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Signs of Life at Disney World’s Ghost Hotel, Art of Animation nee Legendary Years

The hotel that was originally planned as the Legendary Years and the second half of Pop Century sat abandoned and forlorn for many years. Eventually it became known as Disney’s ghost hotel with the occasional brave soul venturing inside to take spooky videos of the partially constructed buildings.

Now Disney is in the middle of finishing the hotel, but not as the Legendary Years. Instead it will become the Art of Animation Hotel and feature some regular value rooms, but also a new type of room at Walt Disney World, the family suite.

Here’s a video from Jeff Lange showing construction going on at the site earlier today.

Come below the jump for concept artwork:

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Disney World Hotels that never were

Allearsnet blogger Jack Spence has a great post up today listing three themed hotels that were considered for Walt Disney World, but were never built. I knew about the Venetian Hotel that would have stood on the hotel pad that still exists between the Contemporary… Read More »Disney World Hotels that never were

Federal Board enters Disneyland Hotel Strike Equation

We first reported on the labor strife between UNITE here and the Disneyland Resort back in February 2008, since then there have been cast members arrested while dressed like Mickey Mouse, picketing, fasting, and more. But the one thing there hasn’t been is a meeting… Read More »Federal Board enters Disneyland Hotel Strike Equation

Feds Seize Money in Unpaid Disney Resort Worker Case

When we last left this story, former workers of the VR Services hospitality group were suing the properties, including the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resorts, they had worked at to collect lost wages. Now we learn that many more hotels used those workers… Read More »Feds Seize Money in Unpaid Disney Resort Worker Case

More details on Disney’s Art of Animation Resort

Disney Imagineer Joni Van Buren sculpts a model of King Triton from Disney’s animated classic “The Little Mermaid.” King Triton, in his final form, will be 35-feet-tall and tower over guests at Disney Parks newest resort hotel, “Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.” Disney’s Art of… Read More »More details on Disney’s Art of Animation Resort

Bus strikes and kills 10 year old boy at Disney World’s Fort Wilderness

Very tragic news coming from Walt Disney World resort today as a guest was struck and killed by a Disney bus near the Fort Wilderness resort entrance. A nine ten year old was riding his bike with an 11 year old friend when he was… Read More »Bus strikes and kills 10 year old boy at Disney World’s Fort Wilderness

Disneyland Resort Appoints Philippe Tosques General Manager of Award-Winning Napa Rose

After Michael Jordan left the Napa Rose, everyone wondered who Disney could attract that would begin to fill Jordan’s shoes. Well, Disney went right to the top of the draft chart and found Philippe Tosques, former head of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Prime Steakhouse to oversee the… Read More »Disneyland Resort Appoints Philippe Tosques General Manager of Award-Winning Napa Rose

Meanwhile, Disney World restructures Transportation Division

So totally unrelated to the previous post we hear that Walt Disney World is restructuring their Transportation management. This actually harkens back to the corporate restructuring Disney implemented early in the year, the one that resulted in all the management layoffs. Since then, Disney has… Read More »Meanwhile, Disney World restructures Transportation Division