Today, Disney announced the opening date for Pixar Place Hotel at the Disneyland Resort. Over the past few months, Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel has been transforming into Disney’s Pixar Place Hotel and that transformation will be complete on January 30, 2024 when the hotel officially becomes the first fully Pixar-themed hotel in the United States.
What to Expect
When you enter the hotel lobby, you will unique art inspired by Pixar films and be greeted by the iconic Pixar Lamp balancing atop its ball, with an imaginative mobile of beloved Pixar characters floating from the bright skylight above. The mobile will depict the beginning stages of Pixar filmmaking, when animators create the characters’ designs with their most basic shapes and colors. The characters you’ll see are at the beginning of their journey, just as the guests who step into the lobby begin their own story at the Disneyland Resort!
Then when guests enter their room, they will be immersed in Pixar Animation from the pillows inspired by the Pixar Ball to lighting reminiscent of the Pixar Lamp. There will be whimsical nods to the iconic animation studio throughout these comfortable and contemporary rooms. Some of the art that will be hanging in guest rooms was even created by Pixar Animation Studios artists especially for Pixar Place Hotel! The bed headboards will consist of concept art from a variety of Pixar films including “The Incredibles,” “Toy Story 3” and more.
Great Maple Restaurant
The Pixar Place Hotel is also getting a new restaurant on the ground floor of the hotel operated by a third party. Opening in November 2023, Great Maple restaurant will bring its innovative menu of upscale comfort food for breakfast, lunch and dinner to the Disneyland Resort. This modern American eatery will serve a robust selection of dishes made from scratch daily including their Cajun Shrimp & Cheddar Biscuit Benedict, Soda Pop-Braised Baby Back Ribs, Charred Cauliflower Hummus, Maple Pecan-Crusted Salmon, Market Fish, a variety of inspired salads, and their famous Buttermilk Fried Chicken & Maple Bacon Doughnuts!
More Dining Options
A few weeks after the Great Maple restaurant opens, more culinary delights also operated by Great Maple will open. A new grab-and-go coffee shop in the lobby called Sketch Pad Café will serve assorted pastries accompanied by a selection of coffee and tea. Plus, an all-new menu will debut at the rooftop pool bar that will be renamed to Small Bytes. The pool bar will begin serving salads, wraps, assorted cheese plates along with signature beverages.
Hotel Offerings You Can Enjoy Now
Recently, the hotel opened the new “Finding Nemo”-themed splash pad and pool area. If you have ever visited the hotel, you may already know that the hotel offers a rooftop pool. The rooftop pool is named Pixel Pool and features Crush’s Surfin’ Slide, a 186-foot-long water slide inspired by the coolest sea turtle in the ocean. The adjacent play court and pool bar will open later this fall.
Near the pool, you can gather with friends on comfy couches surrounding fire pits inspired by some of Pixar’s more hotheaded characters, including Jack-Jack from Pixar’s “The Incredibles” and Anger from Pixar’s “Inside Out.”
Back in the lobby, guests can do some shopping in the new gift shop named STOR-E — a playful take on the Pixar film name “WALL-E”. The shop features Pixar-themed apparel and toys, plus Disneyland Resort souvenirs and sundries.
Lastly, a new and expanded fitness center recently opened, offering treadmills, free weights and more for hotel guests. The fitness center has a mural of Mike and Sulley running on a treadmill, inspired by Pixar’s “Monsters University.”
Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel is open during the hotel’s transformation and offers the added benefits of staying on property at the Disneyland Resort, including a dedicated entrance across the street with direct access to Disney California Adventure Park.
Are you excited about the new hotel transformation and Great Maple restaurant. Will you be planning a visit to the Pixar Place Hotel after the transformation has been completed? Let me know by sending me a message. I would love to hear from you.
