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A half-mile from SeaWorld, this smoke-free San Diego resort hotel occupies 13 acres along Mission Bay. Ocean Beach is about a mile from The Dana, and the San Diego Zoo is 5.5 miles away.
A bayside infinity pool offers views of the hotel's private marina, while a seasonal tropical pool includes a game area. Spa tubs are adjacent to both pools. The Blue Pearl Casual Eatery, serves complete cooked breakfast every morning 6:30 AM-11:30 AM, and lunch and dinner, with a menu for children. Dining options also include the Firefly Restaurant and Bar with pool views, offering lunch and dinner and also providing a children's menu. Wireless Internet access (complimentary) is available throughout the hotel. Outdoor parking is available on site (surcharge). A roundtrip airport shuttle is available for a surcharge.
Guestrooms are located in 2 areas: Water's Edge and Marina Cove. Water's Edge rooms include bay-view balconies and sofa beds. Marina Cove rooms have marina, pool, or courtyard views, or non-views. All guestrooms feature complimentary wireless Internet access, high-definition televisions with satellite service, HBO, and pay movies. All guestrooms are non-smoking.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Children staying free must occupy the parent or guardian’s room with existing bedding and may not be eligible for free breakfast (if one is offered).
You’ll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
Self parking costs USD 20 per night with in/out privileges (a different rate applies for extended parking)
Air conditioning is available for an extra charge
Cribs/Infant beds are available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of USD 10 per person (one way)
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For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Children staying free must occupy the parent or guardian’s room with existing bedding and may not be eligible for free breakfast (if one is offered).
You’ll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
Self parking costs USD 20 per night with in/out privileges (a different rate applies for extended parking)
Air conditioning is available for an extra charge
Cribs/Infant beds are available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of USD 10 per person (one way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
During warm weather, crowds pack the waters off Mission Beach and Pacific Beach, two of the most popular stretches of San Diego sand. These laidback locales are known to host the occasional farmer’s market or arts festival. Mission Boulevard connects both beaches and leads north to La Jolla.
see all hotels in San Diego"Not as great as it looked"
Although you see the amazing photographs of the picturesque location, the actual hotel doesn't turn out to be that great. We quickly regretted going through the trouble of adding an addt'l day. Yes, we went through trouble trying to convince the Dana to add an addt'l night prior to our arrival. After their refusal of letting us stay in the same room […] because we had booked through hotels.com I called hotels.com and they were super helpful and nice!!! (They arranged everything for us!) That should have been our first clue that the place wouldn't be as great as it looked! After a long drive, as soon as we got to the room we jumped onto the bed to watch some tv with our toddler. The tv did not work, even after it was serviced by personnel. The pillows were extremely firm and too high. We requested softer pillows which we've never had to do in any of our hotel stays elsewhere since there is always a variety. We were told that our room selection did not provide soft pillows!!! We've stayed at many different hotels ranging from 2-5 stars and NEVER had we ever been so disappointed! It has by far, been the most uncomfortable stay ever! We couldn't sleep!!! We wish we could have changed hotels during our trip! We will never stay there again nor recommend it to any of our friends and family! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
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"Not worth the money."
Definitely didn't look like the pictures or sound like the reviews. I suppose sometimes you can't trust the star ratings.Genuine Expedia guest review
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"Extremely Filthy Rooms!"
This hotel was the worse Ive ever been to when it comes to sanitation. There was hair all over the floor in the bathroom. The coffee inserts were tampered with. The bed had stains and also long hairs and short curly hairs in the sheets!!!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"I will never stay at the Dana again!"
My AC was broken the first night so I call the front desk in the morning. They said that it would be handled and after a fun day at sea world I returned to a boiling hot room. I had to pay $18 per day to park at the hotel. I didn't see that mentioned anywhere, it was after checking in that I discovered the extra charge. The location is great if your […] going to sea world. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
its very cheep motelGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Very Old Hotel"
Not even close to what they show in the pictures. The shuttle is not available througout the day, which is very inconvenient.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
It smells bad, looks like motel 6, dirty hallways, was charged 2 movies , that I didn't subscribe, but was corrected. The mattress was very uncomfortable, $18. Parking fee was outrageous.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"small dirty motel-like rooms"
We payed more for the 1 king bed marina view bed and breakfast package and upon arrival, was given a courtyard view room with 2 queens and we also found out the breakfast portion was only $10 worth of credit per morning per room. Really? That's how a 3.5 stars establishment does business? After complaining and producing a copy of our reservation, we […] then got a marina view room but apparently king beds are still non-existent. Upon entering our room, we realized that it didn't matter what view we had anyways. The room was setup like a typical motel where the windows of the room are right next to the entrance door. Right in front of the doors and windows are of course the long corridor that leads to the entire row of rooms. So unless you want everyone walking by to look into your room, you wouldn't keep the shutters open to enjoy your upgraded "view". The moment we entered the room, we were also extremely dissapointed by the really old, dated, small, cramped, dirty, motel like room. As far as the definition of small, there were 2 queen beds with a night stand in between and there were about 5 inches of room between the side of the bed and the wall. There were also 2 single chairs and a round table in between but one of the chairs has to sit partially in the walkway. Once you open the little closet doors you also block the entire walkway to the sink/bathroom. Moving on, there was actually a very nice looking flat screen TV, but both nights we were there, there was no signal to the HD channels and most of the channels especially the major networks were only available in HD. So basically no TV. Another thing that didn't work were the lights. The lights are motion detectors that would turn off while we were moving around the room and both the plastic covers over the motion detectors were broken or melted. One weird thing was that there were individual AC units in each room instead of central air but it sits on the ground and with the space challenged room the largest floor Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"close to SeaWorld, nice view of Marina and Bay"
We enjoyed our stay and were happy to be able to achieve a last minute reservation for the Friday of Labor Day weekend - which we expected to be quite full. Folks were friendly and helpful. It was a good and reasonably priced room.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Not what I expected"
Pictures online looked good. Very old, not clean, I would not stay there again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"The most expensive Motel 6 I have ever stayed at"
This hotel is over-priced! The grounds are pretty, and the rooms are okay as long as you are on the new area of the hotel. The old area, which is the most likely area you will end up is HORRIBLE. Motel-6 style walkways, thin walls and floors... window AC units... crappy beds. Don't stay here.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Dana on Mission Bay"
the bed was comfortable. The pool was like a tropical paradise. In our room there was a small table with a lamp on it in front of the air conditioner that we had to move every night to allow the air to circulate in the room. They might want to think about putting the table in front of thw window instead.Other than that it was wonderful, and we plan […] to come again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great customer service"
we didn't like our room and without questioning they gave us the best customer service and changed our room to a better one.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Looks"
I was not impressed with the overall look and what the apperance of the room for the rate that i paid. I feel that for as much as i paid the rooms should have been of great quality the buildings are old.The fridge was in front of the the air condition so ever time you went to open it it was hard to open because it was so close to the ac.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Ouch."
Room smelled like mildew, and carpet was wrinkled from repeated wetting throughout the entire room. Card reader to the parking lot was broken and required staff to buzz us in every time we entered the parking lot. In general, the room was not in good shape at all, save for the large LCD television.Genuine Expedia guest review
"I WILL NEVER USE THIS MOTEL AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!"
They charged people who paid for their rooms a EXTRA $20.00 a day for parking in THIER OWN parking lot, i thought parking would be free to paying customers but not here, expedias literature on the motel room never said anything about a "PARKING FEE", their cable or whatever kind of tv it was BAD all we got was PPV channels to make more money for the […] motel. We would leave out early and come back about 4pm to get cleaned up for that nights activities and they still hadnt cleaned the room so we went 2 days without the room being cleaned. I cant say it enough times how BAD this motel was, it needs more information for customers to make a better decision!! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"won't go back........"
Loud drunken wedding party of 20+ until 3 am, and then picked up again at 6 am....phone did not work...so could not call front desk, but you could hear it from 50 yards away so why did they not stop it ?..... .....room smelled very bad from day one, there must have been some kind of accident on the carpet and they tried to hide it with lots of perfume […] or anticeptic........ they set up a smoking table for guests under our balcony, so we could not open the sliding glass door to the bay. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Not happy at all with this hotel and I will never reccomend it"
I think that for the price of the rooms they would have been in better condition. The roooms were in need of upgrading very much. A/C not working and they had poor service when needed. Their free breakfast were not what they advertised, in fact I had to pay for some of my family members. In all I will never stay there again and as far as star rating […] I would give it one (1) star and that is pushing it. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Disappointed with hotel condition"
We were very disappointed with the condition of this "motel". The outside balcony (the access to upper rooms) was in very poor condition,seemed run down. the carpet was old. Bathtub tiles had some mold, you can tell that the place has been painted over, very disappointed for the price we paid. Rooms were very cramped. Location was convenient, but we […] would not stay again. Staff were pleasant, the restaurant by the lobby was good, did not try the other one. First time we have been so disappointed, & we travel a great deal. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"ENCANTADOR Y RELAJANTE"
Pasamos dos días en éste hotel con la familia y verdaderamente es encantador y relajante por la vista que tiene, su vegetación y la vista a la bahía.. Solo encontramos como inconveniente que entra un motor dentro de la habitación y se oye muchísimo todos los pasos y ruidos de las habitación de arriba cuando estas en habitaciones de planta baja.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"The Dana on Mission Bay - Grossartige Lage fuer wenig Geld"
Sowohl seine Lage als auch das Preis-Leistungs Verhaeltnis machen The Dana on Mission Bay zu einem idealen Hotel fuer SD Reisende, die ihr Geld lieber in ein gutes Essen im Gaslamp-Quarter investieren als in ueberflussigen Zimmerkomfort. Das Hotel liegt in direkter Naehe zu Sea-World, welches sowohl mit Hotel-Shuttle oder zu Fuss in wenigen Minuten […] erreichbar ist. Die I-8 liegt ebenfalls vor der Haustuer und verbindet das Hotel mit allen wichtigen Punkten in SD und Umgebung, SD Zoo, La Jolla, SD Downtown, Gaslamp-Q. etc. Die Ausstattung der Zimmer ist gut (Flachbildfernseher, Microwelle, Kaffeemaschine+Kaffee, Foehn, Radio/MP3-Station), und vor allem die Sauberkeit ist ueberaus positiv. Einzig negativ fallen die duenen Waende auf, die einen schon mal am Treiben der benachbarten Hotelgaeste teilhaben lassen, ob man will oder nicht. Aber dafuer zahlt man halt auch nicht viel mehr, als in fast jedem x-beliebigen Highway-Motel, uebernachtet dabei aber in einem grossen, geraeumigen, und sehr sauberen Zimmer mit grossartiger Lage. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
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