New hotels in Anaheim

Anaheim built more new hotel rooms in the two years around the pandemic than in the previous decade, and the results cluster tightly around one goal: giving the Disneyland Resort and Anaheim Convention Center a stronger bench of four-diamond, ground-up properties. Three towers — the JW Marriott, The Westin Anaheim Resort, and The Viv Hotel — opened within about fifteen months of each other, all inside the compact Anaheim Resort district a few minutes' walk from the parks.

What to do

A weekend in Anaheim

Most visitors build a weekend around Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, both walkable from any of the three tracked hotels. Reserve one evening for Downtown Disney's restaurants and shops, and use a rooftop bar back at the hotel — Parkestry at the JW Marriott or RISE at the Westin — to catch the nightly fireworks without fighting park crowds for a viewing spot. If you have a free morning, the Anaheim Packing District a short drive north is a good detour for coffee and a food-hall lunch away from the resort bubble.

A full week

A full week gives room to slow down: split park days with a trip to Angel Stadium if there's a game, or to the Honda Center for a concert, both a short rideshare from the Anaheim Resort hotels. Orange County's beaches — Huntington Beach and Newport Beach — are each under 30 minutes by car and worth a full day away from the theme parks. Convention travelers extending a business trip into leisure time will find all three tracked hotels have the meeting space and Wi-Fi to work mornings and park-hop afternoons.

Neighborhoods

Disneyland Resort District

This is the immediate few blocks around Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, and it's where all three tracked hotels sit: the JW Marriott and The Westin Anaheim Resort are directly across from the park gates, while The Viv Hotel is about four blocks away on Anaheim Boulevard. It's the most walkable base for a park-focused trip, with Downtown Disney's restaurants and shops folded into the same footprint.

Anaheim Convention Center / Resort District

The Westin Anaheim Resort and the JW Marriott both sit adjacent to the Anaheim Convention Center, one of the largest exhibition venues on the West Coast, which is why both were built with tens of thousands of square feet of meeting space. This is the natural base for anyone in town for a trade show or conference rather than the parks.

Downtown Anaheim

A short drive or rideshare from the resort district, Downtown Anaheim and the nearby Anaheim Packing District offer a food-hall and craft-brewery scene distinct from the theme-park corridor. None of the tracked hotels are located here — it's better treated as a dining and nightlife excursion from a resort-district base than a lodging base itself.

ocV!BE / Honda Center District

A large mixed-use development is rising around the Honda Center arena, with two new hotels (roughly 550 rooms combined) planned as part of it. Those hotels are not expected to open until 2028 and 2029, well past this guide's current tracking window, so for now this district is a spectator and future-development story rather than a place to book a room.

Which hotel for your trip

Families and Disneyland-first visitors

All three hotels work, but families chasing pool time will likely prefer The Viv Hotel's family-oriented Oasis Pool with its firepit, or the Westin's cabana-lined pool deck; both keep a separate adults-only pool space free of the crowds.

Convention and business travelers

The JW Marriott and The Westin Anaheim Resort are the two purpose-built convention hotels here, each offering large ballrooms and being steps from the Anaheim Convention Center — pick between them largely on room count and budget, since the Westin is the bigger of the two at 618 rooms.

Couples wanting a rooftop view

Parkestry at the JW Marriott is billed as Anaheim's highest rooftop bar, while RISE at the Westin and Top of the V at The Viv Hotel both offer their own fireworks-facing perches — any of the three delivers a solid evening view without a park ticket.

Travelers who want a boutique feel over a big-brand one

The Viv Hotel, Anaheim is the closest thing to a boutique option among the three: it's the smallest by room count, carries Marriott's independent-leaning Tribute Portfolio flag, and its two-pool, rooftop-restaurant layout feels less corporate than its convention-hotel neighbors.

Longer stays combining parks and conventions

Travelers splitting a trip between convention days and park days should lean toward the JW Marriott or Westin for the meeting infrastructure, then treat an evening at The Viv Hotel's rooftop or Downtown Disney as the leisure half of the itinerary.

Frequently asked questions

What is the newest hotel in Anaheim near Disneyland?

Among verified post-2020 openings, The Westin Anaheim Resort is the most recent, having opened in June 2021 as a ground-up, 618-room build directly across from the Disneyland Resort.

Is the JW Marriott, Anaheim Resort within walking distance of Disneyland?

Yes. It sits at Anaheim GardenWalk on South Clementine Street, a short walk from the Disneyland Resort entrances and adjacent to the Anaheim Convention Center.

What happened to the Radisson Blu Anaheim?

It was rebranded in August 2022 to The Viv Hotel, Anaheim, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, under Marriott. The building and its 326 rooms are unchanged from its original November 2020 opening — only the brand and name changed.

Are there new hotels planned for the Honda Center / ocV!BE district?

Yes, two hotels totaling roughly 550 rooms are planned as part of the ocV!BE mixed-use development around the Honda Center, but they are not expected to open until 2028 and 2029, so they aren't part of this guide's current tracked openings.

Which of Anaheim's new hotels has the most meeting space?

The Westin Anaheim Resort, with more than 47,000 square feet including its 16,120-square-foot Anabella Ballroom, edges out the JW Marriott's 40,000-plus square feet.

Do any of these hotels offer rooftop pools?

The Viv Hotel, Anaheim has a rooftop, adults-only pool and bar with Disneyland views in addition to its family-oriented Oasis Pool; the JW Marriott and Westin both have ground-level or pool-deck pools instead.