| Cartoon Network Hotel | |
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 The hotel's facade in 2022. | |
 Interactive map of Cartoon Network Hotel | |
| General information | |
| Location | East Lampeter Township,Pennsylvania |
| Opening | January 10, 2020[1] |
| Closed | January 1, 2026[2] (planned) |
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| Floor count | 2 |
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| Number of rooms | 165[3] |
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| Official website | |
TheCartoon Network Hotel is a resort-style hotel located inEast Lampeter Township,Pennsylvania. Managed byHerschend, who licenses theCartoon Network name and properties fromWarner Bros. Discovery, it was Cartoon Network's second entry into the hotel business after an experience atHotel Cozzi Ximen Tainan, inTainan, Taiwan.[4]
The hotel opened on January 10, 2020, and consists of 165 remodeled hotel rooms, a resort-style pool, kids' play area, indoor arcade, coffee lounge, full bar, and a gift shop with Cartoon Network-related merchandise.[3] The Cartoon Network Hotel is scheduled to cease operations on January 1, 2026.[5]
The hotel opened as aRamada Inn in 1971, primarily on land owned by Earl Clark, owner of theDutch Wonderland theme park located close by. The motel ran into financial trouble and was sold to Michael Gleiberman in 1974.[6]
The Gleiberman family renamed the motel the Continental Inn. The hotel consisted of 165 hotel rooms, along with a tennis court, an outdoor and indoor pool, free breakfast, a game room, and a fitness room. It operated until January 2018 when Palace Entertainment, the owners of nearby Dutch Wonderland, purchased the hotel for $4.7 million with the intention of remodeling it into a family-friendly resort.
In October 2018, a partnership formed betweenTurner's then-ownedCartoon Network and Palace Entertainment to convert the former Continental Inn into the first Cartoon Network Hotel, to open in Summer 2019.[7] In March 2019, despite the dissolution of Turner Broadcasting System, the hotel retained the Cartoon Network brand with an agreement withWarnerMedia. In January 2020, after delays, the hotel opened.[8]
The Cartoon Network Hotel's first year of operation was significantly disrupted by theCOVID-19 pandemic. The hotel, which had just opened on January 10, 2020, was forced to close temporarily due to public health restrictions, remaining shuttered for almost five months. It officially reopened on August 3, 2020, with numerous new COVID-19 safety measures.[9]
The hotel is set to close on January 1, 2026, to be rebranded as theDutch Wonderland Inn, transitioning into a themed lodging property directly associated with the adjacentDutch Wonderland amusement park.[10]
The primary reason cited for the closure and subsequent rebranding is the expiration of the licensing agreement between Palace Entertainment and Cartoon Network (a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery).
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