Disney's Hotel Santa Fe

Cars and Route 66 theming

Exterior of the hotel with rocks and dessert plants and terracotta toned buildings

General Hotel Information

2 Star Hotel, 20 minute walk to the parks

Santa Fe is a 2 star hotel and is usually the cheapest of the onsite Disney hotels.

 

It had cute Cars and Route 66 theming and has the following facilities:

  • La Cantina - all you can eat tex-mex buffet restaurant
  • Rio Grande Bar
  • Trading Post - onsite shop selling Disney merchandise and some snacks and drinks
  • Starbucks

There is no pool at this hotel and you cannot use the pools at other Disney hotels.

 

There is 24 hour reception, concierge and left luggage facilities (free of charge). There is also a free shuttle to the parks, but this can get very busy. It is wheelchair accessible but I usually prefer to walk. 

 

While all accessible rooms are on the ground floor this hotel does have some standard rooms that are up a flight of stairs with no lift.

 

You can meet one of the following characters each day (which one is random) in a special Cars/Route 66 themed outfit:

  • Mickey
  • Minnie
  • Pluto
  • Goofy
Image shows a southern US themed bar area with tables and chairs
Meet and greet with goofy dressed as a mechanic in the hotel lobby
Map showing the location of santa Fe, near to Hotel cheyenne and a bit further than the disney lake
Image showing the buffet area in th ela cantina restaurant that is themed with oil drums and car items

Room Information

Image of a standard room showing 2 double beds, a tv, dresser, chair and traffic cone shaped lamps, the bedspreads feature cars characters
Standard Rooms

Most standard rooms at Santa Fe have 2 double beds and sleep up to four, plus an infant. There are some family rooms available but you normally need to call to check availability for these. 

 

They do not have air conditioning, only a ceiling fan, and do not include drink making facilities as standard, though you can request a kettle. They do not have fridges. They do have in room safes and travel cots are available. 

 

Standard bathrooms have a bath (though it has quite low sides) with a shower over. They provide shower gel, soap, shampoo and conditioner. There is a hairdryer but it is not very powerful. 

Image of an area of the room with a bench and a shelf above that has a hanging rail underneath and coat hangers
Image of the side of the sink which is a black worktop with some miniature toiletry bottles and wrapped cups, along with a box of tissues all themed to cars
Image showing a room with a single double bed and a chair, the bed is raised from the ground on legs and has a cars themed bed runner
Accessible Rooms

Accessible rooms also sleep up to four plus an infant but currently consist of two interconnected rooms. One room has one double bed and an accessible bathroom and the connected room has a double bed (it may sometimes also have a sofa bed but this is not guaranteed) and a standard bathroom.

 

The floor is carpeted and there is space to move around in a wheelchair. The bed is on legs with space to fit a hoist underneath (though Disney do not provide these). The room safe and hanging rails can be reached and there is a lower level peephole in the door. 

 

There are no emergency cords. There are some plug sockets available but I would always recommend bringing an extension and multiplug, especially if you need items to be plugged in by the bed. Don't forget an EU adaptor!

 

The accessible bathroom is a large wetroom with a sliding door. There is a sink area with space to roll under, a raised toilet with some grabrails and a shower. Within the shower there is a fold down shower seat and a fold down grabrail. Alas on my last trip they had left the shower head right at the top of the rail!

Image of a room with one double bed, a chair, dresser with TV and a sofa bed
Image of an area of the room with a bench and a shelf above that has a hanging rail underneath and coat hangers
Image of an area of the wetroom showing a sink area with space to roll under and a toilet with grabrails
Image of a shower area of the bathroom with a fold down shower chair, grabrails and a bottle of shower gel

“This hotel does the job, it can be quite far to the parks but the rooms have everything you need and you get all the perks of a Disney Hotel, plus the main reception, restaurant and bar areas are super smooth to roll on!”

Wheelie Good DLP opinion, 2 stays, most recent March 2023

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