in advance and arrange a pickup.

We did this, and had our pick up time arranged for 5:25pm. We were flying out of LAX and our flight was at 8:30 which I thought was plenty of time.

Well, 5:25, passed, then 5:30, 5:40, and finally at 5:50 I phoned to find out what the heck was going on. Apparently they had forgotten us...they lied and said it was traffic, but when I questioned the driver I found out otherwise.

This pick up, does NOT take you to the airport, it takes you to the disneyland hotel, where you hop on another bus that transports you to the airport. It leaves every hour on the hour.

I wish someone had told us all this information, it was a very stressful situation to say the least. So please if you are catching a flight take take this into consideration, and if your pick up from the hotel is more than 20 minutes late(because they are always about that late) make sure you phone....or I would still be sitting there waiting. grrrrrr.

I wasn't impressed or unimpressed with the place. We needed a place just to sleep in and store our stuff, basically, and that is what we got with the Motel 6.

We booked the motel through Disneyland.com and enjoyed the travel package and ease that the site provided in booking our stay.

For being a Disneyland "Good Neighbor" Motel, however, I was surprised to find it so off the beaten path. I thought it would be right across the street. Instead, it was a good 1/2 mile walk to the park. It wasn't bad; we actually kind've enjoyed it. Walking there takes approx 18 minutes to get to the front gate.

The main plus about the motel is that they let us check-in early. We got there early in the morning and wanted to get to Disneyland so it was nice just to check-in and get going without worrying about everything else.

The only problem with our room was the toilet not great at flushing, but it didn't create any problems with us. Also, the towels are hard and not comfortable at all; I suggest bringing your own.

As a result, choose this place if you want no frills and do it through disneyland.com so you can the added Disney goodies. : )