You can't go wrong with this hotel it's walking distance from Sea World and a very short drive to Misson Beach, which is the best beach in the area. We stayed in the older side for 5 days with a family of 4, that's parent and 2 teenagers. the 15 & 16 yr old boys loved this hotel. We asked for marina veiw first floor and we got room 608, perfect parking right outside our door with a beautifulmarina veiw. Within 100 feet there's a conveniance store. The Concierges are great. Use them for everything. Thanks Jesse. Also they turned me on to San Diego Concierge at [--] a FREE source of great info & cheap hotel deals. Call them now if yore planning a trip to San Diego. We went across the street to a fishing trip at $40 each person plus license for older than 15 at $13 @ and pole rental a $12 each.
Note to self make sure that they are going to the sea kelp beds along La Jollla beach and not out to sea for big fish like tuna. The boys & we thought that the zoo was a bust. Omaha in NE was better. The animals werent out to see. If you go get on the doulbel level bus to see everthing and then you'll see how small this zoo is and you won't waslw alot of time. Travelocity was great! we decide to leave the Dana an fo tp Hollywood the they refunded our rooms. FYI get a room in advance in Hollywood, all rooms were sold out& we had to stay in 30 minutes away. Kids liked the looks of Hollywood but want to go back to San Diego ASAP, so we call SAn Diego concierge for a great cheap room.

My husband and I stayed 4 nights at The Dana and had a wonderful experience. We appreciated the free shuttle to and from the airport, cruise terminal, and Sea World. There is also a bus line directly in front of the hotel so it was easy and inexpensive to go downtown. The concierge was very friendly and helped us arrange an Old Town Trolley tour that picked us up at the hotel. The hotel has 2 very nice pools and spas. The two restaurants and room service were excellent. We'd definitely go here again.

We have just returned from 2 and a half weeks in California. We stayed for our first 5 nights in the Dana and were very impressed with everything there.

The staff were very helpful and friendly. The food at both restaurants was lovely. We enjoyed both pools and found the whole experience a very nice introduction to America as this was our first visit.

Breakfast at the Firefly was magnificent and snacks around the pool were very welcome too.

Our room was spotless and very comfortable, overlooking the bay on the ground floor with a patio. It was handy having a fridge and a microwave in the room too.

As far as location is concerned. It was great to be able to walk to Seaworld but we did obviously hire a car and were able to see the rest of San Diego whilst we were there.

All in all a great experience and we would be very happy to return.

We stayed in one of the older buildings in the hotel in a ground floor room with patio near the tropical pool. The upper floors had no balcony to sit out, so if in that part of the hotel I would recommend requesting a ground floor room.

The rooms were spacious with a plasma tv, fridge and microwave. On arrival the receptionist on noting we were a family of 4 (with teenagers) in one room she looked for a larger room than we had been allocated which was appreciated. So perhaps some rooms would not be as spacious as ours.

We booked a couple of trips via the concierge desk and found all staff we dealt with to be pleasant, friendly and helpful. We ate in the Blue Pearl restaurant - good menu and again friendly staff

Overall we had a fantastic holiday and were very happy with our choice of hotel.