When you visit a Disney theme park, you have to stay somewhere, and all things being equal, it’s always more fun to stay on property. After experiencing all the best rides at Disneyland, your Disney experience can continue at your hotel; assuming, of course, that the hotel is well-themed. Recent hotel renovations at Disney World, as well as the new Villas at the Disneyland Hotel, have been met with some derision from fans who felt that the rooms, while they might have been nice, were not “Disney” enough. I can tell you that the Pixar Place Hotel at the Disneyland Resort does not have this problem.
While only about half of the full hotel has been renovated as of this writing, I was lucky enough to spend the night at the new Pixar Place hotel in one of its newly-renovated rooms, as well as experience more of the new hotel, and I have to admit that I'm sold. I usually only see Disneyland hotels as a place to keep my stuff while I'm visiting the parks, but Pixar Place has me rethinking that opinion. Everything about the place screams Pixar, but without losing the feeling that you’re staying in a luxury hotel.
