ronnmel
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- Apr 5, 2010
Art of Animation Review part 2 Little Mermaid Room
Art of Animation has two different types of room. The family suites, which can sleep up to 6, can be found in the Cars, Finding Nemo, and Lion King sections. If you want a standard room you must stay in the Little Mermaid section, which is the farthest section. Im posting the map again, so you can see the distance. The Little Mermaid rooms are in the buildings 7, 8 and 9, on the right side of the map.
I didnt mind the walk because there is so much to look at, but I know Ron was bothered by it, mostly because we had to go back to the food court often to get hot water for the baby.
Our room had two double beds, and lots of Little Mermaid details.
This is the dresser. The drawers on the right are actually fake. Its a door and behind it is the mini-fridge.
We had called for a pack n play for Claudia to sleep in, but instead got a foldable crib. We placed it between the dresser and the sink area, in front of where a connecting door would have been.
At first we were happy to get a crib with a real mattress. Then we started noticing the flaws. The two main flaws were:
1. The mattress is much smaller than the crib, so there is a big gap in which the baby could fall. Its especially dangerous when you have a tiny little peanut like us. We tried placing towels, but it didnt work. We put some pillows instead, but I was quite worried she would just move over there, smooch her face in the pillow, and not be able to breathe.
2. The mattress was wobbly and had an angle. I guess thats what you get for having a mattress that folds in half, but it made it harder for Claudia to find a comfortable position to sleep, and not just roll over to one side.
On the other side of the dresser is a little table area.
There are some fake music sheets on the table.
Above the table is a mirror.
A coat hanger.
More details
There is a privacy curtain between the bedroom and the sink area. It helps keep the room dark while someone is using the sink/bathroom.
This is the sink area. In the mirror you can see the safe in the wall, which was quite small. It opens with a code (the one at Beach Club opened with a key. And you better not lose that key or youll pay a hefty fee).
I did not take any pictures of the actual bathroom, but its your standard toilet & tub. Here is the shower curtain.
This is the wall in the shower.
The ONLY thing I was disappointed about in terms of theming is the lack of hidden Mickeys. I only found this one, but at least its a full Mickey.
I also found what I think is a hidden Sebastian (shadow), but everyone else thinks its just kelp.
Apparently there is one more hidden Mickey. If you look above at the picture of the entire shower wall, there seems to be a HM to the left of the metal bar.
Thats it for the pictures. As for the room itself, we did find it small with a baby. We were so disorganized in that room. Part of it is because we did not take the time to organize (we were only there 2 nights), but it also was hard to find a place to set up our bottle washing station with there being just one sink. We also had no real area to change her diaper. We just did it on the floor or the bed. If we had had just two kids instead of a baby and all the extra gear that comes with it, we probably would have been fine.
Up Next, A Walking Tour of AoA
Art of Animation has two different types of room. The family suites, which can sleep up to 6, can be found in the Cars, Finding Nemo, and Lion King sections. If you want a standard room you must stay in the Little Mermaid section, which is the farthest section. Im posting the map again, so you can see the distance. The Little Mermaid rooms are in the buildings 7, 8 and 9, on the right side of the map.
I didnt mind the walk because there is so much to look at, but I know Ron was bothered by it, mostly because we had to go back to the food court often to get hot water for the baby.
Our room had two double beds, and lots of Little Mermaid details.
This is the dresser. The drawers on the right are actually fake. Its a door and behind it is the mini-fridge.
We had called for a pack n play for Claudia to sleep in, but instead got a foldable crib. We placed it between the dresser and the sink area, in front of where a connecting door would have been.
At first we were happy to get a crib with a real mattress. Then we started noticing the flaws. The two main flaws were:
1. The mattress is much smaller than the crib, so there is a big gap in which the baby could fall. Its especially dangerous when you have a tiny little peanut like us. We tried placing towels, but it didnt work. We put some pillows instead, but I was quite worried she would just move over there, smooch her face in the pillow, and not be able to breathe.
2. The mattress was wobbly and had an angle. I guess thats what you get for having a mattress that folds in half, but it made it harder for Claudia to find a comfortable position to sleep, and not just roll over to one side.
On the other side of the dresser is a little table area.
There are some fake music sheets on the table.
Above the table is a mirror.
A coat hanger.
More details
There is a privacy curtain between the bedroom and the sink area. It helps keep the room dark while someone is using the sink/bathroom.
This is the sink area. In the mirror you can see the safe in the wall, which was quite small. It opens with a code (the one at Beach Club opened with a key. And you better not lose that key or youll pay a hefty fee).
I did not take any pictures of the actual bathroom, but its your standard toilet & tub. Here is the shower curtain.
This is the wall in the shower.
The ONLY thing I was disappointed about in terms of theming is the lack of hidden Mickeys. I only found this one, but at least its a full Mickey.
I also found what I think is a hidden Sebastian (shadow), but everyone else thinks its just kelp.
Apparently there is one more hidden Mickey. If you look above at the picture of the entire shower wall, there seems to be a HM to the left of the metal bar.
Thats it for the pictures. As for the room itself, we did find it small with a baby. We were so disorganized in that room. Part of it is because we did not take the time to organize (we were only there 2 nights), but it also was hard to find a place to set up our bottle washing station with there being just one sink. We also had no real area to change her diaper. We just did it on the floor or the bed. If we had had just two kids instead of a baby and all the extra gear that comes with it, we probably would have been fine.
Up Next, A Walking Tour of AoA
It will be DDs 4th time going and this time we are taking my mother with us. she is in a wheelchair so it will be a challenge but totally worth it. I'm just hoping we can get a hotel room we still don't have one booked yet 
and wont be able to until we are about ten days out from our trip. I can't wait for more updates!!!!!
(Although I know that's a bad habit to get into!)
Wow, thank you! That is such a nice compliment. It's so nice of you to say that, I had no idea! 
That's one lucky DD! I've never used them, but be sure to check into a GAC (guest assistance card) for your mother. I'm sure you will all enjoy your trip. I doubt you'll have a hard time finding a room, they always have something available, especially in winter.
LOL When I'm done you can post photos of details I missed, or thigns that look really different during the day.
