Hi my mom is planning a trip to disneyland in November and is inquiring about good hotels/motels that are wheelchair accessible and close to the park. Any help to this would be great and thanks.:)

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Hi my mom is planning a trip to disneyland in November and is inquiring about good hotels/motels that are wheelchair accessible and close to the park. Any help to this would be great and thanks.:)

What is your price point? How far do you consider "close"?

November is too close to consider a Disney property.

The only hotels in the area that I've seen the HCA rooms are the convention center hotels, more specifically the Marriott and the West Coast Anaheim. They have decent HCA rooms but your party will have a bit of a walk to the park or will have to use the ART shuttle which has had mixed reviews from wheelchair users.

Adrienne

Heck, nowadays most all hotels have HCA rooms...

I know that the Red Roof Inn on Disney Way has them.

The best thing to do is to contact the hotel directly and ask.

I thought that EVERY establishment had to be wheelchair accessible?? I know around here there are public areas that had to add ramps etc. And our town is 150 years old, everything had to be modified. Many businesses were having a hard time with the renovations and I know there was much discussion about businesses going out of business because they couldn't make their place accessible.

I know the Residence Inn in Garden Grove is accessible. I believe every room is. They all have huge doors into every room, the bathrooms are large enough for wheelchairs (from what I can see anyway).. but it's a newer hotel, only a couple years old, so maybe the new hotels HAVE to be accessible? I also know some of the rooms actually have a little wheelchair emblem by the door. Don't know what that is for though.

As far as ART goes with a wheelchair. All I can say is, we weren't impressed with ART and are NOT handicapped and didn't even have strollers, and decided to drive ourselves. I can only imagine it would be difficult with a wheelchair on ART.. but maybe not? Maybe you get priority seating?

Every ART vehicle has a wheelchair lift or ramp, and is designed to carry the electric versions, which are larger than a normal wheelchair.

Also, by taking ART, you only have to get into one vehicle. If you park yourself, you will have to load into your personal vehicle, then after you park, travel to the Tram loading area, and then reload into one of Disney's vehicles. So by using the ART, you save in loading time, plus cut down on the amount of distance you have to travel.

I thought that EVERY establishment had to be wheelchair accessible?? I know around here there are public areas that had to add ramps etc. And our town is 150 years old, everything had to be modified. Many businesses were having a hard time with the renovations and I know there was much discussion about businesses going out of business because they couldn't make their place accessible.

I know the Residence Inn in Garden Grove is accessible. I believe every room is. They all have huge doors into every room, the bathrooms are large enough for wheelchairs (from what I can see anyway).. but it's a newer hotel, only a couple years old, so maybe the new hotels HAVE to be accessible? I also know some of the rooms actually have a little wheelchair emblem by the door. Don't know what that is for though.

As far as ART goes with a wheelchair. All I can say is, we weren't impressed with ART and are NOT handicapped and didn't even have strollers, and decided to drive ourselves. I can only imagine it would be difficult with a wheelchair on ART.. but maybe not? Maybe you get priority seating?No, not every room is required to be accessible. Older hotels are exempt. And most places have less than 10% HA. BUT, most of the local hotels do have HA rooms. Anabella has several, as does Hojos and the Hilton. I am not sure about Park Inn. Best Westerns do have HA rooms. Good luck!!

Every ART vehicle has a wheelchair lift or ramp, and is designed to carry the electric versions, which are larger than a normal wheelchair.Last time we were there (July) not all ARTs had lifts. Friends had to wait til one came on the route (an hour.) If you tell them ahead of time, they will make sure there is one there.

Thanks everyone for the help, she's gonna check the red roof inn, we had some information from a travel agent and I wanted to find out from other people. She is primarly just looking for the easiest to and from the hotel/park hotel that has the wheelchair/handicap access. Shes excited about going as she hans't gone since 75 and is looking forward to everything down there.


thanks again everyone for helping