Art of Animation

Meg worked from home until 1:30 this afternoon.  Once Doug arrived back from Winco, the three of us packed up the Pilot and headed to Orlando.  I had made reservations at Art of Animation for tonight and was very excited about it.  We had never stayed there before and thought it would be the perfect time to try it.  

We arrived at the resort a little bit after 3 p.m.  Our room was ready, so we headed straight to the Lion King wing once we made it through the gate.  The suite was really cool.  There were giraffes behind the pullout couch, Simba painted on the table bed, and birds on the master bedroom's headboard.  We had a small kitchenette, two televisions and two full bathrooms with plenty of room for all.  Outside of our window was a giant replica of Skull Rock with hyenas perched on top.  It was just like walking into the movie.

After Meg and Doug checked their emails, we went on a walking tour of the resort.  We saw the Big Blue Pool with giant characters from the Finding Nemo movie.  We then walked through the Cars wing of the resort and got some great pictures of our favorite characters of the movie knowing that Nick would have loved staying in that area.  We ended our tour of the resort with a stop at the pool bar, shopping in the gift store and cupcake desserts at the food court. 

Next, we caught a bus to Disney Springs where we enjoyed dinner at Splitsville, Meg's favorite restaurant on property.  We also did some shopping at the M & M store, the World of Disney, Co-Op Marketplace and Francesco's.  We were done in Disney Springs by 8:15 and Meg asked if we could go to the Boardwalk next.  The bus was on break, so instead we rode to the Riveria and took the Skyliner over to the Boardwalk.  It was a fun ride.  We enjoyed waling along the familiar resort taking in the sites, watching the street acts and trying the margarita stand.  Our journey back to Art of Animation took a little longer due to the line to board the Skyliner, but the ride was a lot of fun.  We flew over both the Caribbean Beach resort which we stayed in on our March trip and our current resort, Art of Animation.  It was beautiful and a wonderful way to end our evening.