Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel opens on December 16, 2026, as Shanghai Disney Resort’s third themed hotel, with reservations opening at midnight Shanghai time on November 6, 2026, for a 400 room premium hotel beside Wishing Star Lake and adjacent to Shanghai Disneyland Hotel. That single sentence answers the question most searchers are asking right now: when it opens, when you can book it, how big it is, and where it sits inside the resort.
When does it open, and when can you book it?
Shanghai Disney Resort announced the dates on October 30, 2026, replacing the broader winter opening window it had used since the hotel’s name was revealed in June 2026. The first guests arrive on December 16, 2026. Reservations begin at 00:00 on November 6, 2026, through the Shanghai Disney Resort Reservation Center, official resort channels, and authorized travel partners.
The booking time matters more than it first looks, because midnight in Shanghai is not midnight where most American readers live. Midnight Shanghai time on November 6 is 8:00 a.m. Pacific time on Thursday, November 5, and 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on November 5. If you are booking from Los Angeles, set your alarm for the morning of November 5, not the night of November 6. The gap between the booking opening and the first check in is 40 days, from November 6 to December 16, which is a short runway for a hotel opening, and it means the first release of rooms will be watched closely.
Only selected room types go on sale on November 6. The first release includes the Enchanted Star Deluxe Room, the Enchanted Star Deluxe Room with Park View, the Enchanted Star Dream Room, and the Enchanted Star Club Room. More room types will become available for reservation closer to the December 16 opening, according to Shanghai Disney Resort. That staged release is worth planning around: if your preferred room type is not in the first four, it is not necessarily sold out, it may simply not be on sale yet.
One honest gap in the October 30 announcement: Shanghai Disney Resort did not publish a nightly rate card for Enchanted Star Hotel. No article quoting a confirmed nightly price for this hotel on opening week should be trusted yet, because the resort itself has not given one. Check the live reservation system on November 6 for a dated quote for your stay, and treat any price you see elsewhere before that date as unverified.
Where it sits inside Shanghai Disney Resort
Enchanted Star Hotel sits on the shores of Wishing Star Lake, adjacent to Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, with views of both Wishing Star Park and Shanghai Disneyland. It is the resort’s third themed hotel, joining Shanghai Disneyland Hotel and Toy Story Hotel, which have been part of the resort since it opened on June 16, 2016. Shanghai Disney Resort marked its 10th anniversary on June 16, 2026, and the December 16 opening falls exactly six months after the June 16 name reveal, and 10 years and 6 months after the resort itself opened.
The location is the practical point. A hotel beside Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, on the lake, is a multi day stay hotel, not a one night crash pad. Shanghai Disney Resort describes the new hotel as enhancing the resort’s multi day resort and staycation experience, through Disney storytelling, distinctive leisure offerings, and a tranquil lakeside setting. Guests at Enchanted Star Hotel and guests at the neighboring Shanghai Disneyland Hotel will share access to recreation facilities across both hotels, through a dedicated connector, including fitness centers, swimming pools, indoor and outdoor themed play areas, shopping, and dining. That shared access effectively doubles the on site leisure footprint for a guest at either hotel, without requiring a second booking.
A fourth hotel for Shanghai Disney Resort was announced in November 2025, so Enchanted Star Hotel is the third hotel, not the last word in the resort’s accommodation plan. For a trip in December 2026 or early 2027, though, the choice is among three hotels: Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, Toy Story Hotel, and the new Enchanted Star Hotel.
What the hotel looks like inside
The hotel’s design pays homage to Shanghai’s early 20th century architecture and draws on Art Nouveau, under Shanghai Disney Resort’s guiding philosophy of being authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese. The hotel takes its name from the fabled Wishing Star, an enduring symbol of Disney dreams, wishes, and possibilities, and the resort says the stay is inspired by wishes and dreams, with the tagline “Where wishes meet a magical stay.”
I have not stayed at Enchanted Star Hotel yet, and I will not pretend otherwise, because it does not open until December 16, 2026. But as a photographer, I know what to look at first in the official first look photos: the grand lobby. The lobby is a rotunda with a spiraling chandelier of stars at its center. The columns are etched with gold star motifs, and a large half moon window looks out over the grounds, with a bronze statue of Sorcerer Mickey standing on a pedestal near the window. That is a lobby built to be photographed, with a center, a vertical pull, and a story in one frame, and it is the shot I would take before anything else in the building.
The room photos released with the opening date announcement show the same star theme carried into the guest rooms, in two distinct registers. The Enchanted Star Club Room has two beds and a fold down third bed. When it is lowered, the bed reveals artwork of Duffy and Friends gazing at a starry night sky. A gold framed screen above it shows Enchanted Storybook Castle lit by fireworks, and a bay window looks out toward the lake. The Enchanted Star Deluxe Room has purple, arched upholstered headboards and gold bed runners, with soft murals of a fairy tale castle and swirling trails of stars above the beds. The Club Room leans playful and family facing, with the hidden character artwork. The Deluxe Room leans calmer and more romantic, with the arched headboards and gold accents doing the work. If you are choosing between them on November 6, that contrast is the decision: hidden character detail and a third bed, or a quieter, more grown up room.
Rooms and the first booking release
Enchanted Star Hotel has 400 rooms and suites across nine stories. The four room types available when bookings open on November 6 are the Enchanted Star Deluxe Room, the Enchanted Star Deluxe Room with Park View, the Enchanted Star Dream Room, and the Enchanted Star Club Room. Shanghai Disney Resort has not yet published a full room type list, a room size table, or a rate card for the hotel, so any article listing more room types or square footage as confirmed fact for this hotel is getting ahead of the October 30 announcement.
What can be said with confidence is the position of the hotel inside the resort’s room inventory, and that is where the compiled numbers in the next section come in. At 400 rooms, Enchanted Star Hotel is the smallest of the resort’s three hotels by a clear margin, which has a practical consequence: at a new hotel opening, a smaller room count means opening week inventory will move faster than at a larger hotel, and the staged room release means not every room will be bookable on day one.
Pools, dining, and play: what guests actually get
The headline amenity is a first. Enchanted Star Hotel introduces the first outdoor swimming pool in Shanghai Disney Resort’s entire hotel portfolio. The resort notes that the outdoor pool will operate during select seasons, depending on weather and operating conditions, so a December opening guest should not assume the outdoor pool will be in full operation on a winter stay. Indoor swimming facilities are also part of the hotel, alongside a modern fitness center, which matters more for a December trip than the outdoor pool headline.
Dining centers on Enchanted Seasons Restaurant, which takes inspiration from the changing seasons and will serve a mix of Chinese and international cuisine with Disney storytelling woven into the experience. The hotel will also offer additional entertainment, Disney character encounters, and shopping throughout the property. Themed play areas inspired by Disney characters and stories, including Winnie the Pooh and the Hundred Acre Wood, are part of the family offering, alongside indoor and outdoor play spaces shared with Shanghai Disneyland Hotel through the connector between the two hotels.
For a family planning a multi day Shanghai Disneyland trip, the practical read is this: Enchanted Star Hotel is built for staying put between park days, with a lake setting, shared pools and play areas across two hotels, and a seasonal restaurant, rather than for a single night before a flight. For a couple or a solo traveler, the quieter Deluxe Room register and the lakeside setting are the better fit, with the park itself a short distance away rather than the whole point of the room.
The numbers I compiled: an original-data check
This is the original comparison I compiled from Shanghai Disney Resort’s October 30 announcement and the resort’s published room counts for its existing hotels, because the headline figure of 400 rooms hides the real story of where this hotel sits in the resort.
Enchanted Star Hotel has 400 rooms across nine stories, which averages 44.4 rooms per floor. Shanghai Disneyland Hotel has 420 rooms, and Toy Story Hotel has 795 rooms. Add the three hotels together and Shanghai Disney Resort will have 1,615 hotel rooms when Enchanted Star Hotel opens. Enchanted Star Hotel accounts for 400 of those 1,615 rooms, or 24.8 percent of the resort’s total room inventory. It is 20 rooms smaller than Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, and 395 rooms smaller than Toy Story Hotel. Put another way, Toy Story Hotel has almost twice as many rooms as Enchanted Star Hotel: 795 rooms is 1.99 times 400 rooms. The new hotel is the boutique option in the resort’s lineup, not the volume option, and that is a meaningful choice for a traveler who wants a smaller hotel inside a very large resort.
The timeline numbers tell a second story. The hotel broke ground in August 2023, and its final primary steel beam was installed in January 2025. From groundbreaking in August 2023 to opening on December 16, 2026, is about 3 years and 4 months of construction. From the January 2025 steel beam milestone to the December 2026 opening is about 23 months. From the June 16, 2026 name reveal to the December 16, 2026 opening is exactly 6 months. And from bookings opening on November 6, 2026, to the first guests on December 16, 2026, is 40 days. A traveler booking on day one is booking a hotel that has been under construction for more than three years, with a name that has been public for six months, and a booking window of just over five weeks before opening.
Quotable summary: Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel adds 400 rooms across nine stories to Shanghai Disney Resort, bringing the resort to 1,615 hotel rooms, with the new hotel accounting for 24.8 percent of that total and opening 40 days after bookings open on November 6, 2026.
Who it suits best, and who should wait
Who should book it first: multi day Shanghai Disneyland visitors who want a lakeside hotel with shared access to Shanghai Disneyland Hotel’s facilities; families who will use the themed play areas, the fold down third bed in the Club Room, and the character encounters; and travelers who specifically want the newest hotel in the resort, with the Art Nouveau lobby and the star themed rooms, rather than the established Shanghai Disneyland Hotel or the larger, more playful Toy Story Hotel.
Who should wait: travelers who need a confirmed nightly price before they commit, since no rate card was published in the October 30 announcement; travelers whose trip depends on the outdoor pool, since it operates in select seasons and December is winter in Shanghai; and travelers who want the full room type list, since only four room types go on sale on November 6, with more to follow closer to opening. For those travelers, the smarter move is to watch the November 6 release, check the live rate for your dates, and confirm which room types are actually on sale before you build a trip around a specific room.
More recent hotel openings from David’s Guide: Waldorf Astoria Kuala Lumpur, Thompson Rome, and the Cape Town EDITION.
October 29 to 31 coverage audit: what I checked
My original-data check for this article was a coverage audit of the first 72 hours around Shanghai Disney Resort’s opening date announcement. I counted 6 sources carrying the opening date between October 29 and October 31, 2026: Shanghai Disney Resort’s own press room announcement on October 30; LaughingPlace’s October 29 report, which also published the first look lobby and room photos; TDR Explorer’s October 30 report on rooms, reservations, pools, and dining; DisneyGeek’s October 30 republication of the full October 30 press release; Parade’s October 31 report on the opening date, the 400 room count, and the first outdoor pool; and DisneyDining’s October 30 report on the booking time conversion for American travelers.
The facts that appear in all of them are the stable ones: a December 16, 2026 opening, reservations opening at midnight Shanghai time on November 6, 2026, 400 rooms, nine stories, a location beside Shanghai Disneyland Hotel on Wishing Star Lake, and a design inspired by early 20th century Shanghai architecture and Art Nouveau. The facts that vary are the ones to treat carefully: some coverage calls the hotel a luxury property and some calls it a premium or deluxe property, and the outdoor pool is described as a first for the resort’s hotel portfolio in some reports and as a seasonal facility in others. I have used Shanghai Disney Resort’s own wording, a premium hotel, and the resort’s seasonal note on the outdoor pool, throughout this article.
Quotable summary: In the first 72 hours after the announcement, 6 sources agreed on a December 16, 2026 opening, November 6 bookings, 400 rooms, and a lakeside site beside Shanghai Disneyland Hotel in Shanghai.
Frequently asked questions
When does Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel open?
Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel opens on December 16, 2026. Shanghai Disney Resort announced the date on October 30, 2026, replacing the broader winter opening window used since the name reveal in June 2026.
When can you book Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel?
Reservations open at midnight Shanghai time on November 6, 2026, which is 8:00 a.m. Pacific time and 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on November 5, 2026. Bookings open through the Shanghai Disney Resort Reservation Center, official resort channels, and authorized travel partners.
How many rooms does Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel have?
The hotel has 400 rooms and suites across nine stories, averaging 44.4 rooms per floor. It joins Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, with 420 rooms, and Toy Story Hotel, with 795 rooms, bringing Shanghai Disney Resort to 1,615 hotel rooms in total.
Where is Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel in Shanghai?
The hotel sits on the shores of Wishing Star Lake in Shanghai, adjacent to Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, with views of Wishing Star Park and Shanghai Disneyland. Its design draws on early 20th century Shanghai architecture and Art Nouveau, under the resort’s philosophy of being authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese.
What rooms go on sale first?
Four room types go on sale on November 6, 2026: the Enchanted Star Deluxe Room, the Enchanted Star Deluxe Room with Park View, the Enchanted Star Dream Room, and the Enchanted Star Club Room. More room types will become available closer to the December 16 opening.
How much does Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel cost?
Shanghai Disney Resort did not publish a nightly rate card in its October 30, 2026 announcement. Check the live reservation system from November 6, 2026, for a dated quote for your stay, and treat any price quoted before that date as unverified.
Does Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel have an outdoor pool?
Yes, it introduces the first outdoor swimming pool in Shanghai Disney Resort’s hotel portfolio. The resort notes the outdoor pool operates during select seasons, depending on weather and operating conditions, and the hotel also has indoor swimming facilities and a fitness center.
Sources
Shanghai Disney Resort press room, “Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel to Open on December 16, 2026,” October 30, 2026. LaughingPlace, “Disney Enchanted Star Hotel Opening Date Announced,” October 29, 2026. TDR Explorer, “Shanghai Disney Resort Announces Opening Date for New Enchanted Star Hotel,” October 30, 2026. DisneyGeek, “Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel to Open on December 16, 2026,” October 30, 2026. Parade, “Disney Just Revealed the Opening Date for Its Newest Themed Hotel, and Reservations Open Soon,” October 31, 2026. DisneyDining, “New Disney Hotel Set to Open in November: Official Booking Dates Announced,” October 2026.
