This is the second post in a series of posts about the
Art of Animation Resort, there really is that much to say. The
first post was an introduction to the resort and covered public areas. The last post will cover the theming of the resort.
Here are some of the basics of this resort: it's a value resort on the opposite side of Hourglass Lake from the Pop Century Resort. The resort has traditional value resort guest rooms and family suite guest rooms. There are 4 themed areas of the resort: Cars, Lion King, Finding Nemo and the Little Mermaid (traditional value resort rooms).
On my trip I stayed in a Lion King suite, it was about 640 square feet and had 2 bathrooms, a bedroom, kitchen, living room and can sleep up to 6 people. The buildings that house the suites all have interior hallways and you require a room card to the building to gain entry via RFID, a very nice security feature.
When you walk in to the room (my room at least) on the left is a full bathroom and the living room with the kitchenette. On the right side is the kitchen table, and bedroom with full bathroom.
The first bathroom has a pocket door leading to the sink area, then there is another door separating the toilet and tub with shower head. I love this set up as it allows multiple people to use the bathroom at the same time.
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| Sink Area |
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| Shower Curtain |
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| I LOVE the tile work |
The living room has a kitchenette, it has a small refrigerator, small sink coffee maker, microwave, and some plastic and paper goods. It's nothing fancy, but enough to warm up bottles or make a quick breakfast. Next to that is the couch, which folds out into a bed and will sleep 2 people. There is an additional chair, coffee table, TV on a TV stand/dresser and a rack for hanging clothes. Under the rack is a box you could use the top of the box for storage, or sitting on. The box opens from the front (not the top) and is storage for the pull out coach bedding.
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| Coffee Table |
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| Kitchenette |
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| Living Room fixtures |
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| The reason I picked Lion King |
Opposite the bathroom is the kitchen table, it seats 4 and has night tables on either side. The table folds down creating another bed, a full size bed for sleeping 2 people. This bed has a regular mattress, the same as they use at Pop Century Resort. I was going to sleep on it, but couldn't be bothered with moving all my stuff from the bedroom.
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| It's a table |
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| and a bed! |
In the bedroom there is a queen sized bed with night stands on each side as well as a dresser/TV stand. There is a full bathroom off of the bedroom, it has a sink, toilet and shower, but no bathtub. It's large and spacious with ample hooks for your towels. But the sink is not separated from the toilet and shower.
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| Bedroom |
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| Master Bath |
Overall the rooms were well laid out and spacious. I'm not sure I would put 6 adults in here, but 2 adults and 4 children would work, assuming you don't require too much counter space. I will talk about theming in a future post and about the tour of the resort in yet a third post.
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| Hallway Artwork |
But who do I recommend the resort to other then everyone? Obviously families, but I would also suggest it to young woman or woman traveling alone. With the number of families at the resort the potential for a creepy person seems like it could be lower, but more importantly the card access to the buildings and the interior hallways adds a layer of security you'll only get at deluxe resorts and for the price, this is a better deal.
