Disneyland Paris is one of the most controversial Disney parks. While it is gorgeous, some aspects of the resort have failed to live up to our expectations.

During our stay, we stopped by two official Disney hotels. The first was their newest retheme at Hotel New York — The Art of Marvel. The second was the resort’s Cars-themed Hotel Santa Fe! Now, we’re taking a drive over for a tour of the rooms and resort, and we’re bringing you along with us. Ka-chow!

Disney’s Hotel Santa Fe is dedicated as a “colorful homage to Route 66.” The entire resort is inspired by the American Southwest and the Cars film. When we first pulled up, we spotted a large billboard of Lightning McQueen and Sally to greet us. We were excited to say the least.

This resort does feature a large, official Starbucks location, which is a huge plus. Not even the Art of Marvel hotel had that!

The resort is painted in colors like terracotta, red, orange, yellow, and more. Plus, the sidewalks look like roads! You can even spot little details of trees, cacti, and more along the buildings.

The hallways are simple with bright colors on the walls and carpet on the floors. This can make it tough if you’re pulling a heavy bag! There are elevators at the resort, but we had trouble finding them if we’re being super transparent. It was also late at night, so we will admit we gave up the search pretty quickly.

Here’s a look inside the “Revved-up room,” which is the standard room at this resort. According to the website, the standard room is the only room type at this hotel.

When you first enter the room, you’ll spot the closet behind the door. It’s an open closet with two shelves, several hangers, and a safe for you. This is where most of our things stayed once we were unpacked and settled.

The room features two queen beds, which were pretty firm with two pillows on each. Like most Parisian hotel rooms, it was also pretty toasty inside, so if you like to sleep like a true American (with a fan), you might want to bring your own.

The beds feature a detailed sheet with characters from the film, including Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson, Mater, Mac, Sally, and Luigi.

Above the beds, there are soft, glowing lights that look like traffic cones and license plates.

There is a photo of Mater on the wall, but be quiet! He’s sleeping! This is the same art you can find in Art of Animation Cars family suites. 

Underneath the beds, there was enough room for your bags. This room wasn’t huge, so the three people in our group had to get pretty creative with where to leave our things! This isn’t too different from a Disney World value suite.

In between the beds, you can find a small nightstand. It had a phone, the remote for the TV, and information about the resort. Notably, the only outlets by the bed were behind the table and were being used by the phone.

Across from the beds, you can find a dresser with a lamp, TV, and chair.

Even the mirror and lamp were shaped like a traffic cone, which we thought was super cute! The TV also had Disney+ on it, which you could watch even if you didn’t have a subscription as part of the resort’s perks. There was only one outlet by the dresser.

There was also a small desk area with a mirror for a spot to get ready. There was an outlet next to this vanity area for even more places to charge your things.

Across from the small closet, you’ll find the bathroom! It’s simple with a sink, a large mirror, and lots of space underneath the sink for storage. Above the toilet, there was also a large shelf where we could store more bags and toiletries.

There were cups, tissues, and a bar of soap for you to use as needed.

There’s also a hair dryer built into the wall, so you have one less thing to plug in and pack.

The shower also doubles as a bathtub for you or your kiddos. The tiles along the wall mirror the checkered flag, and the shower curtain features the flags! There’s a body soap attached to the wall along with a shelf with the towels.

The resort also provides two smaller bottles of shampoo and conditioner that are themed to the hotel.

Overall, the room was simple and was great for our group, who spent most of our time in the parks.

For this room, we paid just over $1,000 for three people for three nights, excluding our park tickets. When booking your room at Disneyland Paris, booking online includes your park tickets. We had to call the resort to book the room only. 

The resort was clean (although the bathroom was not totally up to our normal Disney expectations), had a restaurant, bar, and Starbucks, and was only a 15-20 minute walk from the parks. It also included a free shuttle to the parks if you prefer not to walk. In the morning, it was quicker for us to walk than to wait for the shuttle. 

Staying on the property also gives you access to Extra Magic Time, which is an extra hour in the park! It isn’t overly themed, but kiddos will be pleased to see the nods to the movie throughout the resort. Unless you’re traveling with a big Cars fan, we would recommend trying one of the closer hotels or one that costs a bit less. All in all? It was fine. You can see our review for one of the resort’s Good Neighbor Hotels right here. Be sure to keep following DFB for more Disney reviews, news, and more!

FULL TOUR: We Spent $1,000 on This Disney Hotel Room and We Have THOUGHTS

 

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