Active Advisories
Disney Skyliner - Aerial Gondola at Walt Disney World Resort – Scheduled Maintenance
From January 25, 2026, through January 31, 2026, Disney Skyliner - Aerial Gondola at Walt Disney World Resort, will be closed for maintenance. The Skyliner is the primary mode of transportation for guests at Disney's Riviera Resort to reach both EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios. Other resorts on the line include Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney's Art of Animation Resort and Disney's Pop Century Resort. Guests at Disney's BoardWalk Inn and Villas and Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resorts can also the system for access to Hollywood Studios.
During the closure, complimentary bus service will be available from each of the Skyliner resorts to the impacted theme parks.
Overview
This Disney Value Resort allows you to feel like a character in your favourite Disney and Disney•Pixar stories. In addition to Standard Rooms, Family Suites offer the room families need to spread out in comfort. With four playful courtyards and animation-inspired décor, Guests will be surrounded by magic like never before. The Resort hotel draws its inspiration from four classic Disney Animated films: Finding Nemo (Family Suites), Cars (Family Suites), The Lion King (Family Suites), and The Little Mermaid (Standard Rooms).
After purchasing a ticket, the guest should visit www.StartYourDisneyExperience.com to create a profile (if you do not already have a profile), and, using the confirmation number that WestJet Vacations will provide, link the ticket to the profile and then make park reservations.
Check in
3 p.m.
Check out
11 a.m.
Rooms
864
Inclusions
- Guests MagicBand or Card allows to charge purchases to their room and purchases can be delivered directly to their room.
- Any guest celebrating a special occasion while staying at any Walt Disney World Resort hotel may request to receive a Disney Character voicemail message on their in-room phone. Occasions for Character calls can include birthdays, romantic celebrations or any other special event.
- All Disney resort transportation is included within the grounds, including motor coach, ferry, and tram.
- Extended Theme Park hours, known as Extra Magic hours
Rooms
- 1 king bed, or 2 double beds
- Views of Courtyard, Pool or Parking Area
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, or 2 double beds
- Views of Courtyard, Pool or Parking Area
- No more than 4 guests in the room
- Smoke-free
- A/C
- Alarm clock
- Crib (on request)
- Iron/Ironing board
- Safe
- TV
- Pack 'n Play Playard available
- Fridges can be provided on a "request basis only" and will be based on need priority.
- 1 queen bed, 1 double bed, and 1 sofa bed
- Views of Courtyard, Pool or Parking Area
- No more than 6 guests in the room
- 1 queen bed, 1 double bed, and 1 sofa bed
- Views of Courtyard, Pool or Parking Area
- No more than 6 guests in the room
- Coffee maker
- Kitchenette
- Living room
- Microwave
- Mini fridge
- Smoke-free
- 2 Bathrooms
- A/C
- Alarm clock
- Crib (on request)
- Iron/Ironing board
- Safe
- TV
- Pack 'n Play Playard available
- Fridges can be provided on a "request basis only" and will be based on need priority.
Amenities
Landscape of Flavors
Landscape of Flavors
Pool
The Big Blue Pool
Cars
Cars
Location
Reviews
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
Good for cost
Sightsee445031 on Nov 19, 2025
Very fun hotel with lots of rooms. The pools especially the one with the bar were huge plus. Would be nice if some other buildings closer to big pool had regular rooms and not suites. Food was decent with lots of choices.
Art of Animation - nice rooms
laura m (Baltimore, Maryland) on Nov 13, 2025
The family suite at Cars was perfect for 6 of us. The pools were great. Convenient to all transportation to parks. Food area was good. They housekeeping could have been better. They came super late one day when we were already back from the parks. I swapped towels with the cast member. They called me later to reschedule for the next day, I told them yes please. Never showed until 2 days later. No Disney magic, like I've seen at other resorts. There were stuffed animals and they didn't do anything fun with them for the 8 year old we had with us. Definitely disappointed.
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