Disney to build 2,000-room hotel, Disneyโ€™s Art of Animation Resort

The Walt Disney Worldยฎย Resort has just announced plans for a new resort thatโ€™ll bring to life some of the most Disney's Art of Animation Resortbeloved characters and stories. Disneyโ€™s Art of Animation Resort will be one-of-a-kind, featuring family suites designed around four themes: The Lion King, Cars, Finding Nemo and The Little Mermaid.

Itโ€™s a resort designed with families in mind. There will be amazing sights at the different themed wings of the resort, including a model of King Triton thatโ€™ll eventually be 35 feet tall and tower over guests. And Disneyโ€™s Art of Animation Resort will also have themed room interiors in its nearly 2,000 new units โ€” 1,120 family suites inย The Lion King,ย Cars andย Finding Nemo wings and 864 themed rooms inย The Little Mermaid wings. Suites will have both a living room and a bedroom, offering added space.

All of the themed suites and rooms at Disneyโ€™s Art of Animation Resort (to be located adjacent toย Disneyโ€™s Pop Century Resort) are expected to open by the end of 2012.