I’ve been thinking how Disney Parks is gearing more and more toward their actual movie franchises, it seems silly that they do not do more with restaurants and hotels. Sure, they have tons of rides based on movies and movies based on rides, but how come they aren’t doing similar things for their hotels and restaurants?

The major Fantasyland renovation to WDW looks incredible, and seems to be going along with this idea of making restaurants a greater part of the experience, giving guests access to Gaston’s Tavern and the ballroom from Beast’s Castle, the Be Our Guest restaurant.

This idea struck me on my last visit to WDW. You can’t go to Disney’s Hollywood Studios and not want to go to Pizza Planet. That being said, while the signage and decor might resemble Pizza Planet’s flair, it’s not spot on. And why not? The very new Pixar Place area is nearly exactly how I remember the front of Pixar’s actual campus in Emeryville, CA. The black metal, light colored bricks… even the designs the bricks made were the same.

I imagine a very real Pizza Planet, exacting to the movie version in Toy Story. I’d die to see the pizza-spear wielding guards clearing you for entrance, the Whack-A-Alien game, Alien Slime slush drinks, the exact rocket ship claw game to get squeaky alien toys… and how cool would it be if you could order pizza from your WDW hotel and have it be delivered by a Pizza Planet employee in a yellow YO truck with a rocket ship on it? And it must have an overhead announcement saying “Re-energize yourself with a slice of pepperoni!”

Disney Parks has recently held some contests for guests to win a stay inside Walt Disney World’s Cinderella Castle and Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion (in the foyer). And it occurred to me… why doesn’t Walt Disney World have actual hotels for these types of franchises? How amazing would it be to stay inside a hotel themed as the Haunted Mansion? Sure, it would have to be a premium hotel, but can you just imagine walking down the corridor and seeing busts turn their heads, portraits changing in your rooms, and the concierge dressed up as butlers?

Even more appropriate, what about a Hollywood Tower Hotel… hotel? A ghastly place, with the foyer filled with cobwebs and old rugs, completely gaudy with dusty bookshelves, bellboys and an elevator that went 13 floors… and forget key cards for your rooms, but actual keys… with a room number keychain and slots for them behind the concierge counter. And why not a themed dining area too in the HTH? It’d be a “fancy” upscale Hollywood restaurant with “celebrities” walking around and the Disney PhotoPass personnel could dress up like old-school paparazzi.

With Universal Studios Orlando opening The Wizarding World of Harry Potter this Spring with attractions like Hogwarts and shops like Olivander’s and Dervish And Banges, and dining like the Three Broomsticks, it seems like Disney could enhance their property even more, with some great franchises they already have all the rights to.

I’m sure John Lasseter, as Disney’s Chief Creative Officer, would love to make this kind experience a real one. I can’t wait for the exciting new changes already planned (like the Fantasyland renovation and Hong Kong Disneyland’s three new areas).