Disney Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel
Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel is a four-star hotel at Disneyland Paris, on the northern shore of Lake Disney and a short walk from the parks through Disney Village. It's a 1920s Manhattan hotel built around a collection of real Marvel art, with three life-size Iron Man suits in the lobby and a pool themed like a New York subway station.
On this page
- The short version
- Quick facts
- The Marvel hotel
- The lobby and art
- The rooms
- The Marvel suites
- Empire State Club
- Connecting and access
- Super Hero Station
- More to do
- Through the year
- Downtown buffet
- Manhattan Restaurant
- The bars
- Breakfast and meals
- The Metro Pool
- Getting to the parks
- Baby kit and extras
- The verdict
- How it compares
- Questions
- Photos
Is it worth it?
A four-star hotel built around Marvel art, at its best for families whose children love the films and can make sense of the premium.
Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel is the design hotel of the Disneyland Paris fleet. Where the others lean nautical, Western or fairy-tale, this one is a 1920s Manhattan hotel in art-deco stone and steel, hung throughout with real Marvel art and treated more like a gallery than a character hotel. It sits on the northern shore of Lake Disney, the second-closest of Disney's own hotels to the park gates, and it scores at or near the top of guest-satisfaction reviews across the resort's hotels.
It's a four-star hotel, the second most expensive of Disney's own hotels at the resort, below only the five-star Disneyland Hotel at the gates. For that you get the art, the hotel-only Super Hero Station, the bars and dining that reviewers rate the strongest of any resort hotel and a short walk to the parks. The sticking point, and the thing most guests come back to, is the price. Guests rate the stay highly, the value less so, and families without a real Marvel pull often find better value elsewhere.
Book it for
Marvel-mad children, the Super Hero Station and the art collection, with a short flat walk to the parks through Disney Village.
The best evening out
The Skyline Bar and Manhattan Restaurant give it the most developed grown-up offer of any Disneyland Paris hotel, by consistent reviewer agreement.
Worth knowing
The gallery treatment fills the public spaces; standard rooms carry it lightly. It's the thing guests most often wish they'd known.
The pool
Disney doesn't publish the depth, and one family found the main pool too deep for a non-swimmer. The children's pool is small.
The club tier
The Empire State Club buys a lounge and a quieter breakfast rather than a bigger room. Worth it only if you'll use the lounge.
Instead, consider
Sequoia Lodge, also walkable but a little further, at lower cost, or the Disneyland Hotel for the flagship right at the gates.
Quick facts for UK families
The hotel and the Marvel art
A 1920s New York hotel filled with real Marvel art, closer to a design hotel with a gallery inside it than a character hotel.
The hotel reads as a Manhattan hotel of the 1920s, done in art-deco stone and steel, with a New York theme running from the lobby to the pool. This was Disney's Hotel New York, one of the resort's original 1992 hotels, reworked by Walt Disney Imagineering and reopened in 2021 around a serious art commission. The building and the Manhattan setting stayed. More than 350 original works by over 110 artists went in, around 50 of them made only for the hotel, in styles spanning comic-panel art, pop art, street art and hyperrealism.
The result is a calmer, more grown-up kind of Disney hotel than the theme might suggest. Disney bills it as the first hotel in the world dedicated to Marvel art, and it suits families who come for exactly that: children who love the films, and parents who'll enjoy the design as much as the characters. If a loud, cartoon-decorated hotel is what your children have in mind, this isn't quite it.
The first thing you seeThe lobby and the art around the hotel
The lobby is where the theming is strongest. Three life-size Iron Man suits stand in glass, backlit Avengers comic panels line the walls and Captain America shields sit in museum-style cases, with a giant Iron Man statue outside facing the lake on the walk towards the parks. Even toddlers who've never seen a Marvel film react to the scale of it. Beyond the lobby, each floor's corridor is themed to a different hero, with a large mural at every lift landing, so the walk to your room is part of it.
The art carries on into the restaurants, the bars and the lifts, and there's a lot to spot if you walk it slowly. Families who set aside half an hour to walk the public floors before heading out to the parks get the most from it, and children who know the characters find plenty to spot.
The rooms, and the theming to expect
Comfortable art-deco rooms with light Marvel touches, and fuller theming in the suites.
There are 561 rooms and suites, split into 471 Superior Rooms, 65 Empire State Club Rooms and 25 suites. A standard Superior Room is 31 m² and sleeps up to four, in two double beds or a double and a sofa bed, done in warm art-deco tones with a single large Marvel print on the wall. The one thing to settle before you book is that the gallery feeling stays in the lobby and corridors. Standard rooms carry it lightly, and reviewers raise it more than anything else. If you want the full themed bedroom, it's the suites and, to a lesser degree, the club rooms that deliver it.
| Room | Tier | Size | Sleeps | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Room | Standard | 31 m² | 4 | The entry room, in warm art-deco tones with one large Marvel print. Two double beds, or a double and a sofa bed. Standard, garden or ground-floor terrace versions. |
| Superior Family Room | Standard | 51 m² | 6 | The only standard room that sleeps six, with two double beds and a sofa bed, two bathrooms and two toilets. Not many of them, so book early. |
| Empire State Club Room | Club | 31 m² | 4 | The same footprint as a Superior Room with richer Marvel décor and lounge access. Standard, garden or Lake Disney view, on floors 3, 4, 7 and 8. |
| Super Heroes Suite | Suite | 51–59 m² | 4 | The entry suite, with lounge access and a spa bath. A larger separate-bedroom version runs to 55 or 59 m². |
| Spider-Man Suite | Suite | 60–75 m² | 4–5 | The most distinctive room in the hotel, with a web-pattern ceiling and a red city skyline across the floor. A Village-view version sleeps four, larger lake-view versions five. |
| Avengers Suite | Suite | 52 m² | 6 | A one-bedroom suite with a separate living area, drawn from Captain America, Iron Man and Thor. Garden or lake view, and the biggest-sleeping named suite. |
| Presidential Suite | Suite | 160 m² | 5 | Two of these, over two floors with a grand piano and a dining room in a Tony Stark style. Booked by phone rather than online. |
Every room has a smart TV built into a large mirror, a Lavazza coffee machine, a mini-fridge, a safe, air conditioning and a rainfall shower, with Marvel-branded toiletries down to a Captain America shower gel. There are USB charging points, and it's worth packing a European travel adaptor for the sockets. For a larger family the Superior Family Room is the one standard room that sleeps six, with two bathrooms and two toilets, and there aren't many, so book early. On any room, ask for a lake-view or Midtown-facing room if you'd like a chance of the fireworks from an upper floor.
The full themeThe Marvel suites
The suites are where the theming goes all the way, and all of them include Empire State Club lounge access and a spa bath. The Spider-Man Suite is the most distinctive room in the hotel, with a web-pattern ceiling and a red city skyline across the floor, in a Disney Village-view version for four or larger lake-view versions for five. The Avengers Suite is a one-bedroom suite with a separate living area drawn from Captain America, Iron Man and Thor, and at up to six people it's the biggest-sleeping of the named suites. The Super Heroes Suite is the entry suite, with a larger separate-bedroom version. At the top are two Presidential Suites, each 160 m² over two floors with a grand piano and a dining room in a Tony Stark style, booked by phone rather than online.
The club tierThe Empire State Club
The Empire State Club is the hotel's concierge tier, on floors 3, 4, 7 and 8, and it comes with every suite or with a dedicated Empire State Club Room. The room is the same 31 m² as a standard one, so you're paying for the service rather than the space: a separate quiet check-in desk away from the main lobby, a private lounge with all-day soft and hot drinks, an afternoon-tea spread from around 4pm, turndown at night and free valet parking if you've driven. Most families rate the private buffet breakfast highest, as it's calmer than the main restaurant and usually saves half an hour or more over the morning queue. It pays off for families who use the lounge as a base through the day, and adds little for anyone out at the parks from opening to close.
Family logisticsConnecting rooms, accessible rooms and cots
Connecting rooms are available in both the standard and club tiers, on request rather than guaranteed, so ask when you book and again at check-in. Accessible rooms come in both tiers too, with step-free access, a roll-in shower, grab rails and lowered fittings, and can be booked with a garden or lake view; these are easiest arranged through Disney's reservations team rather than online, and the pool has hoist access. A travel cot is free, one per room and subject to availability, and high chairs are in all the restaurants.
The Super Hero Station
A hotel-only Marvel character meet and eight photo sets, the main reason Marvel-fan families choose here.
The Super Hero Station is the hotel's headline exclusive and the only Marvel character meet in any Disneyland Paris hotel. It's for hotel guests only, which keeps the wait far shorter than a meet in the parks, and you book a slot through the Disneyland Paris app up to seven days before you arrive. Morning slots go first, so book the moment the window opens. Disney doesn't say in advance which character will be meeting, and the booking carries a note that the Super Heroes on duty vary from day to day.
Alongside the character meet are eight photo sets built as small film scenes, from Thor's hammer to a Doctor Strange portal. The one children remember is Spider-Man's bedroom, built upside down so you look as though you're standing on the ceiling. You take your own photos, and a Disney photographer is on hand too. The meet itself is brief, which suits younger children who want a quick photo more than a long queue.
More Marvel things to doThe Design Studio, sports zone and gallery
Away from the Station there's more to fill a rest afternoon. The Marvel Design Studio is a drop-in creative room where children follow Marvel drawing tutorials on tablets, work through activity books and browse comics, with cast members on hand to help; it suits roughly ages five to twelve, while younger ones can watch the Marvel cartoons playing. Outside by the pool, the Hero Training Zone is a free 420 m² sports area with a basketball court, a football pitch, a trampoline and a children's obstacle course, usable from around age three and weather permitting. Indoors, the Jack Kirby Legacy Gallery holds 21 original comic-book covers by the co-creator of the X-Men, the Avengers and the Hulk, alongside rotating exhibitions that change through the year. All of it is free during a stay. If you want the story behind the art anywhere in the hotel, ask a cast member wearing an Art Guardian badge to walk you through it, with no booking and no charge.
Through the yearWhat changes with the seasons
The hotel runs a rolling programme, so a return visit isn't quite the same twice. The Skyline Bar refreshes its cocktails and snacks around each new Marvel film or series, and the Jack Kirby gallery rotates its temporary exhibitions several times a year, so the art on show shifts too. At Christmas the hotel decorates around the Marvel theme rather than dropping it, and there's usually a paid Christmas Box of themed extras you can add through the concierge. None of it is fixed year-round, so it's worth a look at what's on for your dates.
Downtown Restaurant, the family buffet
The hotel's buffet, its two bars and where breakfast happens, from a family dinner to an evening for two.
Downtown Restaurant is the hotel's main family dining room and, by common agreement, one of the best hotel buffets at Disneyland Paris. It's laid out as three New York food neighbourhoods, with a Chinatown of noodles and dim sum, a Little Italy of pasta and pizza made to order and a Manhattan counter of burgers, brisket and clam chowder, so there's something for most tastes and ages. The Marvel theming is strongest at the dessert table, where a Groot chocolate mousse and a Captain America panna cotta tend to be the hit with children, and the concierge can arrange a Spider-Man birthday cake for a charge if you're marking an occasion. It's popular enough to be one of the harder tables to book at the resort, so reserve as early as your dates allow through the app; hotel guests get priority.
An evening for twoManhattan Restaurant
Manhattan Restaurant is the quieter, grown-up option, a table-service Italian-American dining room under an enormous amber Murano-glass chandelier that nods to both the Manhattan skyline and Asgard from the Thor films. The cooking is proper modern Italian rather than theme-park catering, with a set menu alongside the à la carte and a children's menu too. Several reviewers rate it the best table-service restaurant in any Disneyland Paris hotel. It suits a calmer dinner or a treat for two once younger children are settled, while fidgety toddlers are usually happier at the Downtown buffet. Book ahead through the app, up to two months before, as tables go quickly.
Once the children are downThe Skyline Bar and Bleecker Street Lounge
There are two bars, and they work at different times of day. The Skyline Bar on the first floor is the evening one, built around big animated windows that show a Manhattan skyline with Iron Man, Spider-Man and the Quinjet flying past every so often; those fly-bys entertain younger children in early evening before it settles into a more adult mood later on. Its Infinity Stones cocktails are the signature, there are alcohol-free versions for anyone not drinking and the menu changes through the year to track new Marvel films, so what's on shifts by season, from Fantastic Four cocktails and a warm Fantastic Mega Cookie one summer to a Wonder Man or Daredevil line-up later. It's open to visitors as well as hotel guests, from late afternoon until the early hours. The Bleecker Street Lounge on the ground floor is the daytime one, a Doctor Strange-themed loft with a terrace over Lake Disney, good for a coffee or a mocktail. Children tend to go for the Mystic Glow, served over a glowing ice cube, or a cappuccino topped with Spider-Man or Groot latte art. It leans towards coffees and hot drinks and closes in the late afternoon rather than staying open into the evening.
Mornings and meal plansBreakfast and meal plans
Breakfast for standard-room guests is served at Downtown and Manhattan from 7am to 11am, a full cooked and continental buffet with Marvel touches like Captain Marvel waffles; it isn't included in the room rate, so you add it, take a meal plan or eat out. Club and suite guests have their own quieter lounge breakfast instead. Room-service breakfast is available at a premium, which some families use to reach the parks for early entry without waiting for a table. Three meal plans run across the resort, from breakfast only to full board, and they're worth pricing against paying as you go if you'll eat at the hotel most evenings. Annual passholders get a discount of up to 15% at Downtown and Manhattan, though not at the bars.
The Metro Pool
A subway-themed indoor pool, the walk to the parks and the day-to-day for families with a baby or toddler.
The Metro Pool is themed like a New York subway station, in white tile and mosaic signage, and it's one of the better-looking hotel pools at the resort. There's a heated indoor pool open all year, a seasonal outdoor pool for the summer, a separate smaller children's pool and a hot tub, with an adults-only sauna and steam room, plus an indoor gym, the Metro Health Club, off the same complex. There's a lifeguard, free loungers and no waterslides. It's open roughly 7am to 9.30pm, and it closes for maintenance for a stretch in March, so check the dates if you're booking a spring stay.
Disney doesn't publish the main pool's depth, and at least one family found it too deep for a non-swimmer to stand in, with the children's pool on the small side, so keep young children within reach and ask the pool team if you're unsure. Poolside family changing is limited too, with no dedicated family changing room reported, which can be awkward with more than one small child. Neither is a reason to rule the hotel out, though both are easier if you're expecting them.
Getting to the parksThe walk, the shuttle and the station
The hotel is about a ten-minute walk to the park entrances through Disney Village, with the Village itself only three to five minutes away through a private hotel door. There's a free shuttle, shared with Sequoia Lodge, though most guests find the walk quicker than waiting for it, and it's flat and pram-friendly the whole way. The shuttle is more useful at the end of a long day with tired children and bags. For anyone arriving by Eurostar, the Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station is a seven to ten-minute walk, which makes this one of the more practical four-star hotels to reach by train.
Extra Magic Time and the day-to-dayBaby kit, parking and other practicalities
As a hotel guest you get Extra Magic Time, early entry to the parks before they open to the public, currently from around 8.30am, an hour ahead of a typical 9.30am opening, though both times shift by season, so check the app for your dates. At check-in you're given a MagicPass, the single card that works as your room key, your park ticket on a package and a charge card for the Disney restaurants and shops; how the tickets and passes behind it work is set out in our tickets and passes guide. For a baby or toddler, the hotel lends a fair amount of kit free on request and subject to availability: a travel cot, bed rails, a baby bath, a potty, a training seat, bottle warmers and a steriliser, with a kettle for the room on request. Every room has a mini-fridge for milk and there are changing tables in the restrooms. The lobby shop, the New York Boutique, stocks baby food and everyday supplies alongside its Marvel merchandise, though it's worth confirming specific items like formula before you rely on it. Babysitting can be arranged through the concierge for a charge.
Parking is free for hotel guests at both the hotel and the park car parks, with 16 free electric-charging bays, and valet parking is free for club guests or a paid extra otherwise. If you travel by train, Disney Express can take your bags from the station to the hotel and back so you can head straight to the parks, for a per-person fee for the return service, cheaper than a day's park parking, which you can check on the official site. Anything you buy in the parks or Disney Village can be sent back to the New York Boutique for you to collect that evening, so you're not carrying it round all day. There's laundry and dry-cleaning for a charge, and free digital newspapers and magazines through PressReader, worth knowing on a longer stay. Wi-Fi is free throughout, and check-in is from 3pm with check-out by 11am, with luggage held either side. UK families usually book direct at disneylandparis.com/en-gb or as an ATOL-protected package through the Walt Disney Travel Company or a specialist agent like MagicBreaks.
Loves and gripes
The praise and the gripes are both steady, and the sticking point is nearly always the price.
Guests consistently praise the art and the lobby, the Super Hero Station, the location, the food and the friendliness of the staff. On the aggregated review scores it's one of the highest-rated hotels at the resort, ahead of the flagship Disneyland Hotel on guest satisfaction. Being able to walk back for a midday nap and stroll out again is a real advantage with young children.
The grumbles are just as consistent, and the loudest is cost. On Booking.com, as of mid-2026, guests score the location around 9.5 out of 10 but the value nearer 7.4. People rate the stay and still feel the rate is steep. The other recurring notes are the pool depth and a Downtown Restaurant that's excellent but hard to book. None of it surprises families who know what to expect before booking.
How it comparesHow it compares, and who should look elsewhere
It comes down to how much your family cares about Marvel. For children who love it, reviewers are clear that the theming and the Super Hero Station justify the premium, and nothing else at the resort comes close on that front. For families without that pull, the shortlist usually widens. Sequoia Lodge sits in woodland and is also within walking distance, a little further at around fifteen minutes, for lower cost, and it's the common recommendation for better value. The Disneyland Hotel sits right at the park gates with a five-star fairy-tale theme and a higher price, so it comes down to whether you want Marvel and a shorter bill or the flagship at the gates. Families whose children are set on princesses, or for whom the pool is the main reason to book, will likely be happier and better off elsewhere.
Questions parents ask
A few things families check before booking, plus the official links and when this guide was last updated.
Which room should we book with young children?
For four, a standard Superior Room is enough, and paying up here mostly buys theming rather than much more space, so only move to a suite if a themed bedroom is a reason you're going rather than a nice-to-have. For five or six you're choosing between the one six-person standard room and a lake-view Spider-Man or Avengers suite, and since there are only a handful of the six-person rooms the deciding factor is often how early you can book. If a connecting pair would suit your children's ages better than one big room, ask reservations, as those are arranged on request rather than online.
How do we book the Super Hero Station, and what if it's full?
If the slot you wanted has gone by the time you book, ask the concierge at check-in rather than giving up on it, as they can sometimes release same-day space. You also don't need a character slot to walk the photo sets, so a family who misses the meet can still go round them.
Can we get an evening out once the children are asleep?
The Skyline Bar is the spot for it, open late with cocktails and its animated skyline windows. If you both want to go, the concierge can arrange babysitting for a charge; otherwise one of you can take a drink there or at the Manhattan Restaurant while the other stays up. Early evening works with children along too, before the bar turns more adult later on.
Do we have to eat at the hotel?
No. Breakfast and meal plans are optional add-ons rather than part of the rate, so you can eat in the parks or in Disney Village, which is a few minutes from the door. It's worth knowing the hotel's own Skyline Bar and Manhattan Restaurant take non-residents too, so you can book them whether or not you're staying.
Is the Empire State Club worth paying for?
The family who should skip it is one that's out of the hotel most of the day and back mainly to sleep, since the lounge, its all-day drinks and its private breakfast are what the tier is for. That money often does more towards meals out, a park extra or the jump to a themed suite. It tends to pay off for families who plan a rest afternoon or a slower morning at the hotel, and more so on a longer stay when the calmer breakfast saves the queue several mornings in a row.
Is it a good base if we're mainly there for Avengers Campus?
Yes. Avengers Campus sits inside Disney Adventure World, a short walk from the hotel, so a Marvel-themed base and the Marvel land pair up well. You could spend the morning at the Super Hero Station and be in the Campus soon after.
Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel photos
A closer look at the Metro Pool, the rooms and suites, the restaurants and bars, the art and the lobby shop. The full set lives in the hotel's own photo gallery.
Useful links
- Disney Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel: the official hotel page for rooms, dining and live prices.
- Disney Sequoia Lodge: our guide to the woodland hotel families weigh against it for value.
- Tickets and passes: how Extra Magic Time, the MagicPass and UK booking work.
- Getting there: Eurostar, the Disney Express luggage service and airport coaches in full.
- Disneyland Paris with little ones: our guide to the resort, its parks and getting there.
Last updated 8 July 2026.
