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Disney's Art of Animation Resort

3.5 star hotel

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Hollywood Studios

Why we love it

We love Disney’s Art of Animation Resort for its larger-than-life storybook landscapes that bring some of Disney and Pixar’s most beloved films to life – think giant Simba statues, underwater scenes from The Little Mermaid, and a full-sized Radiator Springs straight out of Cars! Families will also love the Big Blue Pool, the largest resort pool in all of Walt Disney World, complete with underwater music and plenty of splashy fun. It's colourful, creative, and packed with Disney magic at every turn!

Hotel Facilities

Disney Character Encounters
24 Hour Reception
Early Disney Park Entry
ATM
Babysitting (+fee)
Bar
Concierge Services
Cot (on request)
Family Rooms
Free Park Shuttle
Free Parking
Free Wi-Fi
Games Room (+fee)
Jogging Trail
Kitchenette
Laundry Facilities
Luggage Storage
Movies Under the Stars
Outdoor Swimming Pool
Pet-friendly
Playground
Poolside Activities
Quick-Service Dining
Skyliner Access
Swimming Pool
Water Playground
Wheelchair Access

Overview

Every corner of Disney's Art of Animation Resort is bursting with creative touches from classic Walt Disney and Disney•Pixar animated films. With suites designed after Finding Nemo, Cars and The Lion King and standard rooms inspired by The Little Mermaid, you'll feel like you've walked into the middle of a Disney•Pixar story with all your favourite characters!

After a day in the parks take the plunge in the largest resort pool in Walt Disney World Resort. Inspired by the Disney•Pixar movie Finding Nemo, the Big Blue Pool features state-of-the-art underwater speakers - a first for Disney Resort hotels. There’s also a pool bar to order snacks and drinks, plus an interactive water play area for little ones with pop-up jets, gushing water and more familiar faces from Finding Nemo. Enjoy relaxing evenings watching a Disney classic with Movies under the Stars or choose from a host of amusements, including a video arcade and the Righteous Reef playground.

Disney's Art of Animation is connected to the Disney Skyliner, an incredible way to travel around Walt Disney World Resort! Glide across the sky and add an extra dash of pixie dust to your day. This grand, state-of-the-art gondola system conveniently connects the hotel to Disney's Hollywood Studios and International Gateway at EPCOT.

Magic Touches

Just outside your colourful accommodations, you'll find imaginative amenities, 3 sparkling swimming pools and 4 playful courtyards; one for each film; to complete your resort experience. The largest pool is located in the Finding Nemo Courtyard and features a pool bar. Two smaller pools, located in the Cars and The Little Mermaid Courtyards, provide additional relaxation.
Dining

The animation-themed food court offers a variety of family favourites and Grab 'n Go market selections.
Room Upgrade
- Family suites in the theme of The Lion King, Cars or Finding Nemo
Location

Disney’s Art of Animation Resort is located in ESPN Wide World of Sport Resort area. Disney’s Hollywood Studios is the closest Walt Disney World Park to this hotel and guests can enjoy regular bus transport which runs approximately every 10 minutes.
Parking Charges

Complimentary self-parking is available at this hotel.
Leisure Facilities
- Three heated pools including an interactive water feature
- Playground, jogging trail and Disney shop
Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible are rooms available on request. Please note that these rooms are subject to availability and may be restricted to specific room categories and bedding arrangements. Rooms and facilities vary between hotels so please check at the time of booking.
Resort Address

1850 Animation Way

Lake Buena Vista

Orlando

32830
Our top tips

Disney Resort Hotel, use Extra Magic Hours

If you’re staying at a Disney Resort Hotel, use Extra Magic Hours – these give you the opportunity to escape the crowds and visit the parks outside of regular opening hours at no extra charge.

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The exact property address will be shared before your departure

Disney Skyliner will be closed for refurbishment Jan. 24–30, 2027. Complimentary bus service will be available during this closure period.

Dining

Landscape of Flavors

Landscape of Flavors offers a quick service dining experience inspired by American favourites and tasty international fare. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, discover 5 distinctive food shops serving fresh, made-to-order cuisine including build-your-own burgers, pizzas, salads and a choice of speciality drinks.
The Drop Off Pool Bar

Relax poolside at the Drop Off Pool Bar which serves thirst-quenching frozen cocktails, ice-cold draft or bottled beers and a variety of soft drinks. Snacks are also available for those needing a stop-gap between meals!

Walt Disney World Tickets Reviews

Average 4.5 out of 5

31125 Reviews

5 21,322
4 7,374
3 1,136
2 773
1 520

5 stars:

Epcot is a fantastic park! Great rides, great atmosphere and great food. Guardians of the galaxy is a must ride! It’s great to see that Epcot have not lost their original objective of education, whilst evolving with newer rides and experiences

Trusted Customer reviewed Epcot 28 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

A classic! The park is beautiful but busy! You need to plan your visit meticulously to cover everything if trying to do it in a day. Tron is amazing a great addition for thrill seekers. It will be your longest wait. The biggest issue we had was seeing the fireworks. With walk ways blocked off by staff and having to remain behind the yellow line of tape amongst pushchairs and children sitting on the ground, it honestly becomes very stressful.

Trusted Customer reviewed Magic Kingdom Park 28 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Hollywood Studios 28 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

Pandora is a great addition and the Flight of Passage ride is not to be missed! The park closes at 7 in the summer. So you can easily park hop to Epcot or MK for the evening shows.

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park 28 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Amazing park with lots of shade. Some people say it’s a half day park but there’s so much to do and see I don’t agree. This was our first stop of the holiday and it was brilliant

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park 28 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Educational elements to this park and it is beautiful. My favourite park. Great rides too so a good balance. The fireworks at night are spectacular and well worth it. So much less stressful an experience to magic kingdom

Trusted Customer reviewed Epcot 28 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Great park, one of the smallest but doesn’t make it any less interesting. Fantasmic show at night is amazing

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Hollywood Studios 28 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

We love blizzard beach, a good mix of slides and activities for the kids. The wave pool is not so intense here as typhoon lagoon. It was clean and the facilities were good.

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park 28 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

By far the busiest park but great fun. Remember to give yourself a good 30-40 minutes to actually get into the park and that’s a the least busy times. It’s a monorail or boat from the parking lot

Trusted Customer reviewed Magic Kingdom Park 28 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

The wave pool is out of this world, the kids had a blast The kids met stitch there too so an added bonus

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park 28 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

A good relaxing day to recharge the batteries after 2 parks before visiting the other 2.

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park 27 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

Preferred the lead in to the coaster with Aerosmith rather than the Muppets. But time doesn't stand still and it is a still great ride.

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Hollywood Studios 27 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

Lived up to its name but unfortunately the very heavy rain with thunder and lightening brought our day to a premature end.

Trusted Customer reviewed Magic Kingdom Park 27 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

Very interesting park and we didn't get around half of it. Fireworks were spectacular

Trusted Customer reviewed Epcot 27 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

Did the nighttime special which was really nice. Ticket prices were a bit high for this I thought.

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park 27 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

My favourite and my daughter's favourite too. She was really pleased to see Jenny Hopps and watch the show in the tree of life. The Avatar ride was stunning particularly since, believe it or not, I hadn't seen the movie.

Trusted Customer reviewed Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park 27 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Just the most magical park!

Susan Hall reviewed Magic Kingdom Park 27 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

Susan Hall reviewed Epcot 27 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

The Safari is fabulous

Susan Hall reviewed Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park 27 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Star Wars was great! Good food places to choose from

Susan Hall reviewed Disney's Hollywood Studios 27 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Favourite park. Loved all new rides. Still not managed to ride Slinky but can't stand in long queue in heat. Sure will get on it one day.

Victoria Hadwin reviewed Disney's Hollywood Studios 25 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Love the wave pool and lazy river. Slides could do with an update as feel every join . But stil love it.

Victoria Hadwin reviewed Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park 25 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Loved MK. Rode all rides bar 7 dwarfs minetrain as queue was way too long. We have rode this before and it was not worth the queue. Still loved Pirates and river cruise. Was disappointed with splash mountain upgrade. We queued ah hour and it was rather underwhelming. Miss the catchy tune. Loved the upgrade of Big Thunder Mountain. The ride was smooth and had elements of 7 dwarfs with rocking on the track. TRON was fab, such a great ride. Only negative was that Space mountain needs a refurb. Feels rough after smoothnes of Tron. I believe that is planned so looking foward to future improvements.

Victoria Hadwin reviewed Magic Kingdom Park 25 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Fab park. Fireworks was lovely. Queues lower on a night apart from Guardians. At rope drop dont ride Guardians straight away, wait for half an hour to let queue settle. It said 60 mins, queue was inside building, it took 45 minutes. Ride was amazing, best ride I went on. Ratatouille was very short and a spinning ride. Was little underwhelmed with this ride. Still loved soaring and the different lands. Frozen was closed. Spaceship Earth could do with an update.

Victoria Hadwin reviewed Epcot 25 Jul, 2026
5 stars:

Lovely park

Victoria Hadwin reviewed Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park 25 Jul, 2026
4 stars:

Loved Avatar ride. Everest needs update as bit ricketedy now. Still love the ride. Enjoyed the safari and walk with animals. Zootopia was brilliant. Water ride was down so didn't ride it. One land being refurbed, will be great when its finished.

Victoria Hadwin reviewed Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park 25 Jul, 2026

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