Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel

Upscale yet playful, the Sheraton Grande occupies an enormous S-shaped building with a cream-colored facade that’s covered in even rows of windows and balconies. The flora at the entrance is magnificently maintained, with a palm-tree studded cascading rock waterfall and a beautiful garden complete with paths, buildings (including a captivating, standalone chapel with exposed beams and giant windows), and an outdoor pool with rock detailing. The Sheraton manages to balance charming glamour with Disney touches throughout, from grand stairways to golden elevators to a blue-tiled fountain in the lobby and blue-painted inset ceilings studded with stars. Hallways take on the theme of the rooms on a particular floor. Those near the Japanese-style rooms feature quaint rock-tiled floors and wooden ceilings, while hallways along the ocean-themed rooms have bright turquoise carpeting finished with lively lines that make guests feel as if they're paddling through water. With its kid-friendly amenities and proximity to Tokyo Disney, the hotel is a magnet for families with young children, but it's a popular wedding venue too. 

Located at the end of a string of Disney resort hotels, the Sheraton Grande faces Tokyo Bay to the south and a parking lot to the North. In Chiba prefecture’s Urayasu district outside Tokyo, Tokyo Disney is the main draw here, and the hotel provides free shuttle service -- it's about a 15-minute trip via the Bayside Station monorail, or a six-minute walk from the hotel. Travel time to most central Tokyo sights, such as Tsukiji Fish Market, Shibuya Crossing, and the Imperial Palace, takes 45 minutes to an hour via public transportation, with driving time around 30 minutes. - 14 minutes to Maihama Station (JR train on Keiyo Line) via monorail 

• 15 minutes to Tokyo Disney via monorail
• 45 minutes to Tokyo Station via public transportation
• One hour to Tokyo Haneda Airport via public transportation (30 minutes by car)
• One hour and 20 minutes to Narita International Airport via public transportation (50 minutes by car)

Rooms at the Sheraton Grande Hotel range from glamorous to dated and generic -- not all rooms have been renovated. Newer rooms -- which include Sheraton Club Rooms, Japanese Suite Rooms, and Ocean Dream Rooms -- have high-tech features such as automatic toilets whose seats raise when the bathroom door opens, and Bluetooth enabled TVs, along with stylish, modern decor. The playful Ocean Dream Room, for example, has water-like carpeting, blue accents, and ship-portal style mirrors.Non-renovated rooms, while dated, have their appeal: For one, they're larger, and the penguin-themed Treasures Rooms (with penguin armchairs and special kids' bathroom features) are fun for children. Standard Rooms have seating space, flat-screen TVs, and balconies, but the decor -- white walls meet blue carpets and navy bedspreads -- is uninspired. Bathrooms, on the whole, are spacious, though they vary vastly in style and size, with Japanese-style toilets and a range of toiletries. The Japanese Suite may offer the most unusual bathroom, with traditional Japanese-style sliding doors, black-tiled walls, and a deep bathtub made of cypress wood. All bathrooms come with hairdryers, bathrobes, and slippers.All rooms include down comforters, hypo-allergenic pillows, flat-screen TVs, safes, mini-fridges, and individual climate control. Coffee service is also included, along with a single free bottle of water. In-room Wi-Fi comes with a fee, and the number of non-smoking rooms is limited.All rooms have balconies that face Disney (those have views of the park's fireworks) or the Bay, and both offer spectacular views, especially from higher floors. 

The hotel has a Japanese-style bath, a sauna, a massage room, and a beauty salon. There is a heated indoor lap pool with an adjacent whirlpool and kids’ pool, and an outdoor garden pool (open only in summer, and there's an extra fee), which features natural-looking rock formations and a waterfall that guests can walk around.There are several dedicated rooms for children to play in, including the Treasures! Island play area (for a fee), which has an indoor jungle gym, a play supermarket, bakery, and restaurant, and two ball pits (one of them cleverly themed on a bathtub). The free Kids X Room supplies Disney-themed reading material, books, and toys, and while the game arcade is free to enter, the video games and photo machines require fees.Four on-site restaurants and cafes serve both Japanese and Western style fare, from seafood to steak to sushi. The Grand Cafe is kid-friendly, with a giant candy bar. The hotel supplies a range of boardrooms and meeting rooms, some with panoramic sea-facing windows. The Link@Sheraton is a stylish business center that looks like a luxury college library and contains computers, large drum lights, and spaces for informal meetings, and free Wi-Fi (as does the lobby).Fourteen banquet halls in various styles are available for weddings, from the charming Georgian Terrace to an elegant ballroom. There are also two freestanding fairy-tale-friendly chapels on-site -- one sits along the bay, and the other is in the outdoor garden. The Shop@Sheraton sells grab-and-go snacks, while a shopping promenade includes a drugstore, Disney store, florists, barbershop, and boutique stores. The hotel also has 24-hour concierge service, 24-hour room service, a separate ticket counter for Disney passes, laundry service, and self-service laundry.