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89 Rooms a Day at 89 Dollars a Night at Hilton Anaheim

Where: 777 Convention Way [map], Anaheim, CA, United States, 92802

In the mood for a lil' bit of Disneyland magic? Maybe some Angels baseball? Or do you, perhaps, have a crisp Benjamin lying around and you want to spend those dollas on a hotel room and an $11 bottle of wine for you and your honey?

The newly-renovated Hilton Anaheim's gotchya: throughout the rest of 2009, the hotel is offering 89 of its rooms every day for the semi-ridiculous price of $89 per night.

The massive 1,572-room hotel — located just next door to the Anaheim Convention Center and about a block from Disneyland — was given a complete overhaul that wrapped up in January. And to fill up those crisp, clean new rooms, the hotel is running an 89@89 Promo (looks like someone went a little cray-cray with the numbers line on the keyboard) via their Advance Purchase Rate — i.e., you have to book your room at least 21 days in advance to snag one of the cheapie rooms.

To get on it, go here and cite promo code QO. And before you go, check out the hotel's blog for weekly happenings, drink specials and whatnot.

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Officials Arrest Tinkerbell, Peter Pan During Disneyland Hotel Worker Protests

It's probably in your best interests to stay away from Disneyland and all of its hotels this week, as things are so chaotic over there right now that they've gone and arrested Tinkerbell. What is this world coming to?

Yesterday, we caught wind of the plans for Disneyland hotel workers' protests to go down last night. The issues involve about 2,300 unionized hotel workers at three Disney-owned hotels: the Paradise Pier, the Grand Californian and the Disneyland Hotel.

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Earthquake in Los Angeles Rattles Detective Convention at Anaheim Hotel

Where: 700 W Convention Way [map], Anaheim, CA, United States, 92802

Just before noon, a decent-sized quake--5.8 on the Richter--struck the Los Angeles area, sending shocks from Los Angeles to San Diego and as far away as Las Vegas. The epicenter was 29 miles from downtown LA near Chino Hills in San Bernadino County.

No major disasters have been reported yet but a couple thousand donut fans were affected in Anaheim.

About 2,000 detectives were attending a gang conference at the Marriott Hotel in Anaheim when a violent jolt was felt in the main conference room. Mike Willever, who was at the hotel, said, "First we heard the ceiling shaking, then the chandelier started to shake, then there was a sudden movement of the floor."

But what about the donuts? Are they ok? (We kid, we kid.)

Since Anaheim is also home to Disneyland, the park rides have been evacuated and will be inspected for any damage. Fortunately, everything else in SoCal seems ok--a little rattled but ok.

Any Los Angeles hotels affected by the earthquake? Let us know.

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Snapshot:: Hilton Anaheim Gets Much-Needed Room Upgrades

Where: 777 Convention Way [map], Anaheim, CA, United States, 92802

For those who frequent Disneyland, the Hilton Anaheim recently got some room renovations. The hotel is located about a mile from the park and judging from some reviews on TripAdvisor, the Hilton was desperately in need of renovations. As one reviewer wrote:

I was shocked by the shabbiness of the room that I was assigned. The prior reviews are valid - this hotel is like something out of the 70's - beige wicker - pale pink florals.

Beige wicker, yikes! We actually got our hands on a pic of a room before renovations. While we didn't spy any pink florals, there was some suspicious beige furniture.

Thankfully, the Hilton will be getting a more modern look. This is a shot of one of the renovated rooms. The hotel has nearly 2,000 rooms (it's also located next to a conference center) and about 240 of the rooms have been renovated. The rest of the rooms will be done floor by floor with all rooms expected to be finished by August 2008.

If you book here and want to stay in a renovated room, call the hotel and ask for one. (We don't trust computers to handle these sort of requests). There will be a $30 premium for a renovated room. But at least you won't have to look at beige wicker.

The Hilton Anaheim's "BEFORE" shot after the jump.

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