Tokyo Disney & Disney Sea Series Part 2
We have stayed at the New Sanno as well as the Palm & Fountain Terrace hotel, which is a Japanese hotel.
Sign on outside entrance of New Sanno
New Sanno Hotel - stayed in April 2007
It's a great hotel for military families, the cost is based on rank and for us was approx. $35/night which is super cheap for Tokyo. The hotel itself is really nice. It has several resturants, a tiny NEX/BX, small commissary, beauty salon, and swimming pool in the hotel. This hotel fills up fast, especially during peak seasons such as Spring Break, ect so be sure to book as far as you can in advance, they take reservations up to a year in advance.
It is about a 5 minute walk to the nearest subway station and has easy driving access to the on/off ramp. There is a parking garage located under the hotel.
A note about the swimming pool, it is a great way to wear out the kids BUT make sure you remember everything you need like swimsuits, googles, ect as the NEX/BX does not carry any of these items, which I found odd consisdering there is a pool in the hotel.
One of the resturants is a formal dining resturant. Another on the main floor has buffet style eating. There is also a Japanese resturant where you can make reservations to have your meal cooked in front of you. Our favorite restaurant is located on the BX floor, Hero's, it serves kid friendly foods such as grilled cheese, french fries, and soft serve ice cream as a decent price.
The commissary (and I use this word loosely) was great for purchasing cereal (in individual bowls) and milk for breakfast in the room.
You can even rent strollers from the New Sanno as well! Internet is available in the rooms as well. Check out the website for more information.
Picture is looking out the Palm Terrace Hotel towards the Fountain Terrace Hotel
Palm & Fountain Terrace Hotel - stayed April 2008
The 2 best things about this hotel is 1) it's cheap for a Tokyo hotel room and 2) it's a Disney Partner hotel so it provides a free 15-minute shuttle to Disney and you can buy Disney Tickets at the hotel to avoid the wait at the parks. It's actually 2 hotels side by side one is the Palm and one is the Fountain hotel. One is pink the other is yellow. We stayed in the pink Palm Hotel.
When we started planning our 2nd trip to Tokyo in Jan 2008 to meet my parents in Tokyo we found that the New Sanno was already booked for Spring Break week. That left me scrambling to find a decent priced hotel in Tokyo. Most hotels in Tokyo charge at least $100 per PERSON per night, and with 5 of us plus my parents I wasn't too happy about that. I was pleased to find a good review on a website about the Palm & Fountain Terrace hotel so I went to the website to check out prices. I was so happy when I found we could get a room for $162 per NIGHT, not person! Yes, it's more expensive than the New Sanno, but New Sanno wasn't an option and we figured this would give us (and my parents) a chance to experience a Japanese hotel. Plus they had openings for Spring Break week!
We were really impressed with the hotel, it was big, nice and the customer service was great! Plus all of the staff spoke English. The rooms were a good size, but we did have to get 2 rooms with 7 people, most Japanese hotels only allow 4 people per room due to fire hazards.
They had prepaid cards you could buy for internet access and you could access it down in a back lobby room with tables.
Omah and the boys checking emails
There was a breakfast buffet that you can purchase for 800 yen ($8) for adults and 500 yen ($5) for kids. We ate there one morning and it was OK but not great enough for a trip back. There is a Lawson's (connivence store) open 24 hours and you can buy food like fruit, fruit bowls, ect so we bought breakfast items from there a few mornings.
There is also a Disney store located in the hotel. It was a great place to purchase ponchos for my parents and the kids to look at Disney keepsakes.
The hotel was located within walking distance (5 minutes) to a nice restaurant where we cooked dinner on a grill at the table. It was a great experience for my parents for their first dinner in Japan.
Warning to parents with kids are are lots of vending machines with toys and games where you try to grab toys, the Japanese seem to love these things! Poppie & Omah ended up shelling out a few dollars to the kids to they could play some of them.
The boys playing a game
Once again if you have any questions feel free to post a comment :)
Labels: hotels, New Sanno, Palm and Fountain Terrace, Tokyo, Travel
posted by Mrs. B @ 1:56 AM
1 Comments:
What a really great price for a hotel room, $35 dollars is amazing but you already know that, lol. So what the second hotel like where you stayed? I love good hotels but I love it even better when I get an amazing room rate. Hey you should check out the hotel I work for when you travel again. They're have a super promotion and the room rates...well they pretty dang good right now. Check it out :-D
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