Originally Posted by
jim87
Checking into GH tomorrow. Have stayed over 50 nights the past couple of years. Have also stayed at all the other properties you mentioned. Stay at the GH. Pool and athletic courts. Seaport village next door. Great diamond breakfast and enough in the evening to make a meal. 5-10 minute walk to Gaslamp. Drive, bus or uber to the fantastic zoo and excellent museums at Balboa Park.
None of that trumps the 5 minute walk from HR Mission Bay to the beach (i.e. girls in bikinis). Think like a 16 yo guy from the Great White North.
Yes, the hotel might be nicer (debatable) but the location for what the OP wants is better at Mission Bay.