The Orlando Sentential is reporting that Disney World Florida will be building their first new resort in 7 years (not a themepark – hotels) by finishing the unfinished Pop Century Resort Phase II, although the new resort will be renamed and redesigned into 'Disney's Art of Animation Resort'.

Aerial Shot of Pop Century Resort and Unfinished Art of Animation Resort

The new resort will be built using almost the same footprint as the Pop Century Phase II was going to use, although obviously its going to be focused on Disney's Animation Properties.

One major difference between the Pop Century Layout and the Art of Animation Layout will be the room count and type – there will be a total of almost 2,000 rooms, but only 864 of them will be traditional hotel rooms – the other 1,120 rooms will be suites which can hold up to 6 people.

Rear of Main Bldg with Unfinished Building Outlines

Disney's Pop Century resort has a greater number of rooms but with the addition of the suites at the Art of Animation, both resorts will be able to hold approximately the same amount of guests – 2,800 total.

Front of Main Unfinished Building

This holds promise for the return of the travel industry as Disney finally has enough faith to begin building (finishing) a resort project that was on hold since 2003.

Although it is worth mentioning that this is one of the Disney Value Resorts – so it seems as though tourists are becoming more price conscious in their lodging choices when they go on vacation.

Unfinished RoomsView these maps on Bing Maps

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Andrew Calvo is a 26 year old Commercial Real Estate Advisor in New Jersey. I live in Tinton Falls, NJ. This blog is about my passions - primarily hotels, commercial real estate, and development, etc.

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