When Disney claims you can “stay in the middle of the magic,” they’re not kidding around. The three official Disney resort hotels are smack dab inside the Disneyland Resort—one even has direct entry to a park! You can’t sleep this close to the parks at even the more expansive Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. We’ve stayed at each of the three Disney resort hotels, and we love each one for its own unique qualities.

All three Disney hotels—the original Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, and the newest, Disney’s Grand Californian—are within easy walking distance of the Disneyland Resort theme parks, with the Grand Californian being the closest. Each hotel offers deluxe accommodations equivalent to a 3- or 4-star hotel. You can expect a basic level of service regardless of which one you choose—these amenities and features are described on the next three pages. Better yet, guests of any of the three Disney resort hotels are entitled to exclusive benefits, described below. For information on how to reserve a room, see page 38.

Opening in 2021, a new four-star hotel will be located in the west end of Disneyland's Downtown Disney District. The hotel will include a monorail station with direct monorail access to inside the Disneyland park. An upper level restaurant and lounge will provide views of the fireworks. 700 guest rooms plus extensive landscaping and water features, plus shopping and dining venues will offer guests a respite from the parks. Construction is set to begin in 2018 and finish in 2019.

Rumor Alert: Disney officials submitted plans in June 2016 to add a fourth Disney-themed hotel on property! According to the documents, this construction would be 700-room, four-diamond hotel at the north end of the Downtown Disney parking lot. Construction could start in 2018, and the hotel itself could open in 2021. If we hear more, we'll update this page!