Art of Animation Resort
Fact Sheet
Opening May 31, 2012

Phased Opening - Nemo Suites May 31 2010
Cars – Open June 18
Lion King – Open August 10
Little Mermaid – Open September 15

On May 12, 2010, the Art of Animation Resort was formally announce by the Walt Disney World Resort. The new resort will have themed room interiors in the nearly 2,000 new units: 1,120 family suites in The Lion King, Cars and Finding Nemo wings and 864 themed rooms in The Little Mermaid wings.

The Art of Animation Resort will be located in the area that was going to be the Legendary Years section of POP Century.

The phased opening of the resort will begin when the Finding Nemo wing opens May 31, 2012.

Spacious family suites are designed to comfortably accommodate up to 6 Guests and include:

• 2 separate bathrooms
• A master bedroom
• 3 separate sleeping areas within the living space, which includes an Inovabed—a generously sized dining or work table that easily transforms into a comfortable bed.

Room Rates

Projected Pre-Opening Room Rates for 2012. Prices for weekends and holidays included in range. Add 7% Florida Sales Tax and 6% county resort tax. $10/3rd and 4th adult additional per night.

Pools
Three swimming pools offer fun and refreshment. The largest 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.

Choose from a variety of amusements, including a video arcade, playgrounds and interactive water play areas that the little ones will love.

Fun Facts

• With an area of 11,859 square feet, the feature pool (called the "Big Blue") at the Finding Nemo wing of the resort will be the largest swimming pool at Walt Disney World Resort outside of the water parks. There will also be a dry play area called "Squirt's Righteous Reef".

• The new resort hotel will feature 9,400 doors, which if stacked flat would be taller than the Empire State Building.

• The 227,000 lineal feet of carpet being used on the project would be enough carpet to stretch from Orlando to the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville.

Each courtyard will recreate a scene or scenes from the movie.

Finding Nemo

Look for larger than life Crush and Mr. Ray.

Lion King

Guests exploring The Lion King courtyard will see characters from the film, such as the hyenas and the evil Scar, through the eyes of Simba and in the same size and scale as the young cub would experience them.

Little Mermaid

Crowned by a 35-foot-tall model of King Triton, the family-friendly resort will have themed room interiors in its nearly 2,000 new units — 1,120 family suites in The Lion King, Cars and Finding Nemo wings and 864 themed rooms in The Little Mermaid wings. Suites will have both a living room and a bedroom.

“These themes have both compelling storylines and vivid visuals which will come together to create a truly memorable, immersive resort experience,” said Eric Jacobson, Senior Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering. “With more multi-generational families vacationing together, guests are looking for places where they can play together and stay together. This resort was designed with the needs of families in mind, as we continue the Disney tradition of providing a great guest experience for every taste and budget.”

Added Tom Staggs, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts: “We are always looking for opportunities to expand and enhance our Walt Disney World offerings, and Disney’s Art of Animation Resort is a great example of those efforts. This new resort will feature some of our most beloved characters and stories in a unique and special way that we think our guests will really enjoy. This project also underscores our optimism about the future, as we continue to invest in new experiences for our guests around the globe.”

Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, the 26th resort at Walt Disney World, will be one-of-a-kind, with themed building exteriors and room interiors, and larger-than-life icons from the animated films in the courtyard areas. To be located next to Disney’s Pop Century Resort, all of the themed suites and rooms at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort are expected to open in 2012.