Anaheim Disneyland Beach Hotels, Southern California Theme Park Beaches Map

Anaheim,Calif. --Disneyland Beaches--Shown above is a map of Southern California beaches and their relationship to Disneyland. You can actually buy your theme park tickets to Disneyland and stay at beach hotels in the surrounding area. We have provided a map with driving distances of anywhere from 25 minutes to 90 minutes (average non-rush hour traffic). While some Anaheim hotels provide the advantage of buses that come by and take guests to Universal Studios Hollywood, or even Las Vegas, the beach can't be beat for a vacation that combines theme park fun with cool evening strolls, bonfires and wiener roasts, and sunsets over the Pacific Ocean. Now that's a winning combo!

When Walt Disney built a theme park to entertain his children and all kids who needed a happy, fantasy place to play, Disney's marketing acumen was on target. If you build a theme park at a beach, there's this entire ocean on one side of the park that misses potential traffic and visitors, based on a marketing theory.

Anaheim has no beaches. It built a theme park, California Adventure, with an entire section devoted to the beach experience, but nothing quite compares with the real deal. For those who visit Disney Resorts on a vacation, seeing a beach is part of their vacation at least 50% of the time. And while Anaheim offers over 150 affordable hotels catering to families, those alluring beaches aren't that far away that tourists can't book hotel rooms at the beach, then drive to theme park each day.

So where are Anaheim and Disneyland's best beaches for a theme park and beach vacation?  Assuming you know you'll need to drive to the theme park, then consider that the Disneyland fireworks are launched around 9:15-9:30 p.m. each night, and the beaches Orange County close around 10 p.m. That doesn't give you time for fun at night. Disneyland opens anywhere from 8 to 9 a.m. depending on the season, so you won't get much time to enjoy the beach during the day, as well. But if you know all this and have some of your family opting for the beach instead of the park, or you have extra days to stick around to enjoy the beach, then we recommend you go for it and have a good time.  If you want to see other types of Disneyland vacations, here are a few more ideas.

ORANGE COUNTY BEACH HOTELS 

Orange County beaches and Los Angeles Conty beaches are the closest beaches to Disneyland Resorts. Thanks to freeways that connect on fairly direct routes to Newport Beach and Long Beach, you can be in either city in less than 30 minutes from Disneyland when the traffic is good. The beaches are worth checking out, and a hotel stay on the coast isn't a bad idea. The weather can be 10 degrees cooler at the ocean, so be sure to have a jacket for the often cool nights.

See the map and links to beach hotels to the beaches and hotels in Orange County, including Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Sunset Beach, Dana Point and San Clemente

Newport Beach - 22 minutes to Disneyland
CA-55 S
18.8 miles 22 minutes to and from Disneyland
40 mins in traffic

Huntington Beach - 31 minutes
CA-22 W
18.9 miles 31 minutes to and from Disneyland

Laguna Beach - 33 minutes
Driving directions to 1600 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
25.5 mi – about 33 minutes to and from Disneyland (up to 50 mins in traffic)
Suggested routes
I-5 S
25.5 miles 33 mins
50 mins in traffic
CA-55 S
27.9 miles 35 mins
50 mins in traffic
CA-73 S
25.8 miles 42 mins
 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEACH HOTELS

Long Beach  - 23 minutes to Disneyland

Golden Sails
Driving directions to 6285 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90803
15.9 miles – about 23 minutes to and from Disneyland (up to 30 mins in traffic)
Suggested routes

Long Beach Hyatt
Driving directions to 200 S Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802
19.4 mi – about 31 minutes to and from Disneyland
Suggested routes
CA-22 W
19.4 miles 31 mins
CA-91 W
27.6 miles 33 mins
1 hour 10 mins in traffic
I-605 S
26.8 miles 36 mins
45 mins in traffic

Santa Monica 45 minutes to Disneyland

Georgian Hotel
Driving directions to 1415 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401
41.3 miles – about 44 minutes to and from Disneyland (up to 2 hours 10 mins in traffic)

Catalina Island - minimum two hours travel to Disneyland

30 minutes to Long Beach or Newport Beach, plus 1 hour minimum boat ride.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACH HOTELS

Carlsbad  - 60 minutes to Disneyland

Beach Terrace Inn
Driving directions to 2775 Ocean St, Carlsbad, CA 92008
61.0 miles – about 1 hour 0 minutes to and from Disneyland (up to 1 hour 20 mins in traffic)

Why would you want to stay in Carlsbad when visiting Disneyland? 2 reasons--Legoland California, and Carlsbad beaches. Combining the best of both worlds, this rare situation offers a dream vacation for parents with children who will find Legoland charming in its own way, and custom catered to youth and tots.

San Diego - 90 minutes to Disneyland
Driving directions to 1775 E Mission Bay Dr, San Diego, CA 92109
88.8 miles – about 1 hour 26 minutes to and from Disneyland (up to 1 hour 50 mins in traffic)