Shanghai, China — Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel, the third hotel at Shanghai Disney Resort, opens Dec. 16 on Wishing Star Lake next to Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, with 400 rooms and suites, including rooms themed to Duffy and Friends and Zootopia. Disney released photos of the Art Nouveau lobby, rooms, restaurants and pools on Nov. 10, and bookings for select room types are open.
Shanghai Disney Resort announced the hotel’s name on June 16, 2026, the day the resort turned 10, along with plans for a fourth hotel steps from Shanghai Disneyland’s main entrance, which has no date yet. Enchanted Star joins the resort’s existing hotels, Shanghai Disneyland Hotel and Toy Story Hotel. My Shanghai Disney Resort guide tracks the hotel’s opening with the rest of the resort’s 2026 additions.
Art Nouveau Design and the Wishing Star Lobby
The Wishing Star theme runs through the hotel’s architecture, interiors, gardens and entertainment, built on the idea of wishing upon a star from generations of Disney Animation films. The style is inspired by Art Nouveau, with flowing forms, organic details and nature motifs. Shanghai Disney Resort says the nine-story building takes its look from early 20th-century Shanghai, and magnolias, the city flower of Shanghai, run through the interiors and gardens. Disney calls the approach “Authentically Disney, Distinctly Chinese,” the same one it uses across the resort.
In the lobby, a spiraling chandelier of stars hangs above the Wishing Star, and arched windows straight ahead frame Enchanted Storybook Castle. At set times through the day, Sorcerer Mickey and the Wishing Star set off lighting moments across the chandelier and the arched window, with more surprises at the chandelier in the evening.
Behind the reception desk, a mural moves through 16 Disney stories with nearly 140 characters, and its landscapes change from day to night along the wall. A grand staircase carries magnolia artwork and characters from Mulan, with lit blossoms beside it.
Rooms and Suites
All 400 rooms and suites carry Wishing Star details, including headboard art of Tinker Bell flying over Shanghai Disneyland and Wishing Star Lake. Each room also has five pieces of Disney art that come to life when activated, with pixie dust traveling through scenes from Disney stories about wishing and ending in a starburst from Sorcerer Mickey’s wand.
Disney lists these room types, from the standard Deluxe Room up to the suites:
- Enchanted Star Deluxe Room and Enchanted Star Deluxe Room (Park View): the standard room, and the Park View version looks out on Shanghai Disneyland.
- Enchanted Star Dream Room: a family room with a hidden fold-down bed for children, which shows art of Duffy and Friends gazing up at the Wishing Star when it opens.
- Duffy and Friends Room and Zootopia Room: themed rooms built on the characters and stories of Duffy and Friends and of Disney Animation’s Zootopia.
- Enchanted Star Club Room: upgraded finishes and furniture, access to the Celestial Club Concierge Lounge, concierge service, and Personal Hosts who help with dining reservations and park information.
- Starlight Suite and Celestial Suite: suites with large living areas, Celestial Club access and the same concierge service as the Club Rooms.
Duffy and Friends also got a new castle stage show at Shanghai Disneyland this year, A Voyage with Duffy and Friends, and the park has a Zootopia land.
Restaurants, Lounges and the Hotel Shop
Enchanted Seasons Restaurant serves Chinese and international food in dining rooms decorated with seasonal landscapes and Disney stories, with a breakfast buffet, à la carte dining through the day and a semi-buffet dinner. Its private dining rooms take their theme from the traditional Chinese “24 Solar Terms.”
Beyond Enchanted Seasons, the hotel serves food and drinks at a café, a club lounge and a poolside café:
- Journey Café, beside the lobby lounge, with snacks, desserts and drinks.
- Celestial Club, at the top of the hotel, the lounge for Club Room and suite guests, designed as an “Astronomer’s Library” with panoramic views, food and drinks through the day, and indoor and outdoor seating.
- Pelican Poolside Café, near Mickey & Pals Pavilion Pool and Nemo Reef Water Play, with light bites, comfort food and drinks.
Wonderful Wish Boutique, the hotel’s shop, sells merchandise based on the hotel’s stories, characters and recreation under a chandelier of dangling stars.
Character Entertainment in the Lobby and at the Pool
Disney characters turn up in the lobby, at the pool and at bedtime in these experiences:
- Bedtime Story with Magician Mickey: Mickey visits children staying in Club Rooms and suites to do a magic trick and wish everyone goodnight.
- Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Lobby Bash!: Chip and Dale bring music, games and their “Nut Dance” to the lobby.
- Goofy’s Poolside Splash & Greet: Goofy meets guests at the indoor pool in a new swimming outfit.
- Swing into Shanghai: A Jazzy Night Out: in the evening, the lobby gets live jazz, themed lighting and Daisy or Clarabelle in Shanghai-inspired outfits.
Pools, Play Areas and Gardens
Garden’s Wish Pool is the first outdoor pool at any Shanghai Disney Resort hotel, with blue-and-gold Wishing Star patterns, landscaped surroundings and a Mickey-shaped living wall. It is a seasonal pool that runs subject to weather.
Mickey & Pals Pavilion Pool, the indoor pool, has colorful murals, a bridge with silhouettes of Mickey Mouse and friends, and Goofy’s Silly Slide. Nemo Reef Water Play is an indoor splash area themed to Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, with underwater artwork, sculpted figures, fountains and sprays.
Pixie Dust Playground, outdoors, is a Tinker Bell play space with climbing, balancing and interactive music. Winnie the Pooh Playhouse, themed to the Hundred Acre Wood, has soft-play structures, climbing areas and hands-on activities.
The hotel also has a 24-hour fitness center, gardens with magnolia trees that change with the seasons and lead out to Wishing Star Lake and Wishing Star Park, and Wishing Star Lawn for gatherings. A connector links it to Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and guests at either hotel can use both hotels’ fitness centers, pools, play areas, shops and restaurants.
Booking and Prices
Bookings opened Nov. 6 for the Enchanted Star Deluxe Room, the Deluxe Room (Park View), the Dream Room and the Club Room. The Duffy and Friends and Zootopia rooms and the Starlight and Celestial suites are not on that list, and the resort says more room types will open for booking closer to the opening. Rooms are sold through the resort’s website, app and WeChat account, its reservation center and authorized travel partners.
On Nov. 11, the resort’s price calendar estimated ¥3,174 for one room for two guests on opening night, Dec. 16. The rest of December ran from ¥3,000 on Dec. 17 to ¥6,150 on New Year’s Eve, and the resort says the calendar’s figures are daily estimates that can change. Bookings made on its website, app or WeChat get a full refund if canceled at least 52 hours before midnight on the check-in date.
Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel opens Dec. 16, 2026, at Shanghai Disney Resort. Rooms are booked on the resort’s Enchanted Star Hotel page, and Disney posted these details and photos on the Disney Parks Blog. I’m tracking the opening on my Shanghai Disney Resort guide, and my Disney Parks guide follows what opened in 2026 at every Disney resort.
