Disney's ART OF ANIMATION RESORT Information & Questions

[mmouse50]

The last 2 times I stayed there (June and October 2023) - I thought the safe didn’t work. I entered a pin like I had in the past but would always get an error code - never called about it not working but I did see where there a request for a cc, but wasn’t interested enough to try to pay for it so I didn’t use it.

 

[Carrie in AZ]

Just got back from a great week at AoA. Maybe I missed this, but when did they start charging you to use the in-room safe?

Returned yesterday from a stay in a Finding Nemo suite, used the safe, and did not pay for it. It was a normal, 4-digit code type of hotel safe.

 

[Minsc]

We were in a Cars suite and the pin pad mechanism even had a credit card stripe reader built in. I just assumed it was going to charge me something to create a pin, but didn't give it a try.

UPDATE: I called Guest Services and they confirmed that some rooms have an option to use a credit card in lieu of a regular PIN code for the safe. So @bluezy was correct. If I had spent more than 30 seconds looking at it, I probably would have figured that out.

 

[123SA]

I have an August trip planned, Lion King Suite. Last time I stayed at Art of Animation was 2021, during COVID, so I'm not sure if things are the same.


With buses, I know I need to be at the bus stop 90 minutes before early entry. (This worked really well last summer at All Star Music) Is it the same for the SKyliner?

For early entry at DHS at 8:30am, I arrive at Skyler at 7am? And I should expect it start loading at 730am?


THanks for your help

 

[subtchr]

I have an August trip planned, Lion King Suite. Last time I stayed at Art of Animation was 2021, during COVID, so I'm not sure if things are the same.


With buses, I know I need to be at the bus stop 90 minutes before early entry. (This worked really well last summer at All Star Music) Is it the same for the SKyliner?

For early entry at DHS at 8:30am, I arrive at Skyler at 7am? And I should expect it start loading at 730am?


THanks for your help

Yep, that will work. It may start operation a bit before 7:30, as well. You will transfer at the CBR station.

 

[bluezy]

I have an August trip planned, Lion King Suite. Last time I stayed at Art of Animation was 2021, during COVID, so I'm not sure if things are the same.


With buses, I know I need to be at the bus stop 90 minutes before early entry. (This worked really well last summer at All Star Music) Is it the same for the SKyliner?

For early entry at DHS at 8:30am, I arrive at Skyler at 7am? And I should expect it start loading at 730am?


THanks for your help

Yes, get to Skyliner about 90 minutes before EE opening. And don't be discouraged if the line looks crazy long. It moves quickly. When we were there in June 2022, we got in line at about 6:55 a.m. (for an 8:00 EE at DHS) and the line was wrapped all the way back to Bldg. 3 at Pop (I believe they now have a line from each resort and CMs merge it at the station). I thought we'd never get there in time. We actually were through security and standing in line at the tapstyles at DHS by 7:22. They let us in at about 7:40. I don't know exactly what time Skyliner started running that day, but it was definitely running when we walked out of our building at about 6:45.

 

[Princess2R]

Yes, every resort has it's own Character Hunt! It's Nala at AOA. Goofy over at Pop if you want to walk over and do that one too.

Do the all stars do a character hunt? I've never seen one but they have a scavenger hunt

 

[WEDWDW]

Do the all stars do a character hunt? I've never seen one but they have a scavenger hunt

For sure.

The prize is a special button.

 

[123SA]

I either didn't know or forgot that Art of Animation allows dogs.

What is this like? Are there a lot of dogs? Noise issues? Rooms that smell like dogs?

I'm not comfortable around dogs and I hate being judged for it. If I'm likely to run into one dog on the way to pool, I can deal. If I'm going to being dodging dogs frequently, I am going to miserable and possibly panicky depending on how well their owners exert control. Should I be looking for a different resort?

 

[DJFan88]

I either didn't know or forgot that Art of Animation allows dogs.

What is this like? Are there a lot of dogs? Noise issues? Rooms that smell like dogs?

I'm not comfortable around dogs and I hate being judged for it. If I'm likely to run into one dog on the way to pool, I can deal. If I'm going to being dodging dogs frequently, I am going to miserable and possibly panicky depending on how well their owners exert control. Should I be looking for a different resort?

I stayed there 2 Junes ago and i didnt even know they allowed dogs. So if that was going on then, thats how affected i was by it.

I just just just saw however, on a different thread on the just got back thread that someone had one near them in the cars section, and got the impression thats where the dog section is. So maybe stay at a different section? When we stayed there, you could book general or by section (we booked LK)

 

[bluezy]

I either didn't know or forgot that Art of Animation allows dogs.

What is this like? Are there a lot of dogs? Noise issues? Rooms that smell like dogs?

I'm not comfortable around dogs and I hate being judged for it. If I'm likely to run into one dog on the way to pool, I can deal. If I'm going to being dodging dogs frequently, I am going to miserable and possibly panicky depending on how well their owners exert control. Should I be looking for a different resort?

We've stayed at AoA a few times since dogs were allowed. One trip (Nemo suite) I only saw 2 dogs being walked outside but didn't notice any in the building (at least not on our floor/wing). One trip (LK suite) I saw a woman carrying her little dog in the hallway twice but never heard the dog. The last trip (June 2022, LK suite), there was a little dog barking constantly in the room across the hall from us while we were bringing our luggage to our room. I'm sure s/he heard us and that's what got the barking started. I noticed the barking stopped once we were finished bringing everything in the room (I had to stand by our door to listen -- it wasn't loud enough that I could easily hear it through our closed door). But as soon as we'd open our door the barking would start again. I could tell the dog was sitting right at the door. We went to lunch and when we came back, there was no barking. Never heard anything else the rest of the week. I'm guessing that family checked out the day we arrived. I have never noticed a dog smell in any of our rooms. If you're concerned about that, you can request a deep cleaning prior to arrival. Since there's not carpeting in the rooms at AoA anymore, there's much less of a chance that there will be a dog smell in a room even if a dog has just stayed there. Just keep in mind that service animals can be in *any* room at any hotel -- not just at dog-friendly resorts, so there can be dogs at any resort.