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Disney has announced exciting plans for the three Hotels of the Disneyland Resort with brand additions and enhancements that include two new concierge lounges, refreshed guest rooms, new themed suites and a beautiful reimagined dining room for Napa Rose restaurant. This shares a first look at concept art and details, plus some of our thoughts on the updates.
Let’s start at the Grand Californian Hotel, where the award-winning Napa Rose is taking its dining experience to the next level with a new look that celebrates Craftsman design with an eye toward modern Californian luxury and approachability. The new-look Napa Rose will have a rustic elegance and will be a tapestry of California’s storied history of wine and wine making.
The restaurant interior will use natural textures such as reclaimed French oak flooring and columns (a type of wood used to make wine barrels), hand-pinged artisan metals, leathers, deep colors of cabernet, and an eye-catching chandelier inspired by California’s Mission grapevines.
Along with its existing dynamic exhibition kitchen, the restaurant will expand the counters where guests can watch the masters in action. Outside, the gorgeous patio is being enhanced with more seating for lovely al fresco dining, with two new fireplaces adding to the charming ambiance.
Napa Rose will temporarily close this spring and is slated to reopen in Fall 2025. To make way for these enhancements, there will be temporary updates to dining offerings at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
The restaurant, known for its refined California cuisine made with superb ingredients, will introduce a new menu and will still feature fan-favorites such as the Smiling Tiger Salad, along with an impeccable wine collection of more than 1,500 labels.

I have mixed feelings about the reimagining of Napa Rose.
Generally speaking, I think aspects of the Grand Californian receive undue criticism about being dated, when really, that’s simply the Arts & Crafts style. I hear this a lot when it comes to Storytellers Cafe, as another example, which is richly-detailed and filled with nods to literary legends, California stories, and folklore from the Golden State, all with a heavy craftsman influence.
Napa Rose is a bit of a different beast, and there are elements of its design where it’s difficult to discern where the Arts & Crafts style ends and the early 2000s design sensibilities begin. It definitely does need an update, but I’d probably choose a lighter refresh if I had my way. Or at least a less contemporary one.
What I fear with this concept art and the accompanying description is that it’s going to trade one distinct style mixed with an era (Craftsman plus early 2000s) for another. The “modern Californian luxury” is one red flag in the announcement, and there are aspects of the concept art that are reminiscent of design-flourishes you’d see when watching some trendy show on HGTV in 2025.
This isn’t to say the concept art looks bad–it’s actually a pleasant surprise–but I’m not sure why Napa Rose needs to chase trends, period. The Craftsman style is timeless, and distinctly Californian. In the end, though, I’m willing to take a wait and see perspective on this, as I could see it turning out well (or not). I just wish Napa Rose wasn’t losing the murals.

In addition to The Veranda Club Level at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, plans are underway for the hotel to add a second Club Level lounge nearby.
This newly designed, two-story space will celebrate classic California Craftsman design and will be a perfect spot for lounging with a good book, relaxing with a glass of wine or admiring the hotel’s Great Hall lobby below. Continuing the hotel’s forest theme of the Great Hall lobby, the new concierge lounge will be inspired by giant sequoias and will be located high in the “treetops” of the top two floors.
This new Club Level lounge will continue the unique Californian Craftsman design by showcasing columns and arches inspired by the existing lobby architecture, wrought iron branching details, and beautiful handcrafted tile murals. The flora and fauna will keep with the story of the sequoias.
The lounge will be filled with natural light during the day and a golden glow at sunset from expansive skylights, with a two-story stained-glass door and a curved staircase leading to the mezzanine. This new space is slated for completion in 2026.
This new Club Level lounge looks fantastic. Perfectly on-theme and with great views into Disney California Adventure. The Veranda is a fantastic Club Level lounge, but this looks even better. Not only that, but GCH needs more concierge lounge space. (Hopefully this makes prices a little more reasonable–or discounts more common.)

Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa will also begin refreshing all its guest rooms, including the Disney Vacation Club Villas.
The décor will complement the rooms’ existing Arts & Crafts motif, yet will add new bold colors across the carpets, upholstery and bedding, with accents inspired by the beautiful California wildflower blooms often found in Impressionist plein air paintings that helped define the art movement of the Arts & Crafts period and continue to inspire artists today. Most notably, each room will have new artwork that was commissioned from local plein air painters.
It’s not mentioned in the press release, but these room refurbishments are not on the same cycle. The Villas at Grand Californian is receiving a hard goods refurbishment, which has been on the Disney Vacation Club Room Refurbishment Calendar for a while. It was supposed to happen two years ago, but has been bumped for other projects and is finally happening this year.
This should be a dramatic improvement of the VGC along the lines of what recently happened with Boulder Ridge at Wilderness Lodge. There’s no concept art yet, but that’s probably an illustrative example of the before/after changes, and it’s safe to assume these rooms will finally get the pull-down sofa beds.
By contrast, the hotel rooms were redone more recently and should be receiving a soft goods refurbishment. The concept art above seemingly reflects this, with the new look not being that much of a departure from the old. That’s a good thing, as the current GCH rooms are fantastic. Some are showing a bit of wear and tear, so the timing is right.

Bouncing over to Disneyland Hotel, which will unveil an all-new concierge lounge, High Key Club Level in Summer 2025. This new concierge space will celebrate the music and sounds of Disneyland park circa 1955. Swanky and sophisticated, colorful and fun, the lounge will also pay homage to the mid-century modern aesthetic of the era.
This stylish oasis in the sky will draw inspiration from the enduring legacy of original and classic sounds at Disneyland park. Celebrating not only music, artists, musicians, and voices, but also unique instruments, bands, foley sounds, and history of audible magic at the park that Walt Disney brought to life, High Key Club will feature a custom soundtrack showcasing the sounds and songs of the park and will display prominent artifacts.

High Key Club will nearly double the space of the previous E-Ticket Club Level lounge in the hotel’s Adventure Tower. It will be a special place for concierge-level guests to watch Disneyland park fireworks and enjoy music from the show on nights that feature pyrotechnics.
Work on High Key Club is already underway, and there’s a temporary lounge in the lobby level for now. It’s my understanding that the expansion of the lounge is being accomplished by the old E-Ticket lounge consuming one of the adjacent themed suites. This makes complete sense.
Although I didn’t get around to reviewing it (oops!), the old E-Ticket lounge underwhelmed during our stay there last year. It was cramped and dated, and not even remotely on par with the Veranda at GCH. The new concept art doesn’t look that impressive, but honestly, just about anything would be an improvement over the E-Ticket lounge.

If you haven’t had a chance to visit Pixar Place Hotel just yet, here’s a look at the Creators Club concierge lounge, which debuted this past year and showcases the collaboration between Walt Disney Imagineering and Pixar Animation Studios featuring concept art, maquettes, attractions posters and cheerful décor.
We have yet to book a stay at the Creators Club, so officially, I have no opinion on it and will withhold judgment. Unofficially, the few photos I’ve seen look like a massive improvement over the old Club Level at Paradise Pier Hotel. Not really a huge surprise there, but still nice to see this property being brought up to Disney standards.

Finally, Pixar Place Hotel will add two new, two-bedroom themed premium suites, opening new doors into the worlds of Pixar’s Coco and The Incredibles.
The Coco Suite, with Oaxacan-style architecture, will feature terracotta tiling, Mexican artisan quilted and woven pieces, a fireplace, unique handcrafted wooden furniture, and thoughtful touches of hand-painted art. The Coco Suite is inspired by the film’s Rivera family hacienda with many family photos and mementos.

The Incredibles Suite will have a mid-century design with a “spy-fi” twist. In “Incredibles 2,” DevTech businessman and Super fan Winston Deavor lends his striking home for the Parr family to live. Now he has designed the perfect getaway for the family!
The suite includes a primary bedroom for the Parr parents, with a connecting room for Edna Mode designed by Edna herself. Beginning with a hand-scanning prop at the entryway, guests will encounter Super-inspired touches and special effects including a spy phone, hidden messages, a secret door and other surprises!
I assume these are not newly-created spaces, but rather, belated overhauls to the suites named after cities in Southern California (e.g. Newport, Laguna, Malibu, Dana Point, etc). It may come as a surprise that work is still ongoing in this reimagining given that Pixar Place Hotel opened a full year ago, but the exterior construction elevators just came down back in October. It’s been a long, slow-going process.

These Pixar-themed suites look neat, I guess, but as someone who will never stay in them, it’s hard to have a strong opinion on them. We did have a chance to see the Newport Suite once, and like Paradise Pier Hotel as a whole, it was nothing special. These will undoubtedly be a major improvement over what they replace (also the case with Pixar Place Hotel as a whole).
All in all, this suite of announcements is mostly good news–and I’ll choose to be cautiously optimistic that Napa Rose’s reimagining goes well! My hope and expectation is that we get more announcements for Disneyland Hotel in the near future. A replacement for Steakhouse 55 is still needed, and we have it on good authority that the DLH rooms are getting a top-to-bottom refurbishment within the next year. Both of those projects are arguably more pressing than anything here.
Planning a Southern California vacation? For park admission deals, read Tips for Saving Money on Disneyland Tickets. Learn about on-site and off-site hotels in our Anaheim Hotel Reviews & Rankings. For where to eat, check out our Disneyland Restaurant Reviews. For unique ideas of things that’ll improve your trip, check out What to Pack for Disney. For comprehensive advice, consult our Disneyland Vacation Planning Guide. Finally, for guides beyond Disney, check out our Southern California Itineraries for day trips to Los Angeles, Laguna Beach, and many other SoCal cities!
YOUR THOUGHTS
What do you think of the new additions and enhancements coming to the Hotels of Disneyland Resort this year and in 2026? Excited for the two new concierge lounges, refreshed guest rooms, new themed suites, Napa Rose restaurant reimagining or anything else? Do you agree or disagree with our commentary? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!

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