Pixar Place at the Disneyland Resort continues to move towards completion. Recently, the pool for this Disneyland Resort hotel opened. Recently, Daps Magic team member Doug Marsh stopped by the hotel, currently still recognized as Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, to see the update. Since the last update when the pool opened, there have definitely been some updates to this 15-story hotel that overlooks Disney California Adventure! Check out this photo tour here:
The new lobby coffee bar.
A look around the gift shop.
Pixar character silhouettes found in the floor.
What do you think of the progress that is being made on Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel as it transforms into the Pixar Place Hotel? What change or detail are you most excited about? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!
This is dated. I’m an interior designer — this is the worst revamp of any Disney hotel I’ve recently seen. Tech companies embraced this style for their campuses over a decade ago and are already redesigning. Black wrought iron accents, gray-scale, no carpeting? They’re all so unpleasant This obsession with glaring, white lighting is a fool’s errand because it’s high in blue light, which is intrinsically aggravating for the brain. No one, especially kids, wants to be greeted by this type of atmosphere after an exhausting day of walking around a theme park. The drop ceilings and track lighting also tell you that this was a refacing, not a renovation; people can tell the difference.
Where’re the colors? Where’re the characters? Where is the vision?! Pixar showcases brilliant use of vibrant colors, and this revamp has a three paint stripes in primaries and stick-on stencils of character silhouettes. The comes across as off-price.
An original, avantgarde design — something inspired by Elemental and Inside Out, would’ve distinguished this “4-star” hotel from the current portfolio and finally realized it as a destination-worthy experience. A huge miss.