Disney's Art of Animation Resort

Disney's Art of Animation Resort is a resort within Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It is located on former property of Disney's Pop Century Resort.

The resort is a value resort and is fifth one of the category to be made right after All-Star Sports, All-Star Music, All-Star Movies, and Pop Century.

The resort opened has a scheduled opening for May 2012. The resort will only include suites until December 31, 2012 where regular rooms will be open.

Origins Edit

The land the resort was built on was originally planned to house more rooms for the Pop Century Resort, themed to "the Legendary Years" (1900's, 1910's, 1920's, 1930's, and 1940's). While the other half of the resort flourished, this half was abandoned do to the tourism halt after the 9/11 attacks.

While the "Legendary Years" idea was abandoned, Disney began to prepare for a new resort on the land in January 2010. Disney officially announced the idea later in May and began construction that summer.

Theme Edit
The theme for the resort was later designed "with families in mind". It was decided later that the resort would showcase the art of animation and feature four popular Disney and Disney•Pixar animated movies: Finding Nemo, Cars, The Lion King, and The Little Mermaid.

Much like the other value resorts, the Art of Animation features giant versions of items and characters built in the resort's exterior such as a 35-foot (11 m) model of King Triton. The resort will have 1,980 rooms, 1,120 of them will be family suites holding up to 6 people and the other 864 having the standard value layout.

===Finding Nemo Edit === Unlike other value resort rooms, each room will be detailed and themed to each movie. For the Finding Nemo rooms, suites are speculated to feature decals of the school of Moonfish from the movie. A master bedroom with an queen size bed and an anemone headboard. Two pull-out beds, one from the couch and one from the desk. Two bathroom with curtains displaying the sharks. A standard couch, a mini kitchen, flat panel TV, and an ocean-themed desk.

===Cars Edit === The Cars suites try to recreate the Cozy Cone Motel from the movie and feature many similar qualities. The suites feature framed screenshots from the movie. A master bedroom with a queen size bed. Two pull-out beds, one from the couch and one from the desk. Two bathrooms with flashing sign signaling the sink. A standard sofa, a mini kitchen, flat panel TV, and wood-colored desk covered in bumper stickers.

===The Lion King Edit === The Lion King suites recreate the jungle setting of the film and filled with detail. They feature decals of various bird and giraffes. A master bedroom with a queen size bed and a headboard with leaves and a decal of Zazu. Two pull-out beds, one from the couch and one from the desk. Two bathrooms that include a shower made similar to the sunrise scene from the movie. A standard sofa, a mini kitchen, flat panel TV, a desk that looks like a tree, and multiple curtains with grass and leaves.

===The Little Mermaid Edit === The Little Mermaid suites, similar to the Finding Nemo rooms, are made to look like the ocean. Though, due to the movie being hand-drawn and the other computer animated, it is relatively different. Also, it is believed, there are no family suites themed to the movie. The walls feature decals of Flounder, Sebastian, and an octopus. Two beds with flower sheets. A bathroom with curtains displaying the oceon floor. A framed screenshot from the movie, and a standard desk.

===Exterior Edit === On the outside, there are 4 playful courtyards, one for each film, and 3 shimmering pools. The play areas each recreate scenes from the movies and dazzle you with the giant character statues. The Finding Nemo area is specifically geared towards the kids because of the many water-squirting fountains. Also on the exterior is the sketchbook motif and the simple line drawings that reflect on the resort's name and theme which simply celebrates the art of animation.