Of this list, I've only stayed at Tropicana. That being said, Tropicana is our "cheap go-to" motel. It's clean, it's nice and open, the rooms are fine, it's safe, and it's a really short walk to/from the parks at the end of the night. Our favorite is still Park Vue (which is *right* at the pedestrian entrance currently). Park Vue is our overall preference for a few reasons: closer, nicer linens, returning guest discounts, they call a cab when asked (Tropicana seems have a kickback situation they call when you ask them to call a cab), a fairly extensive hot breakfast, and awesome customer service. They have also stacked discounts for us before (returning guest, with military discount). However, most trips we just do Tropicana. I may stay at Park Vue for my solo trip next winter, because I miss them, but it's $30+ more a night, usually.
Just for the sake of argument, because it's the title of the thread, I always like to point out that the "Good Neighbor" designation means very little... It means the motel/hotel signed a contract with Disney to allow Disney to sell some of their rooms. In trade, they get to sell
Disneyland tickets in the lobby, and have cute Disneyland signage, and they get the "Good Neighbor" designation, which sounds like something great, amazing, a "stamp of approval from Disney" kind of thing. But, there's some great hotels/motels that only sometimes have the designation, largely because they didn't want to pay for it any given year. I've watched Park Vue hop on and off the list often, as has Super 8 on Katella (another favorite of mine, but a longer walk).
