The Art of Animation family suite floor plan includes a private bedroom with a queen bed, two full bathrooms, a kitchenette, a double-size sleeper sofa and a double-size pull-down TableBed. The layout sleeps up to six people, with the bedroom separated from the main living and dining area.
That separation is what I liked most about staying in a Cars family suite. Instead of six people essentially sharing one hotel room, the suite feels divided into useful zones. Someone can be sleeping in the bedroom while other people are still eating, watching TV or getting ready in the main part of the suite.
If you’re trying to understand the Art of Animation family suite layout before booking, the easiest way to picture it is as a small one-bedroom apartment rather than an oversized hotel room.
Art of Animation Family Suite Floor Plan
Disney currently lists the Cars, Finding Nemo and Lion King family suites with the same basic sleeping setup: one queen bed, one double-size sleeper sofa and one double-size pull-down bed. Each suite sleeps up to six adults and includes two bathrooms and a kitchenette.
| Private bedroom | 1 queen bed |
| Living room | 1 double-size sleeper sofa |
| Dining area | 1 double-size pull-down TableBed |
| Bathrooms | 2 full bathrooms |
| Kitchenette | Microwave, beverage cooler and kitchenette area |
| Maximum occupancy | Up to 6 adults |
You can also check Disney’s current room descriptions on the official Art of Animation Resort page.
Walking Through the Suite From the Entrance
The layout makes more sense when you picture yourself actually walking into the room.
The dining area and kitchenette occupy the main portion of the suite along with the living space. The dining table isn’t just a table. It converts into the double-size TableBed when you need the additional sleeping space.
The kitchenette is much more useful than what you get in a typical Disney Value Resort room. There is a microwave and beverage cooler, so we could keep simple breakfast food and drinks in the room and reheat leftovers instead of heading to the food court every time someone wanted something to eat.
Next to that is the living area. During the day, it functions like an actual living room. At night, the sofa converts into another double-size bed.
That means the two secondary sleeping areas disappear back into the furniture during the day. I think that’s an important part of the floor plan that is easy to miss when you’re just looking at a list of beds on a booking page.
The Queen Bedroom Is Actually Separate
The queen bed isn’t sitting in the same room as everyone else. It is inside a separate bedroom with a door, which gives the suite a lot more privacy than a standard hotel room.
We had two adults, two kids and one grandma in our suite, and this was probably the feature that made the arrangement work so well. Different people could go to sleep at different times without requiring everyone else to shut down for the night.
The bedroom also gives you another place to put luggage and belongings instead of filling the entire living area with suitcases. We were able to slide large roller bags under the raised queen bed, which helped keep the main part of the suite usable.
There Are Two Bathrooms
This might be the most useful part of the Art of Animation family suite floor plan if you’re actually putting five or six people in the room.
One bathroom is associated with the bedroom area while the second serves the main portion of the suite. Having two bathrooms made mornings noticeably easier for us. One person could shower while someone else brushed their teeth or got the kids ready in the other bathroom.
That’s a much bigger practical difference than the Disney theming when you’re trying to get a group out the door for an early park morning.
Where Does Everyone Sleep?
For six people, the sleeping arrangement works like this: two people in the queen bedroom, up to two on the double-size TableBed and up to two on the double-size sleeper sofa.
I would give the private bedroom to whoever benefits most from having a quieter space. That could be grandparents, parents or someone who simply goes to sleep earlier than everyone else.
The TableBed occupies the dining area when it’s down, so I like that sleeping spot for people who don’t mind being in the most active part of the suite. Once everyone is awake, it can be put away and the area goes back to functioning as a dining table.
The sofa bed works similarly. It takes over part of the living room at night but isn’t permanently occupying floor space during the day.
Do Cars, Lion King and Finding Nemo Suites Have Different Floor Plans?
The Cars, Lion King and Finding Nemo family suites use the same basic room configuration and sleeping capacity. Disney currently lists all three with a queen bed, double-size sleeper sofa, double-size pull-down bed, kitchenette and two bathrooms.
The bigger difference is theming and where the buildings sit within the resort.
Finding Nemo is in the central part of Art of Animation near the Big Blue Pool and Animation Hall. Cars has its own heavily themed courtyard and Cozy Cone Pool area, while Lion King sits between the main resort area and the Little Mermaid section.
If you’re deciding between the themes, I wouldn’t base that decision on the floor plan. Pick based on the theme you prefer and the section of the resort where you’d rather stay.
How the Suite Compares With a Standard Art of Animation Room
The family suite is fundamentally different from the standard Little Mermaid rooms. The suites sleep up to six instead of four and give you a separate bedroom, living area, kitchenette and two bathrooms.
If you’re traveling with five or six people, that makes the family suite much easier to use than trying to think of it as simply a larger hotel room.
Art of Animation is still categorized by Disney as a Value Resort, and one of its biggest advantages is transportation. The Disney Skyliner connects the resort with EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. You can also see my Art of Animation bus and transportation guide if transportation is part of your resort decision.
Is the Art of Animation Family Suite Layout Good for Six People?
I think it works surprisingly well for six, provided everyone is comfortable with two people using the sleeper sofa and two using the TableBed.
The important advantage isn’t simply having enough places to sleep. It’s having two bathrooms and a bedroom with a door. Those are the features that prevent six people from feeling like they’re all sharing one standard hotel room.
For our stay, the layout was more practical than I expected. We could keep breakfast food in the kitchenette, put luggage out of the way, separate sleeping areas at night and get multiple people ready at the same time in the morning.
If you’re comparing the suite with other places to stay, my Disney World hotels guide covers the wider range of resort options, while the full Art of Animation Resort review is a better place for pools, transportation, food and the overall resort experience.
