Originally Posted by
MechMachine
Thanks for the heads up. I just looked and found a 1 Bdrm Suite at HR OC For the same dates ~$10 more night than HR SNA. Looks like it was one of the last; since I checked again and now there aren't anymore available. I would have just booked into a standard and hoped for an upgrade but availability has been tight on suites for the dates i've been looking past few days, and one just popped up today. Made a speculative booking earlier just in case. Do you have any recent stays at that property? Seems like it is in the middle of a renovation; suites/rooms may not be updated? Also breakfast at this property seems to be hit or miss - some say its just a $25/day credit to Starbucks? I will post over there too but figured you may know.
Kinda in the middle now with some of your guys' comments. Rates are pretty comparable; but HR SNA has free parking and at least from some comments an in restaurant breakfast on offer. Versus HR OC having paid parking, (potentially) subpar breakfast and older rooms.
Stayed at HR OC back in February which was a Starbucks Credit. However, since in restaurant dining has drastically progressed in California (and especially with Disneyland opening at the end of the month) I would guess that the restaurant should be up and running. Not sure if it’d be buffet or a la carte though due to Covid.
It’s been great for us as they’ve never had an issue upgrading us to a family suite as we travel with little ones in tow. The suites we’ve gotten have always been fairly nice, but yes older. The TV’s are all new though and they’re quite spacious.
As far as parking that would be the one flaw for us as there’s literally no reason to charge for parking. IIRC there’s either a Hilton or Marriott just across the street with free parking. A few times we have disagreed with the $28 nightly parking fee and just parked on the street with no issues. Up until 2/28 we stayed more often on cash rates with the comp parking for Globalists which was nice.