Soon you won’t need a room card or magic band to open your hotel room at Walt Disney World, all you’ll need is your mobile phone. Beginning very soon at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge guests will be able to test a new feature in the My… Read More »Keyless Door Entry comes to your phone at Walt Disney World
New trouble for Disneyland Paris comes in the shape of an investigative probe looking at how the resort’s pricing policies discriminate against some members of the European Union. Under European law, companies cannot offer one price to one country and then prevent a citizen of… Read More »Disneyland Paris being investigated for illegal ticket restrictions
Today we complete our tour of Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. We had our first glimpse at the Finding Nemo section when the resort first opened. Recently we returned for a walking tour of the three other sections, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid and today we’ll visit Cars.
The Cars section is by far my favorite at the resort. It feels the most like you’re in the movie with life-size sets right out of Radiator Springs and nearly life-size cars right out of the movie. That probably explains why I took a ton of photos. There are just so many details, it takes a lot of photos to capture them all:
When Disney’s Art of Animation resort opened in 2012, it was the first new hotel to be opened on property in seven years. The resort took over what was the “Legendary Years” of Pop Century Resort, that had been sitting undeveloped for nearly 10 years. Some of the sections that had already started construction were left to rot becoming known as Disney’s “Ghost Hotel.”
The good news is that Disney took extra care to make Art of Animation a terrific resort. I’m particularly impressed with the resorts themed sections, which consist of Finding Nemo, Cars, The Lion King, and The Little Mermaid.
It had been a few years since I’d been back to the resort, but we stopped in for lunch and took a tour of the resort last week. Turns out the place still looks very good.
Head below a look at The Lion King section to get this tour started:
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There’s no place like Walt Disney World to celebrate a sports victory and the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel has a special deal for fans of the Super Bowl XLIX winning team the New England Patriots. New England residents (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,… Read More »Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel Offers Pats Fans Special Deal
They work mostly at night but keep the park looking fresh by providing some of its most important details, the landscape and seasonal decor. Disneyland’s Horticulture and Resort Enhancement team is definitely the under-sung heroes of the resort.
From carefully manicured flowers on Main Street, U.S.A., to desert plants in Cars Land, the landscape is part of the detail that tells the “story” of each land in the parks. More than 800 species of plants indigenous to 40 nations grow at the Disneyland Resort, making it one of the most extensive and diverse botanical locales in the western United States. The Horticulture and Resort Enhancement team manages the landscape plus the annual addition of seasonal décor for Halloween and Holidays.
Here are more fun facts from Disneyland’s Horticulture and Resort Enhancement team:
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Note: Please welcome guest author Angela Jenkins who is back from a recent trip to Walt Disney World. My friend and I recently stayed at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort for a convention. We wanted a nice place to dine and relax after a long day… Read More »Maya Grill Review
Beer lovers might want to add an extra stop at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel to help toast Independence Day with some regionally brewed craft beers, during a “Taproom Takeover” at Cabana Bar and Beach Club, July 2-8. The hotel is partnering… Read More »Swan & Dolphin Holding Taproom Takeover to Help Military Families