Hi Scott,
Welcome to Disney Parks Moms Panel. There’s no better hotel for me inside Disney’s property than Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Great restaurants like Chef Mickey’s,
The Wave...of American Flavors and California Grill. However, the best thing for me is the location, it is so convenient, near to everything, using monorail turns every program easy, fast, and kids love to ride the monorails.
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort will be a hit with your kids, its super cool, new, amazing pool, food court and the coolest and engaging lobby area. I’ve stayed at Nemo area and I loved it. Great location and spacious bathroom. Your plans seems to be perfect to me and you are so lucky that you are going two times in a row to WDW. Don’t forget to use the FastPass+ system and consider purchasing a
Memory Maker. You can read great reviews of the hotels at Touring Plans.
Have a magical vacation!
Camila R.