Reviewing EVERY Hotel in Disney World -- Disney’s Art of Animation Resort

Does anybody know if they still have the metal refillable mugs?

AJ is awesome!

Ive stayed at many hotels in Disney and I always go back to AOA for long trips. Its just the one hotel that truly feels like Disney for me.

Miss aj yes very beautiful

I wish they had MORE themed hotels with characters like Mickey, Pooh and other Classics the theming is everything ❤

AOA seems so nice ans and Perfect for my Family. We would love to stay in the Family suites, but the Family suites DON'T get Military discount!!!

Great information! AJ's voice makes it better too!

the cost of disney hotels is the 1 thing ill never pay for. ill go stay in a 4* hotel for literally 150-200 cheaper a night than this hotel

Does the little mermaid section have any adjoining rooms?

I just had to downgrade from Beach Club Club level to Little Mermaid rooms. Your vlog showed me this AofA my jam. I can't wait to go. Thank You.

My wife and I just stayed at the AOA Nemo Suites last month. We loved it. The suite was more like a condo than a hotel room. The proximity (from our building anyhow) to the Skyliner was delightful. The food court was certainly acceptable in our opinion. We were not sure we would like it but were pleasantly surprised.

Do you get wifi in the resort ?...,
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My biggest complaint about the Art of Animation is the flooring. After a day or two walking 10+ miles at the park, I want to come back to the room, take my shoes off and walk on a soft surface. You do not get that at AOA. The floors are all hard concrete or whatever. No carpets or rugs. Hard ground…everywhere. Last time we went, my wife and I decided to stay off property and it was so much more enjoyable. Also, the Little Mermaid rooms have paper thin walls so you hear everything.

i was a transportation cast member when this resort opened! it was one of my favorite stations to work because i always got exponentially more pin traders here than anywhere else.

I love hourglass lake. I look forward to late night walks around it.

Hello disney fans, pre planning my next disney trip :)

DFB videos always get me humming. Today I hummed the circle of life and then the cheers theme…and my coworkers looked at me like I was nuts. 😆

AoA was the 1st WDW resort we ever stayed in & has been the one we continue to stay in when we're in a tight budget. The addition of the skyliner definitely has helped even tho it's not always reliable since weather & breakdowns sometimes affect its use. However we do love the spacious rooms & the theming throughout the resort.

I’m an adult & this is my favorite hotel 🥰 and I also have a fear of heights but I did enjoy taking the skyliner to Hollywood Studios and Epcot

I'm sorry but I'm not sure if I could pay $700 a night. Not worth it. My mortgage is $700 a month not going to pay $700 a night

Resort Reviews are my FAVORITE!!!

That's Mufasa on Pride Rock.

Staying here in Nov! Thanks for the vid. Any chance anyone knows if they offer swim vests at the pools for the kiddos? Thanks 😊

I stayed in the Little Mermaid rooms on my visit to Disney. I'd heard so much about how far away those rooms are from everything, and honestly, I was super unimpressed by the so-called long distance. It's walkable in five minutes. However, I'd also heard that the big blue pool was super amazing, and my experience was that it was, indeed, big but unbelievably full of people and so shallow that you can't really swim in it, and the promised underwater music wasn't functioning. I'd stay there again in a heartbeat, especially because of the Skyliner access.

This was really fun to stay at and the food was really good! Keep in mind if you stay at the little mermaid section, it’s an extra 2+ miles too your day which can be really challenging! That trip caused a lot of neuropathy in my feet and legs 😂.

We parked our stroller at The Grand Floridian for Character Breakfast and came after to find our zippered compartment attachment stolen along with the contents. If we are required to park our stroller in an almost hidden garden area, they really should have someone to monitor. Everyone loves WDW, even thieves. 😞

We are a huge Cars fans. We loved the Cars suite. It was so nice having two bathrooms since we have two teenage kids. The sky liner was awesome too. One of my kids rode the skyliner around while I packed on our last day. It’s so fun and peaceful.

Hi AJ, the rooms at Saratoga are not dated anymore, they are gorgeous since they’ve been freshened up!

We stayed at a good neighbour hotel for our honeymoon in 2017, and during a chill out day of walking round the resorts, we decided when we had kids we were staying at AoA. They are only 3 and 1 at the moment, but can't wait to take them.

One thing I about bus transportation. Is it possible to get a skyliner to hollywood studios and bus to magic kingdom within a timely manner to avoid bus queue?

I do like the family suites but they are spendy! and you are so right when you say LOUD! lol.

Hi!
We have a family of 5 and a family of 4 planning a trip to WDW. Do you have a recommendation on a hotel to use? We would like to be on resort as we are hoping that the dining plan returns

Best resort for family love this resort

Loving these hotel videos!

The only thing I hate about this resort is that Little Mermaid are the only standard rooms. I want to stay in a Cars room but I usually go solo and I’m NOT about to pay for a suite by myself

We stayed at AoA last Aug/Sep and absolutely loved it. It was just my husband and me, and I wanted to drown in Disney during my first adult Disney trip lol. The cast members were fantastic, the Skyliner is amazing and was the reason we chose AoA over others. The lack of food options did get a little old by the end of our stay (for me, my husband could have eaten the chicken strips every night lol) but we were also there for over a week. Plus it was a good excuse to go visit Disney Springs at night! AoA was everything we had wanted for our trip and did not disappoint. We're staying at Coronado Springs next Feb so I'm excited to compare the difference!

I always wanted to go to the Little Mermaid reset. That is my dream.

We stayed at AoA last month and it was nice. It was me, my husband and our 3 kids. The youngest is 3 and he loved taking pics with all the Cars characters. And seeing thier headlights lit up at night was really cool.

If someone with Autism comes to Disney on their own, is this the right Resort hotel for them?

One of the fw resorts I haven't stayed at. But I once just walked around it just to look!

I love you AJ!

Usually stay here or at pop century, why spend so much on rooms when you’re out most of the day?

So great this video was made ! After watching tons of videos on all the resorts I had chose aoa for our vacation in October . And I’m still so happy with my choice if not more
Excited 😆

My family’s first Disney World vacation was just last month and we stayed at Art. Had no issues with noise in the little mermaid rooms.

I’m so happy you did a review of AoA , I’ll be there in August for my daughter Birthday 🥳

Advice from first hand experience if you are staying at Art of Animation or Pop Century and you have to take the bus back to your Resort at the end of the day go ahead and hop on your sister Resorts bus if there's no room left on your own or a long wait...it's a little bit of a walk to get to your sister Resort but it's definitely walkable when I was staying at Pop Century last year I was able to jump on The Art of Animation bus because I was using a ECV/mobility scooter and the Pop Century bus didn't have any more spots for mobility scooters but the Art of Animation bus did. They don't check to see what resort you are staying at and The Skyliners smack-dab in the middle of those two Resorts anyway so just walk from the bus stop to the Skyliner & you will be able to see the backside of your Resort from there so navigating it isn't that difficult either

Can you rate all the hotels together in one video?

We're looking to take our little ones in September of 2024, They will be 10, 7 and 5 and we are saving up to stay here. We watch all the DFB videos and my daughter likes to sit in my husband lap while they watch and shes so excited to go back to Disney World (We went last June when my husband grandmother passed away and we took her ashes back to Florida) It was a stressful trip and really hot so the kids didnt have a good time, so we watch these videos and save up and hope to take them back so they can have a great experience! Thank you for your videos DFB!

I stayed at The Art of Animation with my boyfriend and overall we loved it.
He's a graphic designer, I'm the daughter of a graphic designer—basically we really love and appreciate art so seeing the drawings on the walls of the lobby was honestly a huge selling point for us. Plus we feel if you're going to Disney BE in Disney. The over-the-top theming just added to the charm.
The skyliner was my absolute favorite and I feel like even transport to Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom were very quick rides (as opposed to when we were in All Star Sports and felt far away from everything).
The only downside was how far we felt we were from the lobby and skyliner. We were in the only non-family suites so the Ariel Rooms. And they were a good 15 minute walk away from essentially everything. We didn't go down to the food court much (we had food in-room) but doing so would probably have been a hassle. Walking back after a LONG day was pretty taxing. However, we were right by the parking lot and getting a ride to Universal or any Uber Eats was easy because we were right there (and it actually had a specified location in Uber to tell them to meet us in the back).
Oh, and they play the same 13 songs in the lobby. We asked because you'll recognize it after waiting for a bus for 10 days straight.
Overall I would 100% stay again. The value was amazing and the skyliner can't be beat for a value resort but I may try staying a bit closer to the lobby. Admittedly, I did request a quiet room so maybe that was why we were so far away. And it was actually really quiet considering we were over the pool. You couldn't hear it at all from our room (probably the 4th floor).