Disneyland Resort has three Disney hotels. Walking routes to the parks differ, as do the rooms, pools and restaurants. The Villas at the Disneyland Hotel and the Grand Californian are accommodation options within those hotels.
The three Disney hotels
Disneyland Hotel
The Adventure, Fantasy and Frontier towers use details from Disneyland’s early years. The Discovery tower contains the Villas. Pools include Monorail-themed slides, and Downtown Disney begins just outside the hotel.
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
A Craftsman-style hotel bordering California Adventure and Downtown Disney. It has a large timbered lobby, three pool areas and Tenaya Stone Spa. Eligible Disney hotel guests can use its park entrance.
Pixar Place Hotel
Pixar artwork carries through the rooms and public spaces. The third-floor pool deck offers fireworks viewing on selected nights. The hotel stands across Disneyland Drive from the Grand Californian.
Rooms, villas and club-level stays
The Disneyland Hotel’s Discovery tower has Duo Studios, Deluxe Studios and larger villas. The one-, two- and three-bedroom villas include kitchens and laundry facilities; studios have different layouts and equipment. The Villas at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa are another Disney Vacation Club option.
Club-level rooms add lounge access under their booking terms. Disneyland Hotel uses High Key Club, and Pixar Place uses Creators Club. Check the exact room category before assuming a lounge or a particular view is included.
Walking and park access
Disneyland Hotel connects to the parks through Downtown Disney. The Grand Californian has exits into Downtown Disney and directly into California Adventure. Disney currently directs Pixar Place guests to the California Adventure entrance inside the Grand Californian.
Using that hotel entrance requires a stay at one of the Disneyland Resort hotels. Guests ages 3 and older also need valid park admission and a reservation for the same park and date. A room reservation alone does not provide park entry.
The Downtown Disney Monorail station is near the Disneyland Hotel, but the train enters Tomorrowland inside Disneyland. It requires park admission and the applicable reservation. Walking remains the direct way to reach the esplanade and California Adventure’s main entrance.
Current hotel benefits
Disney currently includes one complimentary Lightning Lane entry per registered hotel guest, per stay, for an eligible Lightning Lane Multi Pass attraction. This is a single entry, not an unlimited pass for the whole stay. Read the current hotel benefit terms before booking.
Other listed benefits include room charging through the Disneyland app and access to a limited allocation of hotel dining reservations. Character encounters and seasonal hotel activities depend on the schedule.
The Grand Californian currently carries a refurbishment notice. Check the construction and closure updates for work that could affect your stay.
Nearby hotels
Good Neighbor Hotels are Disney-approved hotels around Anaheim, rather than additional Disney-owned resort hotels. Distance, parking charges and shuttle arrangements vary by property. Compare the location and full booking terms; the Disney-hotel benefits above do not automatically apply. Browse Disney’s Good Neighbor listings.
Earlier hotel names and additions
Disneyland Hotel’s early yearsMonorail dedication · 1961
Jack Wrather’s company opened the hotel in 1955. The Monorail reached the hotel in 1961; Walt Disney, Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville are pictured at the dedication. Disney acquired the hotel with the Wrather Corporation in 1988.
The Grand Californian opensFront entrance · Photo from 2014
The hotel welcomed its first paying guests on January 2, 2001, before its February 8 grand opening. The Disney Vacation Club addition opened in September 2009.
Disney’s Paradise Pier HotelFormer name · Photo from 2014
The hotel became Pixar Place Hotel on January 30, 2024. The change brought new room décor, public spaces and a redesigned pool area.
Sources
Updated November 9, 2026. Room categories, hotel benefits, entrance arrangements and refurbishment schedules can change. The hotel’s current booking terms govern what is included.
Disneyland Hotel · Grand Californian · Pixar Place Hotel · Current hotel benefits
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Disney / Disneyland Resort: Disneyland Hotel; Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa; Pixar Place Hotel.
Disney / Disneyland Hotel: room and Monorail-themed pool. Disney / Good Neighbor Hotels: Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel. Capture dates for these and the three hotel directory photos are not supplied.
Andrew Krivsky / Limitless Park: Downtown Disney Monorail sign, 2014.
Disney / D23: Disneyland Hotel Monorail dedication, June 11, 1961.
Patrick Pelletier / Wikimedia Commons: Grand Californian front entrance and Paradise Pier Hotel front, August 3, 2014. CC BY-SA 4.0. The images and their cropped/grey display adaptations retain that license.
Photographs are cropped to fit the cards and fade to grey when a card opens. Earlier site photographs are archival views; signs, scenery and seasonal decorations may have changed. Dates on historical cards identify the photographs, not the full operating years of each hotel.