flavious27
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That isn't that hard to do.
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New concept art unveiled for Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
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That isn't that hard to do.
ntoeman
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As someone who's in their 20s, all of these movies came out in my life-time and I think this place will end up being a real hit for just that reason. Come 10-15 years, this is where I'd wanna bring my kids or go myself for a value resort because those movies are some of the classics that my generation grew up with. That's what I think they were really goin for with their choice of represented movies. Overall, I love the looks of the resort from the concept art and I would not be surprised to see a changeover at POP! eventually.
WDWFigment
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Can't say I disagree with this.
Your previous comments discussed the aesthetics of the values, so I thought that's to what you were referring, not price-points (for what it's worth, I think that if Disney designed the values as mirror images of the Polynesian, and priced them as they have, it would still be driving down quality; price is the only variable).
Pioneer Hall
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If the rooms actually stay with that level of detail I think it is safe to say that Pop will be redone, and then slowly but surely the other values will be fitted with themed rooms. I can't imagine them not keeping these resorts on a level playing field, unless they plan on creating a new category between value and moderate.
Tom
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OMG. That would cause more havoc than reducing the number of "lands" in the MK by one. Think of all the brochures, DVDs, pamphlets, websites, voice mail recordings, etc, etc, etc that they'd have to change if they added another resort category.
I think they'll get this one open, and those Little Mermaid rooms will fill to capacity all the time. Give it a year or so, and the guests who got to stay in a LM room will then call to book their next trip only to find out LM is sold out - resulting in complaints that "I don't want to stay at that crappy Pop Century or an All Star".
And thus, the justification to "plus" the existing Values.
Tom
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Interesting opinion...can you elaborate, without incriminating yourself?
Yes, the rooms are loud and perhaps gaudy, but that's the point. It's a resort designed for families with kids and is themed around Disney Animation.
I think the rooms look PERFECT for their intended audience and environment.
JEANYLASER
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The first wing in Walt Disney World's newest hotel, Disney's Art of Animation Resort, will open in May 2012, resort officials said Thursday, and will be completed by the end of that year.
Disney said the roughly 2,000-room hotel will create more than 800 permanent jobs. Most of those will be in housekeeping and food-and-beverage services, though officials said many jobs will be added in other categories, as well.
Those are on top of roughly 800 construction jobs the project will require. Disney broke ground on the complex earlier this fall.
The Art of Animation will include 864 standard hotel rooms in Disney's "value" category, the resort's cheapest rate classification. Another 1,120 will be suites, each with room for as many as six people, that will carry somewhat higher nightly rates.
It's a significant expansion into "family suites" for Disney, which currently has only about 215 such rooms on its property. Several large non-Disney hotels feature such rooms — most notably the Nickelodeon Family Suites just beyond Disney World's eastern entrance — and Disney is aiming to pull more of those travelers onto its own property.
"This is a market that is fairly intensive outside of our property," said Kevin Myers, vice president of resort operations.
Disney says demand for affordable suites has grown in recent years as more tourists travel with extended family.
"We continue to see that families — multi-generation — want to travel together," Myers said. He called the suites project a "no brainer" for Disney.
With the additional standard rooms, Disney World's inventory of "value" hotel rooms will grow to about 9,000. The resort has about 25,000 hotel rooms and time-share units in total, spread between "value," "moderate" and "deluxe" rate categories.
The first phase of Art of Animation to open will be a Finding Nemo-themed wing of suites in May 2012. It will be followed by Cars- and then Lion King-themed wings of suites. The final phase will be the wing of conventional hotel rooms, themed to The Little Mermaid, which will open by December 2012.
It's from Orlando Sentinel.com
Disney said the roughly 2,000-room hotel will create more than 800 permanent jobs. Most of those will be in housekeeping and food-and-beverage services, though officials said many jobs will be added in other categories, as well.
Those are on top of roughly 800 construction jobs the project will require. Disney broke ground on the complex earlier this fall.
The Art of Animation will include 864 standard hotel rooms in Disney's "value" category, the resort's cheapest rate classification. Another 1,120 will be suites, each with room for as many as six people, that will carry somewhat higher nightly rates.
It's a significant expansion into "family suites" for Disney, which currently has only about 215 such rooms on its property. Several large non-Disney hotels feature such rooms — most notably the Nickelodeon Family Suites just beyond Disney World's eastern entrance — and Disney is aiming to pull more of those travelers onto its own property.
"This is a market that is fairly intensive outside of our property," said Kevin Myers, vice president of resort operations.
Disney says demand for affordable suites has grown in recent years as more tourists travel with extended family.
"We continue to see that families — multi-generation — want to travel together," Myers said. He called the suites project a "no brainer" for Disney.
With the additional standard rooms, Disney World's inventory of "value" hotel rooms will grow to about 9,000. The resort has about 25,000 hotel rooms and time-share units in total, spread between "value," "moderate" and "deluxe" rate categories.
The first phase of Art of Animation to open will be a Finding Nemo-themed wing of suites in May 2012. It will be followed by Cars- and then Lion King-themed wings of suites. The final phase will be the wing of conventional hotel rooms, themed to The Little Mermaid, which will open by December 2012.
It's from Orlando Sentinel.com
Pioneer Hall
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This is what I hope happens. It is no secret that I still firmly believe Pop will turn in to the other half of this resort...so the rooms should be on par. Then I think they would be smart to just close down one all star at a time to get them up to this level. They are already (in my opinion) a step below pop...they will be even more steps below AoA when it opens.
While I do think that the rooms are loud and definitely interesting, I agree that they make the mark with what they are looking to do. The Nick family suites has always prided itself on it's kid friendly and heavily decorated rooms (was the same thing when it was just the holiday inn family suites as well). The resort is extremely popular, and it seems to me that Disney is going with this concept to directly compete with the Nick hotel just up the road.
Tom
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Indeed.
JEANYLASER
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It's awesome to see it in person on May 2012!
FigmentJedi
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Have we actually seen the inside of the rooms?
ChrisM
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Well, when I was a 4 year old in 1979, I thought the Contemporary was pretty much the most awesome thing my small mind could ever imagine.
To a certain extent, children are a product of their environment.
Testtrack321
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The Fox link had screen grabs of what I think was a b-roll footage of Imagineers working on the interiors.
Also good to finally see a date of May 2012 for opening. 7 months to enjoy the resort till the end of the world!
lebeau
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Thanks for the link!
I really like the overall concept. Aimed straight at the kiddies. WDW has been needing something like this!
I'm sure the final product will look more polished.
trr1
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thank you for the article it is most informitive
TalkingHead
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Nothing new about that. Virtually everything WDW does these days is aimed straight at the kiddies.
ToTBellHop
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Clearly, from a very young age, you were fancier than the rest of us slobs forced to trash it up in the value resorts. Personally, when I was four, I was more interested in Disney characters than a stark (albeit impressive) A-frame tower. I did not have the mental capacity to appreciate unique architecture at age 4.
We can't all be prodigies.
lebeau
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Not so much with regards to the resorts. The Values have traditionally been more geared to the kiddies. So, it's nothing new in that respect. But the execution seems better here. And the subject matter is more "on target" than sports, music, or the 20th century.
lebeau
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No kidding! People are here get so bent out of shape every time Disney does something to appeal to the primary audience. Yeah, I know Walt said don't aim for kids or you're dead. But you shouldn't aim exclusively for adults either.
Most of the resorts are themed in such a way as to appeal more to adults than kids. I see no problem with aiming the value resorts (which are priced for families) at kids. Those of you who appreciate more sophisticated themes at your resorts probably weren't going to stay at a value resort anyway!