Disneyland sets opening date for Pixar Place Hotel makeover

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The pixie dust is about to settle on the new Pixar Place Hotel after a nearly two-year makeover of the Paradise Pier Hotel that will bring a fresh splash of Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Coco, the Incredibles and other Pixar characters to the 40-year-old hotel.

The Pixar Place Hotel transformation will be complete on Jan. 30 with three new eateries opening at the refreshed hotel before the end of the year.

Paradise Pier Hotel has remained open during the transformation into the first Pixar-themed hotel in the United States.

A new Great Maple restaurant will open in November on the ground floor of the hotel with a menu that includes the restaurant’s signature maple bacon doughnuts along with fried chicken, ribs, fish and breakfast items.

The Sketch Pad Cafe in the hotel lobby will offer coffee, tea, baked goods and grab-and-go items.

The new Small Bytes Pool Bar next to the rooftop pool will serve salads, wraps and cheese plates and signature drinks.

The new Stor-E gift shop — a play on the “Wall-E” Pixar film — will sell Disneyland apparel, toys, souvenirs and sundries.

The hotel’s Pixar-inspired Pixel Pool has been open since August with the Nemo’s Cove splash pad and the 186-foot-long Crush’s Surfin’ Slide.

Outdoor fire pits themed to hotheaded Pixar characters line the rooftop swimming pool area.