I feel like I stayed at a different hotel than other reviewers!
We chose this hotel based on the great reviews. We knew it was going to be a budget experience so we weren't expecting luxury, but we've stayed at a lot of impressive budget-friendly places. This is NOT one of them. First off, you can't tell from the pictures but this is RIGHT next to the freeway and very cramped feeling. It's not as secluded and "Old Town" feeling as it seems. We arrived after driving all day, right before my 4yo son's bedtime, checked in and hauled our bags up to our room to discover it hadn't been serviced by housekeeping after the last guests. So we called the front desk. The guy was really nice and immediately switched us to a different room on the same floor and came up to help us move our bags. We got settled and ran a bath for our son. Then my husband used the toilet, only to discover it was broken and wouldn't flush. The same really nice guy came up and fiddled with the toilet, said he'd call us back in a while, and then called back to tell us we were switching rooms again. We dried the kid off, packed back up, and moved to our THIRD room since check-in an hour earlier. After we got our son to sleep, it was my turn for a hot bath- but the drain plug was broken so I didn't get very far. Which also meant our kid had to take showers which he doesn't like, for the remainder of our stay (no way we were switching rooms again). Also, when we turned on the AC that night- the motor was SO loud it woke him back up and none of us could sleep with it on. So we had to sleep with the room hot and stuffy. We got back from SeaWorld the next day to find our room hadn't been cleaned! Some kind of mix up due to the room switches. We'd left a ton of wet towels and food from the night before and forgotten to turn the AC back on before we left, so it was really hot, humid, stuffy and smelly. We called to complain, but housekeeping was gone already. They sent someone to bring us new towels and a trash bag; we had to bag up all our trash and just leave it outside the door and hope someone would collect it, and leave all the doors and windows open for a while to air the place out.
Other than that, the pool area was pretty;the pool was warm but full of bugs and debris. Jacuzzi was serviceable. Breakfast was just average for this type of place. The rooms were average, old but relatively clean. And the staff was very friendly. I related all the room woes to the woman at the front desk at checkout and asked for a parking charge credit. She did apologize and waived the parking for us which made me feel a little better.
Overall, I was not impressed and would never stay here again or recommend to anyone, but we appreciate the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff we interacted with.