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We readily admit that the price is significantly higher though. Now, if you want to step up to a moderate resort, the Port Orleans Riverside Royal guest rooms have a similar following due to the characters they feature. Yes, other resort exteriors have strong Disney character theming like All-Star Movies, but that doesn’t translate to the room interior like these. It’s hard to find standard rooms at a value resort that so prominently feature a beloved character like her. As you can imagine, and as we experienced firsthand with Anna, families with kids that love The Little Mermaid boost demand for these rooms significantly. While 864 rooms may sound like a lot, in the grand scheme of the millions of guests that stay at Disney World, it isn’t. With only one wing of Art of Animation featuring this Little Mermaid style, rooms are limited. The second reason for the pricing difference is the simple economics of supply and demand. Is it worth a 35% premium? Only you can decide. This gondola system makes transportation to Hollywood Studios and Epcot very simple, so there is a reason for the premium here. In comparison to the All-Star Resorts, one of the big pluses of Art of Animation is the availability of the Disney Skyliner. So why are the Little Mermaid rooms so expensive? Those rooms have a more modern look, queen-sized beds, to name a few advantages. It presents a stark comparison to Pop Century and All-Star Movies whose rooms have been refurbished in the last few years. That premium price may be surprising since the Art of Animation’s Little Mermaid rooms have not been refurbished (outside of soft goods) recently. You can got to Disney’s Art of Animation Resort room rate page to see current prices. If you were to make this comparison at the most expensive time, it would be worse. That comparison is based upon resort prices at the cheapest time of year. When compared to standard rooms at Pop Century, the gap is a little less, with the Little Mermaid rooms running about 15% more. They are 35% more expensive than the same standard rooms at any of the All-Star Resorts. Why are the Little Mermaid Rooms So Expensive?Īs we said in our intro, these rooms are the most expensive standard rooms you will find at a Disney World value resort. Since the construction of this wing of the resort was complete, they left it as is. That is when Disney went to the family suite for the other three sections of the resort. When they started construction back up again, Disney rethemed the resort and changed its design. Given the drop in tourism after those events, Disney World ceased construction on the resort. At that time, the resort was going to be a mirror image of Pop Century, which is just across Hourglass Lake. The Little Mermaid section of the resort was under construction when 9/11 occurred.
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The full story is in our resort review, but the short answer is a construction delay. You’ll also notice that the exterior of the Little Mermaid resort looks different than the other sections. The Little Mermaid room is your typical Disney World value resort standard room. They feature larger rooms with a separate main bedroom. Most of the resort features what are called family suites. One thing you will notice about Disney’s Art of Animation Little Mermaid rooms is that they aren’t like the rest of the resort. She was actually pretty upset that we didn’t stay there during that trip. When Anna found out there were these things called the Art of Animation Little Mermaid rooms, she would not rest until we came back to stay here. During that stay, we were in the Cars Family Suites. You can read our full Disney’s Art of Animation Resort review if you want to know how we feel about the resort as a whole. We first stayed at the resort about a year ago. As a bonus to this review, we have a video tour of the room that we’ll share below. Of course, we’ll have pictures of the interior of the rooms and the whole Little Mermaid section of the resort. Here in our Disney’s Art of Animation Little Mermaid Room review, we’ll talk about their history, why they are so expensive, and if we think they are worth it. More importantly, these are the most expensive standard rooms in all of Disney World. These rooms feature everyone’s favorite mermaid and her friends. Tucked on the northern side of Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, you will find the Little Mermaid rooms.
