Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel
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| Rooms | 489 |
| Resort | Disneyland Resort |
| Theme | Beach Resort |
| Website | Disneyland Resort Homepage |
| Operator | The Walt Disney Company |
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Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel is a resort hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California USA. The hotel was formerly known as the Emerald Hotel of Anaheim, Pan Pacific Hotel, and Disneyland Pacific Hotel before acquiring its current moniker in December 2000. It offers the ambiance of an intimate beach resort and many of the guest rooms overlook Paradise Pier, the waterfront land in Disney's California Adventure Park.
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[edit] Facilities
The hotel complex consists of a high-rise guest room tower with 489 rooms, which includes 29 suites. At the base of the tower is the lobby, restaurants, a gift shop, recreational facilities, over 30,000 square feet (3,000 m²) for meeting space, and a 7,250-square-foot (670 m²) ballroom.
The pool was recently renovated to include a waterslide themed to the California Screamin' roller coaster, known as California Streamin'.
[edit] Restaurants
- Disney's PCH Grill
- Yamabuki
- Surfside Lounge
[edit] Store
- Mickey in Paradise
[edit] History
The property originally opened as the Emerald Hotel in 1984 and was later known as the Pan Pacific Hotel. Disney purchased the property in December 1995 and changed its name to Disneyland Pacific Hotel. As part of the 1998-2001 expansion of the Disneyland Resort, the hotel was re-branded as Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel to complement the themed land the hotel tower overlooks in the adjacent Disney's California Adventure Park. The lobby and convention/banquet facilities have undergone several renovations since the re-branding, most notably in 2004 and 2005.
Hotel guests at one time had an exclusive entrance to Disney's California Adventure Park, located between the Corn Dog Castle and Souvenir 66 in the Paradise Pier section of the park, but it was closed due to low use in 2004. The area is now the site of the expansion of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. Guests may still access the park through the turnstiles located in Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, which are officially exclusive to guests of all Disneyland Resort hotels.
[edit] 13th floor
The hotel is one of the few tall buildings in the Western Hemisphere to have a 13th floor. Due to the common superstition of the number 13, most buildings in America skip that number — the floor after 12 is 14, then 15 and so on. This is a result of the original owners being from Japan, where 13 is not considered bad luck. Disney has not since changed this.
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