Anaheim RV Park

Well we got back home yesterday and had a successful trip. The park worked out really well for us. The shuttle was pretty convenient and we drove one of the days and that worked out well also for about the same price as bus passes. All in all we've decided that we'll do it again next time as it really saves a lot of money on food and lodging over the course of an 8 day trip.

The only negative was quite a few little black ants that worked their way into the trailer by the last day or two. I doubt they'll like Idaho winters if they make it that long... :B

Definitely outside my comfort zone from a density standpoint but once you accept that it's basically like being in a hotel while traveling versus camping it's fine.

We stay at Anaheim RV park every Jan. and really love it. you cant beat the price compared to hotels in the area and the shuttle makes it super easy. I would recommend this park to anyone going to Disneyland. You just have to remember your not camping your traveling.

aerbus32 wrote:
I will say that staying at one of the Disneyland resorts would be a much better family experience.

Yeah - we miss the days of staying at the Disneyland Caqmpground. Back in the day we would pay $105 per person for 3 nights at the campground, admission for 2 days into Disneyland, and 1 day at our choice of Knott's or Universal - now $105 might get you into Disneyland for one day...

We stayed there about a year ago. Specifically requested a site where we could have satellite tv clearance. No problem. I will say that staying at one of the Disneyland resorts would be a much better family experience. Total Disney immersion would come at a much heavier financial cost though.

Orangeland was fine. Near train station, dining and sports venues-especially desirable if you're looking to ride Amtrak or Metrolink. A couple years ago took a shuttle to Disneyland from there-don't remember the cost. Do remember the last return of their shuttle was quite early. Next time for Disneyland I'll try other means to get to Disneyland. Or stay at Anaheim which I haven't tried yet.

We like the Anaheim RV Park due to it's location. However, in two weeks we are going back down for dinner at Disneyland and decided to stay a few miles away at Orangeland RV Park.

Thanks for the feedback, guys. We talked it over last night and I think we're going to give the fifth wheel a shot. The density level is a little different than I'm accustomed to but I guess that's what you get when you camp someplace like Anaheim.

Appreciate the advice!

We have stayed twice and highly recommend it! Pay for a pull through and use the transit from the park. Walmart (grocery & Rx) close by. We made breakfast and microwave dinners to spread the $.

We were there the end of January. Trees and tree branches were in our way turning into our space. I could not get my Travler to lock on to the Directv satellites due to the tree branches covering our rig. I didn't like the fact that the park is not fenced so don't leave anything outside. The reason we pick this park was for the free tram to D-land, which turned out not to be free. For the 6 of us it's a wash. D-land parking is $18 per day ($54 for our three days) and the tram is the same price - so no advantage there. If I were to do it again I would look for another park.

We just did Disneyland both from the RV park and from a hotel (while the RV had some repairs done).

You can't beat the convenience of location if you get a hotel right near the Disneyland entrance. You can walk to the parks (saved us $17/day in ART/bus costs). BUT- the nightly rate is way higher (3 to almost 4x for me with staying at a Marriott). There was no kitchen in the hotel that we stayed at, so our food costs were higher. Our hotel had a small pool. The neighboring hotel had a whole little water park- decide if that's important for you. We paid extra for a "themed"-room and it had some Cars stuff on the walls. It gave you a nice Disney feel, though I'm not sure how much I would pay for that again.


The view of the fireworks from the balcony was really nice:


Walking, you won't be alone at the end of the night:


You'll always have the age-old argument of hotel vs. RV park.

We then moved over to the RV park once the camper was done. The RV park is strangely situated off of city streets. There is no concept of security/no gate/no nothing. We didn't have any issues, but it was different than what I'm accustomed to. The park has spaces for big rigs down to little guys. We were a little cozy on our site with a 42' fifth wheel + 22' truck- mostly with parking the truck and making sure we weren't hanging into the campground road. Taking the ART (bus) was $17/day for us because we didn't buy multi-day passes. The walk wasn't realistic for us, though I read others do it. I wouldn't drive + pay for parking, even if it was cheaper- the drop off for the buses was very convenient to the hub between the parks.

The view of fireworks from the campsite wasn't bad either:


Our campsite:


We didn't use it, but the RV park had a small pool. And the laundry facilities were decent, though only a few machines per building (we ultimately had to spread our laundry across machines in 2 buildings on laundry day).

Other sites were pull-thrus and had parking behind them for trucks:


ART fares when we were there:


*Double check the route # when you're there. The sign at Disney was wrong and we went on a joy ride with a driver our first trip home.