Disney's All-Star Movies Resort
Disney's All-Star Movies Resort is a film-themed value resort hotel at Walt Disney World in Florida. It opened on January 15, 1999, as the third and last of the All-Star resorts, after Disney's All-Star Sports Resort and Disney's All-Star Music Resort.[1] The resort has 1,920 rooms in the Animal Kingdom Resort Area, each of its sections celebrating a Disney film with some of the largest character figures at any Disney hotel.
History
All-Star Movies completed the All-Star trio begun in 1994, applying the established value-resort formula — low-rise buildings by the Miami firm Arquitectonica, exterior walkways, a central food court and giant icons — to Disney's own film catalogue rather than to sport or music. Reservations were being taken from 1998, well before the first rooms opened.
As at its sister resorts, opening was phased. The Mighty Ducks and 101 Dalmatians sections opened first, on January 15, 1999. Fantasia and The Love Bug followed in March 1999, and the Toy Story section, the last to be finished, opened in April 1999. The completed resort brought the three All-Star hotels to more than 5,000 rooms between them, and the model was carried forward at greater scale by Disney's Pop Century Resort and Disney's Art of Animation Resort, the latter taking its sections from individual animated films in the same way.
The rooms were refurbished in a programme completed around 2019, among the first at the value resorts to introduce a queen bed together with a pull-down queen bed that converts to a table, a layout later adopted across the category.
Theming and layout
Accommodation is in ten three-storey buildings in five pairs, each themed to one film. The 101 Dalmatians area is dominated by giant figures of Pongo and Perdita, some 40 feet tall, with smaller puppies, bones and a fire hydrant around the courtyards. Toy Story recreates the scale of Andy's room, with an oversized Woody and Buzz Lightyear, building blocks, a bucket of toy soldiers and the entrance to Andy's room itself. Fantasia is served by the resort's main pool, overlooked by Sorcerer Mickey. The Mighty Ducks section is built around ice hockey, with a rink-styled second pool, the Duck Pond Pool, goalie masks and crossed sticks, while Herbie: The Love Bug uses the famous racing Volkswagen Beetle, giant car parts and chequered flags.
Cinema Hall, the central building, is styled as a grand picture palace and contains the lobby, food court, shop and arcade. Preferred rooms, closest to Cinema Hall, are in the Fantasia, Toy Story and 101 Dalmatians sections. Buses link the resort to all the Walt Disney World theme parks, water parks and Disney Springs; there is no Disney Skyliner, monorail or boat connection.
Dining and amenities
The World Premiere Food Court in Cinema Hall is designed to resemble an ornate cinema lobby, with serving counters named in keeping with the film theme, and is the resort's sole restaurant. The Silver Screen Spirits bar serves the Fantasia Pool. Donald's Double Feature, the shop in Cinema Hall, combines film memorabilia with general merchandise, and the Reel Fun Arcade stands nearby. Outdoor film screenings are held in the evenings, and the grounds include playgrounds and laundry rooms. In keeping with the other value resorts, there is no table-service dining, spa or fitness centre.
See also
- Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
- Disney's All-Star Music Resort
- Disney's Pop Century Resort
- Disney's Art of Animation Resort
- Walt Disney World