After touring remodeled The Little Mermaid and Cars rooms at Disney’s Art of Animation, we’re checking out a remodeled Finding Nemo suite. The main difference in the room is the flooring. Like the Cars and The Little Mermaid rooms, the carpet has been removed in favor of hard laminate flooring. The new flooring is a … Read more
With the reopening of Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, we were surprised to find that our The Little Mermaid room had been remodeled during the resort’s over seven-month closure. Join us as we go under the sea for this room tour! The previous Full-size beds have been replaced with plush new Queen-size mattresses. The new … Read more
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort has reopened with new health and safety measures after being closed for over seven months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Animation Hall There are plenty of social distancing markers leading into the resort. Inside, frequent signs remind guests to remain socially distanced and follow guidelines. Check-in kiosks have Plexiglass barriers … Read more
If you’re visiting Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, you might just end up looking for Nemo. This beloved little clownfish is now available as a dessert from Landscape of Flavors. We managed to find him in cheesecake form, and started shouting “Mine! Mine! Mine!” Nemo! We found you! The “I’m Nemo” Cheesecake is now available … Read more
It’s beginning to look a lot like a silver Christmas over at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. This week, holiday decorations went up at the property, so we stopped by to check them out. Guests who arrive at the valet and drop-off entrance are greeted by white and silver garland on the support poles outside. … Read more
According to permits filed with Orange County, improved Wi-Fi may be on the way to Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. A slew of permits were filed today that indicated the “installation of Cat6a Cabling for Wi-Fi”. These permits were filed for locations all over the resort, from the Cozy Cone pool to the Check-In building. … Read more
If you’re staying as a resort guest at Disney’s Pop Century in the near future, and you plan on using Disney’s Resort Airline Check-in service, you may want to be aware of some ongoing refurbishments. On the right-hand side of the lobby, you’ll see that the hallway that is normally home to the Resort Airline … Read more
The signs are up. We’ve seen the Cast Member’s costumes. It has a Grand Opening date. The wait is almost over for the Disney Skyliner! We stopped by the station at Disney’s Art of Animation and Pop Century Resorts to see how the final touches are coming along. The concept art and Skyliner map have … Read more
Work began back at the end of April to replace the aging, “pixelated”-style floor in the lobby of Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. The project has been progressing in phases throughout the summer, and it looks like they’re right on track for their early September completion goal! The renovation comes ahead of the opening of Disney … Read more
Oh I just can’t wait to be refurbished! The rooms at Disney’s Art of Animation are undergoing a bit of a makeover right now. All of the rooms around the resort will soon be redone with new flooring, which will happen in phases. At this time, only one room in each area of the resort … Read more
Guests visiting Art of Animation lately have probably noticed that the lobby has been under a bit of a refurbishment. We’ve been watching the reflooring taking place over the last couple months, and it seems to be moving along quickly. Things are looking much different from our last visit. The new flooring appears to be … Read more
As we reported back in April, as part of the upgrades to Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, the floor of the resort lobby is currently being replaced in phases throughout the summer. When we last visited the resort, half of the lobby was wrapped in plastic black tarps. Construction has now moved on to the … Read more
The last thing anyone wants to think about while zooming by in a Disney Skyliner over Hourglass Lake is the thought of having to evacuate, but thankfully, it’s something Disney has thought about––enter the Disney Skyliner Water Evacuation Boat: In the unlikely case your new highway in the sky is acting up, guests can now … Read more
We’ve watched the Skyliner gondolas zooming over parking lots and even over Hourglass Lake just this morning, but the Orlando Sentinel got to take a special inside look at the gondola interiors and has since shared a number of details about the new transportation method coming to Walt Disney World. Thomas Mazloum, a Disney senior … Read more
We’re back with another Skyliner update from Hourglass Lake in between Disney’s Art of Animation and Pop Century resorts. With the opening of the Skyliner still set for Fall, this once-quiet lake is sure to become a hub of activity once gondola operation goes full swing. Let’s take a walk around the lake and see … Read more
We’re steadily moving closer to the projected opening date of Fall 2019 for the Disney Skyliner. With that comes more construction updates, today from Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. This is the current entrance to the pathway to head into Disney’s Pop Century Resort and the Skyliner station, located right behind the Finding Nemo wing … Read more