PHOTOS: Elevator Bay Reopens With ‘Luca’ Mural as Pixar Place Hotel Transformation Continues

Brit Tuttle

PHOTOS: Elevator Bay Reopens With ‘Luca’ Mural as Pixar Place Hotel Transformation Continues

As Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel continues it’s transformation into Pixar Place Hotel, more updated elements are being opened up for guests’ use.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Exterior

Pixar Place Hotel Interior

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Lobby

Parts of the main lobby and surrounding common areas have reopened for guests’ use.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevator Bay

The elevator bay for the hotel has also reopened.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevator Bay

It matches the style of the rest of the resort with the black and white color scheme.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevator Bay Luca Mural

A mural featuring moments from Disney and Pixar’s “Luca” is on display on the wall opposite to the elevators.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevator Bay Luca Mural
Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevator Bay Luca Mural

Here’s a closer look at the mural, featuring six panels of art depicting moments from the film.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevator Bay

Prior to this elevator bay opening, guests were asked to take the ‘D’ elevator and utilize service elevators.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevator Bay

There are three elevators in this area, which guests will take depending on the location of their room.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevators

Metal motifs of Pixar characters have also been installed in the floor of the elevators. Here, you can see Flik from Disney and Pixar’s “A Bug’s Life.”

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevators

Here’s a closer look at Flik. The metal character inclusions are just silhouettes.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevators

This metal inclusion is Dug from “Up.”

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevators

This is the silhouette of Giulia from “Luca.”

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Elevators

This little guy is none other than one of the iconic Little Green Men from the “Toy Story” films.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Hallways

The updating theming has yet to reach the rest of the floors, however, as they still retain their previous Paradise Pier theming.

Disney's Pixar Place Hotel Pool

Construction crews are still hard at work on transforming the pool of the hotel.

Disney’s Pixar Place Hotel Transformation

paradise pier hotel pixar concept art

The reimagining of Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel into Disney’s Pixar Place Hotel is to be completed this winter. The project was first announced at the D23 Expo in 2022.

Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel has gone through many changes over the years, and was not a Disneyland Resort property until 1995, when it became the Disneyland Pacific Hotel. Just before Disney California Adventure (at the time Disney’s California Adventure Park) opened in 2001, the hotel swapped names again to reflect the Paradise Pier area it was now located behind. When Paradise Pier became Pixar Pier in 2018, it seemed only a matter of time before another modification would be in the works.

You can check out our recent updates for the transformation of Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel below:

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