Disney's Art of Animation Resort

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1850 Century Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Total Number of rooms:  864 rooms and 1,120 suites

Opening schedule for the resort:
The first phase of this resort, the "Finding Nemo" section, will open May 31, 2012. After that will come "Cars" on June 18, "The Lion King" on August 10, and "The Little Mermaid" on September 15.

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Art of Animation Resort Description

Disney will soon be opening their 26th resort, a new 2,000 room property themed around the history of Disney Animation. Disney’s “Art of Animation” resort will open in stages beginning in May of 2012 and will feature 1,120 family suites all themed around the Disney animated classics “Finding Nemo,” “Cars,” and “The Lion King”.  864 standard guest rooms will be in "The Little Mermaid" building.  Larger-than-life icons, including a 35-foot-tall model of King Triton, will grace the courtyard areas.  Many guests may already be familiar with the location of the newest resort. It will be adjacent to Disney’s Pop Century Resort, in the area that was started several years ago when it was assumed it would be an extension to Pop Century.

The resort will fall into the “value” range (similar to the All Star and Pop Century resorts), but this marks the first time Disney will open a hotel that features mostly family suites. While it may be a ‘value’ resort, it should be noted that the current ‘family suites’ available at Disney’s All Star Music routinely command an average nightly rate that is usually more than double the cost of a standard room. A room at Disney’s All Star Music during value season is listed at $82 per night, where a family suite starts at $190. Depending on the popularity of these new suites, the availability of 1,120 new ones could drive the price down – but it could also drive the price up. This remains to be seen.

Art of Animation Resort Rooms

 

 

The Little Mermaid buildings will house 864 rooms, themed after the sea, and will be similar to the rooms at the existing value resorts.

1,120 family suites will be divided between The Lion King, Cars, and Finding Nemo buildings.  These suites will each sleep six guests and will have a kitchenette, 2 bathrooms, a master bedroom and 3 separate sleeping areas.  One new feature will be the "Inovabed" - a table that converts to a bed in seconds. 

Resort Services/Amenities

 

• Concierge desk services
• Babysitting/Childcare Services
• Valet Service Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service
• Coin Laundry facilities
• Express Check-out
• Refillable mugs
• Free Wireless Internet Access
• Luggage Service (runs on an hourly drop-off system)
• Ink and Paint Shop (for sundries and souvenirs)
• ATM machine
• Poolside bar
• Voice Mail
• Daily Maid service

Resort Pools/Recreation

In addition to the themed buildings, there will 4 courtyards at the resort - each one inspired by the four films represented here.  Each courtyard will feature icons and sculptures for kids to play with and around.  The Finding Nemo courtyard will be the home for a children's splash area.

Like the other value resorts, there will be a main pool with a pool bar, as well as two quiet pool areas. 

Art of Animation Resort Dining

 

Landscape of Flavors food court

This food court is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Choose from four food stations, featuring a selection of pizza, pasta, American burgers, salads, sandwiches, and Indian cuisine.  A "Grab 'n Go" market is also available.

Located near the food court will be an arcade, merchandise location and airline check-in counters.

 

Art of Animation Fun Facts

• Total property size: 87 acres
• Family Suites size: 565 square feet
• The Nemo pool has 310,000 gallons and is the largest pool on Disney property, not counting water parks
• If you combined all the swimming pools, you could park 125 cars inside the pools
• Its 27 acres of landscaping and irrigation is the equivalent of twenty football fields.
• You will really feel like you are swimming with your Pixar pals in the big blue world as you can hear sounds and voices of favorite characters with 12 underwater speakers
• If you look up at the lobby chandelier made up of various animator sketches, you can spot a Cars sketch signed by John Lasseter himself
• The resort has 227,000 lineal feet of carpet, which if laid out, could stretch from downtown Orlando to Kennedy Space Center
• There are over 529,000 square feet of ceramic tiles on the project, enough to cover a standard two-lane road four miles long
• If you stacked up all the doors at the resort, they would be as tall as the Empire State Building There's enough metal railing to wrap around the new Amway Center eight times
• The project used 23,000 gallons of paint, which is enough to fill a typical backyard swimming pool
• There are over 2,300 parking spaces within the project, which is approximately the number of players in the NFL
• More than 800 construction jobs were created, and at full operation it will create 750 resort hotel jobs