Why is the Jolly Roger Inn no longer on Disneyland.com?

[Disneyland1084]

Do any of you know why? There's a possible chance I might be going to Disneyland this summer with just my DH and two girls. It doesn't look like my wallet will allow me to stay on site, so I thought of the Jolly Roger. I remember staying there many years ago and really liking it. Any off sight recommendations would be appreciated too. I stayed at Howard Johnson and liked it. Any other places?

 

[Disneyland1084]

 

[sonnyjane]

Ehhh from what I've read it's not a very good hotel which is why it isn't on Disneyland.com I'm sure. HoJo gets decent recommendations, as does Best Western Park place Inn, and I think a board favorite is Candy Cane In.

 

[Malcon10t]

The usual reason is they opted to drop out of the Good Neighbor Program. Check them out at their website. http://www.jollyrogerhotel.com/ They had been a GNH until the beginning of this year.

The Good Neighbor designation means nothing for how good the hotel/motel is. To be a Good Neighbor hotel you have to commit so many rooms to Disney to fill.

 

[angela00711]

wow the jolly roger is cheap! is it far from the cross walk? does it have a shuttle?

 

[LisainCalifornia]

I think the Jolly Roger is one of those motels that is just not so good. Same with Castle Inn. So they are cheaper, and may have a lower standard of acceptance, but may not be on Disneyland.com. You can obviously google the motel website and still stay there, though.

 

[Disney Dider]

The jolly Roger has been remodeled and is pretty nice now!

 

[Disneyland1084]

I think the Jolly Roger is one of those motels that is just not so good. Same with Castle Inn. So they are cheaper, and may have a lower standard of acceptance, but may not be on Disneyland.com. You can obviously google the motel website and still stay there, though.

Maybe so. I stayed there over 20 years. I guess when you're a kid, you don't pay very much attention to hotels. All I cared about as a kid was Disneyland. Now, as an adult I appreciate hotels more.

 

[Gisele]

Interesting, for going by the hotels website, they are a good neighbor hotel for Disney.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Some hotels call themselves Good Neighbor hotels even though Disney doesn't call them that. You need to get that from the Disney site.

I'm glad the Jolly Roger has done some work. Out of all the Good Neighbor hotels I rated it the lowest.

 

[Malcon10t]

They could be waiting on signing a contract or any number of other things. Like I said previously, being a GNH is all about $$. You have to commit a certain number of rooms to Disney for them to sell. Even if Disney isn't selling them, you can't sell them until Disney releases them back. So, often you may end up with 10 rooms coming back to you with less than 5 days to fill them. You may have had all your rooms booked, except the rooms guaranteed to Disney, having people call for rooms, and you can't sell them til Disney releases them.

Candy Cane Inn, Camelot Inn, Desert Inn and Suites, Alpine Inn, Del Sol, Castle Inn and Suites, and Ramada are just a few of the hotels that aren't listed as GNH, but are better than some they have listed.

 

[Disney Dreams]

Hmmm....

So, I first want to say that I have never stayed there, have not read much either way about it here on DIS, and really know nothing about the place. That said...

They're very carefully worded web site is a bit sketchy to me.

"This Disney hotel can help save you time and money during your trip to Disneyland®."
So, they are calling themselves a "Disney hotel"? Umm, no, sorry. You might be a Disney-area hotel or a hotel popular with Disney visitors, but you are NOT a Disney hotel. Next?

Interesting, for going by the hotels website, they are a good neighbor hotel for Disney.

Well... again, almost.

What I saw (there may be more elsewhere that I missed) says, "Proud recipients of the Disneyland® Resort Good Neighbor Hotel designation and AAA approval."

Again, a bit sketchy. That does NOT say that they are a Good Neighbor Hotel, only that at some point they were recipients of the designation.

Fishy to me. Not exactly honest, but not exactly lying either. - sigh -

- Dreams

 

[Malcon10t]

One more thing, if they sell DIsneyland tickets in the lobby, they are allowed to put that on their website and at their hotel. Candy Cane Inn has it on their website, as does Desert Inn and Suites.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

They could be waiting on signing a contract or any number of other things. Like I said previously, being a GNH is all about $$. You have to commit a certain number of rooms to Disney for them to sell. Even if Disney isn't selling them, you can't sell them until Disney releases them back. So, often you may end up with 10 rooms coming back to you with less than 5 days to fill them. You may have had all your rooms booked, except the rooms guaranteed to Disney, having people call for rooms, and you can't sell them til Disney releases them.

Candy Cane Inn, Camelot Inn, Desert Inn and Suites, Alpine Inn, Del Sol, Castle Inn and Suites, and Ramada are just a few of the hotels that aren't listed as GNH, but are better than some they have listed.

Unless things have changed in the past couple of years, Candy Cane Inn, Camelot, and Ramada Maingate are all Good Neighbor Hotels.

 

[Malcon10t]

Unless things have changed in the past couple of years, Candy Cane Inn, Camelot, and Ramada Maingate are all Good Neighbor Hotels.

My apologies, Candy Cane and Camelot are listed on Disneyland's website. Ramada is not.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

My apologies, Candy Cane and Camelot are listed on Disneyland's website. Ramada is not.

Wow, I didn't know they removed Ramada Maingate - I really like that place.

 

[Dolf]

When I used to work at WDTC, Jolly Roger was always booked up. A lot of times, people are looking for the least expensive, and that was always Jolly Roger 2 nts, 3 days. While WDTC does have a level in which they have to uphold to in order to be a Good Neighbor hotel, I have a feeling that the Jolly Roger opted out because they don't feel like they need partnership at this time. Their prices always undercut everyone else to a point where you would see on the bottom of WDTC travel brochures "price based on 2 nights and 3 days, per person, double occupancy at the Jolly Roger Hotel." Also Good Neighbor Hotels have been know to opt out one year, then opt back in another. I don't think this is the last that we have seen of the Jolly Roger.

I couldn't tell you all the specific guidelines for being a Good Neighbor hotel, but they do have to be clean, must be family friendly, and have a swimming pool. I have known some hotels to be kicked out of a program because they didn't meet some of the standards, or they had one too many guest complaints. But I have seen these hotels clean up their act and get back into the program. Just so you know, I would love to say which hotels they are, but Disney may be reading these boards, and I don't want to be contacted by the lawyers.

 

[nunzia]

I've stayed at the Jolly Roger twice for the Expos and it was fine. Rooms are much better than the outside would leave you to believe. It is pretty far from the parks (I stay on site when visiting the parks so far for ME) About 18 minute walk. I liked it MUCH better than the Carousel, but Carousel was pretty darn close. If you can get a good deal on the Jolly Roger and don't mind a bit of a walk (it's a nice walk, usually plenty of people around) then I would not hesitate to stay there.