The Disney Hotel Santa Fe is a hotel at

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. It is designed by

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-based architect

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, whose other work stands mainly in the

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, to evoke the atmosphere of a

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in Santa Fe,

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with its typical

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architecture. Surrounding the buildings is a desert-like environment in which

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and decorative

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have been placed to further emphasise the

ern theme. A

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screen is permanently displaying characters from the ''Cars'' franchise, and an intentionally derelict neon sign stands at the entrance. It shares an area of Disneyland Paris with Disney Hotel Cheyenne, located on either side of a man-made river called the ''Rio Grande''. The hotel opened with the ''Euro Disney Resort'' in April 1992. On 26 July 2022, Disney rebranded all their onsite hotels by dropping the

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. This meant the name was changed from Disney's Hotel Santa Fe to Disney Hotel Santa Fe.

Hotel Extras

The Hotel Cheyenne offers guests the chance to meet Mickey, Minnie, Goofy or Pluto each day in the hotel lobby, each wearing a unique outfit only seen within the hotel Outside of the hotel guests can admire the Worlds Smallest volcano and indoor play areas

Trails

The rooms are divided over several buildings (pueblos) in a number of so-called 'trails':
10-18 Trail of Artifacts
20-33 Trail of Water
40-49 Trail of Monuments
50-58 Trail of Legends Since the grand renovation of the hotel and with the adding of the Disney-Pixar Cars theme the trails are called Luigi, Mater, McQueen and Sally respectively.

Trivia

* Another example of recreated Southwestern

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architecture can also be found in the Disneyland Park: the ''Fuente del Oro'' restaurant in

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displays massive

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-style walls with protruding wooden beams and deeply inset windows.

References

Santa Fe Hotels established in 1992 Antoine Predock buildings Hotel buildings completed in 1992 1992 establishments in France {{France-hotel-struct-stub