Johor Baru Cheap Family Accommodation for Legoland Malaysia

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  By popular demand, here are our experiences of the cheap family accommodation we used outside Johor Baru for Legoland Malaysia ( which, along with the new Legoland water park, was totally AWESOME!). This was the cheapest place we stayed in Malaysia. In Malacca we paid $30/night in Kuala Lumpur $40 plus/night, on Penang we stayed with a friend. Malaysia isn’t as cheap as other parts of S. E. Asia,butfoodcan be if you eat local.

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Warm Blanket Hotel

I booked this one direct with the management via their Facebook page. We find that’s a really good way to contact hotels and guest houses if you need to discuss your needs. We didn’t go door knocking ( THE best way to find cheap family accommodation) and we didn’t look at any other hotels or guest houses nearby. We searched the internet for hotels near Legoland Malaysia and this place just popped up. We were all happy with Warm Blanket hotel, it’s price and location. Check here for current Warm Blanket Hostel prices and availability.

Cost per night:

The rate on the door is 65MYR per night for a quad We actually scored ourselves a special discount, we were only paying around $15AU per night.

Number of beds:

4. Double bunk beds, 2 up, 2 down

What we got for our money:

Air con and good Wifi in room. Very clean, shared shower, toilet and sink facilities. Excellent security. Comfortable beds with clean sheets and one blanket. No top sheet ( this seems standard in Malaysia). No window and a very small room, but we expected this and it wasn’t a problem. The funky lighting and decoration stopped the room feeling boxy.

Location:

Legoland Malaysia and the new Legoland Water Park ( it’s next door) are a long way out of Johor Baru, so was this hotel. There was no local bus to the park from the hotel, but reception called us a metered taxi, it cost around 12MYR. The park will do the same for your return trip. The hotel is above a row of shops and restaurants. There are plenty of Malaysian food options, a laundry and a shop selling beer, downstairs. Warm Blanket is a short taxi ride (MYR 7) from a huge shopping mall and Tesco.

Note: I always point out a few negatives.

Obviously, if they’d been a big deal we wouldn’t have stayed, I just find a few for the benefit of others who may be sensitive to noise or whatever. They’re not my negatives, we liked these places enough to stay.

Negatives:

We struggled a bit with only having one power point in the room as we have three computers to charge, but it wasn’t the end of the world. You could, occasionally hear other guests in the corridors but again, it wasn’t an issue. The management asked if we found our stay noisy, absolutely not, everything was fine, I guess they’ve had previous complaints. There may be some waiting for showers at peak time, but we never had any problems. There were a lot of skanky stray dogs downstairs on the road, keep your kids with you. Boo was growled and snarled at and it scared him to death.

Our Verdict:

We really liked this place, it totally suited our needs for a busy few days at the Legoland parks. Our quad room was right outside the showers, toilets and sinks, which was really handy with the kids. Reception staff were helpful with calling cabs for us and one of them even gave us a lift to the shopping mall in his own car. Much appreciated! We loved the clever decoration and little touches, turning the steps to the top bunk into storage shelves was genius and very handy. The kids thought the little spinning things on the taps were fabulous ( in picture) I guess they’re a water saving device. We actually slept really well because there wasn’t a window, we’re normally up at dawn, we were sleeping ’till 8am here. It is quite a bus trek from the main bus stop in Johor Baru to the hotel, but instructions are there on the Warm Blanket hotel’s website. Taxi drivers aren’t sure where this place is, print off the map if you can. Don’t use the taxis at the rank outside the mall, they are a total rip off , get mall security to find a metered cab for you instead. The correct fare from mall to Warm Blanket is 7 MYR. We stayed for 4 nights and would absolutely stay again.  

This post is part of our Cheap Family Accommodation series. We tell you where we stayed and what we thought of it. If any money has changed hands in the form of discounts, I will tell you. I will not give fake reviews ever. We want to let you compare what budget family travel in various countries will cost you and show you roughly what you’ll get for your money. We have already published Cheap Family Accommodation in Laos. Cheap Family Accommodation Kuala Lumpur and Cheap Family Accommodation in Malacca.  More posts are still to come.