The Art of Animation Resort opened in May 2012. Based upon the concept of providing guests with the opportunity to come face-to-face with the larger-than-life smiling characters from their favorite Disney/Pixar film, the resort features a giant statue of Mr. Ray in the Finding Nemo courtyard. Standing 25’ x 22’, Mr. Ray is constructed of composite, steel and scenic paint. The large scale parts were created using computer modeling and then cut by a 5-axis router. Mr. Ray is an

Simba’s journey is celebrated in The Lion King area of the Art of Animation Resort. With landscape and theming that reflect both playful and poignant scenes from the Academy Award-winning Disney animated film The Lion King. Among the landscapes depicted from the movie, the elephant graveyard is both a poignant scene and a playground. At 10’ x 25’, the imposing prehistoric elephant bones emerge from a stone cliff. Constructed of stainless steel clad with composite and finished

Next time you visit the Art of Animation Resort, check out the light poles. Throughout the resort there are 71 themed light poles. Each “wood” pole is wrapped in resin soaked fabric and then covered in a 2-part epoxy, hand imprinted with the wood texture and scenic painted. We knew we had the theming right the day we spotted a carpenter bee attempting to bore into the last pole we were finishing in the shop. Some other interesting features of the light poles: In the Finding N