As part of a recent trip to Disneyland Paris, I had the opportunity to stay in Disney Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel. Formerly “Disney’s Hotel New York”, the reimagined hotel opened in 2021 with the “Art of Marvel” theming. I’ve been excited to see how this ambitious re-theming worked out. Read on to learn all about my stay at Disney Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel!
Basics, Pricing, and Booking
Disney Hotel New York - Art of Marvel is a Disney-operated hotel at Disneyland Paris resort. As a Disney hotel, it gets various perks, the most important of which is Extra Magic Time at Disneyland Paris’s two theme parks.
Pricing of the Disneyland Paris hotels is a bit awkward because the resort itself does not publicly list nightly rates. Moreover, booking room-only stays is not the norm, as most hotel guests presumably book room and ticket packages.
You can call to inquire about nightly room only rates, but you might find—as my travel advisor Lauren Quirk of Travel With Character LLC did—that it makes more sense to book a hotel + ticket package than a room only reservation.
But to help give you some sense of what to expect, I pulled some rates for October 9 to 11, 2024 (random nights that I assumed would have availability). Here’s the nightly rates on Booking.com:
Disneyland Hotel - $961
Hotel New York - $589
Newport Bay Club - $516
Sequoia Lodge - $446
Hotel Cheyenne - $410
Hotel Santa Fe - $351
And here’s the total cost of a 3-Day / 2-Night package for two adults with tickets from Disney:
Disneyland Hotel - $2191
Hotel New York - $1396
Newport Bay Club - $1250
Sequoia Lodge - $1100
Hotel Cheynne - $1012
Hotel Santa Fe - $885
If you compare these, you get that (more or less) the price is $200 + 2 nights at the Booking.com rate. This is all to say that Hotel New York is the second most expensive hotel at Disneyland Paris, with rates around $500 to $600 per night, but it’s well below the $900+ being commanded by the flagship hotel, Disneyland Hotel.
I paid $808.74 for my 2-day / 1-night package for one adult. There was no availability on third party sites, and this was the lowest price available from Disney.
Location, Arrival, and Check In
Hotel New York is located just outside the Disney Village area of Disneyland Paris resort. The hotel sits on the north end of the small Lac Buena Vista, with two other Disney hotels—Sequoia Lodge and Newport Bay Club nearby.
Hotel New York is the second closest hotel to the parks, with Disneyland Hotel (at the entrance to Disneyland Park) closer. It’s about a 3 minute walk to Disney Village, a 7 minute walk to the Marne La Vallee train station, and a 10 minute walk to the parks themselves.
If you’re driving or taking a car to the hotel, you’ll be dropped off at the Av. René Goscinny entrance. If you’re arriving by train (from CDG airport or from Paris proper) to the Marne La Vallee Chessy station, you’ll have to pass through security (even with luggage this isn’t awful) and make the easy 7-minute walk to the hotel.
I was actually coming from Disneyland Hotel (updated review forthcoming), so I walked about 10 minutes from that hotel to Hotel New York. There is an online check-in option in the app, but I didn’t take advantage of that. When I arrived at 8PM (check in was 3PM), a room was unsurprisingly available.
Check in itself was pretty quick, probably helped by the fact that I told the Cast Member I was coming from the parks and familiar with the basics of the hotel / resort. If you’re visiting for your first time, my experience with check in at the hotels has generally been that the Cast Members are experienced in slowly walking you through everything you need to know.
Hotel Theming and Grounds
I must admit that when I first heard that Hotel New York would get “Art of Marvel” theming, I thought it would be a struggle for the hotel to hit the mark. How could it be “Art of Marvel” enough without just being “Marvel”? Did people even really want Art of Marvel (it is in Paris, to be fair)? But I fell in love with the hotel once I got there.
The exterior of the hotel is a bit of a shortcoming. It doesn’t scream Art of Marvel or anything Marvel related, except that there are a few statues of Marvel Superheroes.
The statues are fine, but it is a bit of a clunky way to remind guests looking from afar that this is the Art of Marvel hotel.
The inside is a treat, though. The lobby maintains a sleek feel, with the art coming by way of etched panels outside reception. The signage is also an attractive, straightforward chrome on black.
Opposite reception is a cool display of three Iron Man suits.
The hotel is loaded with paintings / prints.
There are two table service restaurants at the hotel—Downtown Restaurant and Manhattan Restaurant. I didn’t have the chance to dine at either (generally my trips to Disneyland Paris are too short to accommodate table service meals).
In a pleasant twist of fate, I checked into Hotel New York during an annoying bout of nighttime rain, and this left me some time to swing by the hotel bar—Skyline Bar—while waiting out the rain.
Skyline Bar’s highlight is that the screens behind the bar feature the New York skyline with Avengers Tower. Small scenes play every so often. It’s a fine gimmick, but one that’s been overplayed at Disney bars recently (I was on the Disney Wish cruise ship a week later to see this same idea at Star Wars Hyperspace Lounge).
There seemed to be a problem with one of the screens during one scene, but otherwise the effect was fun enough. I ordered the bar’s version of an Old Fashioned, which was good. While the bar alone won’t have me rushing back to the hotel, it was definitely consistent with my overall good stay.
Just outside Skyline Bar is another bar—Bleeker Street Lounge. This space is a bar during limited hours and just overflow / open seating the rest of the time.
The hotel store is New York Boutique. This store has a fine selection of hotel-branded merchandise and some of the same Marvel items you’ll find in the parks. If you’ve got kids who are really into Marvel, it might be a good idea to just get something here to save you the trouble of carrying it through the parks.
My Room at Hotel New York
I was booked in a Superior Room for 3 persons with 1 large double bed and 1 simple sofa bed. Here’s a gallery of photos to give you a sense of the room (use the arrows):
Overall I was really happy with the room. It was spacious, sleek, and well-maintained. It reminds me a bit of the new Incredibles rooms at Contemporary Resort (Walt Disney World). I prefer wood to carpet, but I’ll take wood with a large rug as a compromise.
Here are some details of the room:
While there were enough outlets overall, I did feel like the bedside situation could be improved. One side had an outlet, while the other had a USB port. Just give both sides an outlet and USB port.
Here’s a gallery of bathroom photos:
My stay wasn’t long enough to allow me to thoroughly test the square, flat-ish bathroom sink. I’m generally suspicious of these since the old Contemporary Resort rooms had one that would awfully inadequately drain. But I didn’t notice any problems during my stay.
Conclusions
Let’s remind you once of more of the example prices of three Disney hotels at Disneyland Paris:
Disneyland Hotel - $961
Hotel New York - $589
Sequoia Lodge - $446
Hotel Cheyenne - $410
Disneyland Hotel is obviously booked as a bucket list / YOLO stay. I overall preferred Hotel New York Art of Marvel, in any case.
The real question is whether I prefer Hotel New York over Sequoia Lodge or Hotel Cheyenne at those prices. For starters, Sequoia Lodge has almost as good a location as Hotel New York. It’s literally only a three-minute walk farther from the parks and Disney Village. Hotel Cheyenne is about 10 minutes farther than Hotel New York form Disney Village and the parks.
But specifically comparing Hotel New York to Sequoia Lodge, it’s a pretty easy call in favor of Hotel New York, even for $150 more per night. Sequoia Lodge’s rooms are quite outdated (it’s hard to find recent professional reviews, but TripAdvisor has recent photos), and it’s clear the work at Hotel New York has brought it to a new level.
As for Hotel Cheyenne, it’s a bit tougher. My gut tells me that for a short stay of one or two nights, Hotel New York easily justifies its premium. For longer stays, you won’t get as much advantage out of the location, and Hotel Cheyenne’s rooms aren’t that bad (though they are a bit small, which might get stressful for a longer stay).
The bottom line here is that Disneyland Paris hotels are all pretty expensive. Hotel Cheyenne is at the cheaper end, but as a hotel it’s not worth $410 per night. You’re paying a premium to be on Disney property and get Disney perks, like Extra Magic Time.
That “Disney premium” hurts less when you’re looking at Hotel New York, which as a hotel is actually close to being worth $589 per night.
And that’s sort of enough for me to just say that in most cases, I think Hotel New York - Art of Marvel is a great option for a Disneyland Paris stay if you’re planning to be on property. Certainly for stays of one or two nights, I’d put this one at the top of my list.