Review: Disney's Pop Century Resort

4 of 5 stars

Disney's Pop Century Resort located on the Disney property is one of the few value resorts available at Disney. While not the best that Disney has to offer, if you are wishing to come and get the full Disney experience while also sticking to a tight budget, then this would be the resort for you. It is also a smoke-free resort.

Resort

Check In: 4:00pm

Check Out: Noon

The Disney's Pop Century Resort is a newer hotel that salutes many pop culture crazes like fads, movies and music. The resort is divided up into ten different buildings only four stories high and each having their own theme of a certain decade; 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, and the 90's. Disney's Pop Century Resort is located near the Epcot and Hollywood Studios theme parks.

Upon arrival if you are traveling by car, there is a full gated parking available for free to guests at the resort. The main building located in the center, named Classic Hall and features the lobby, gift shop, video arcade, and food court/restaurant. I suggest trying to get a room as close to the main building as possible or you will be doing a lot of walking back and forth and the Disney property is very extensive. If you have small children, be sure to request the rooms closest to the elevators and to the main building and save yourself the hassle of the long walks and cranky children.

The rooms are on the small side but were clean and comfortable although there was nothing special about them. You could defiantly feel the theme of the decade within the hotel that decorated the entire room. It was entertaining to walk through the different buildings to check out the different décor by decade, it was very amusing. The room was bright and fun and very Disney. Unlike the all-star resorts were the walls a little bit thin and we could hear just about everything the other room was doing, the Disney Pop Culture resort was the exact opposite. I actually felt that I had my own .If you do plan to spend a couple of days at the hotel lounging at the pool then I suggest upgrading to a moderate resort for a better experience, since the moderate resorts have more staff there to take care of your needs. The housekeeping was always friendly and on top of their game.

Unfortunately one of the disadvantages to all the value resorts at Disney is that there is no free WiFi internet available, although Internet is available for an additional fee.

For the children there are a variety of activities, such as a playground and there are three pools available on the property, as well as a children's spray area themed as Goofy's playground. The pools are also themed, with the main pool being a flower shaped 70's inspired pool, the other smaller pools are shaped as a bowling lane and a computer shaped pool respectively.

There is only one food court available at this resort with typical American for around $15 and under. It is located in Classic Hall and is induced with pop culture phenomenon that we can all reminisce about. While not a full service restaurant, the food is pretty good and is made right in front of you. This will keep you under budget while satisfying everyone's taste buds. This is typical Disney and everything is smaller portioned and overpriced for the amount of food you get, but that's just something you'll get use to throughout the Disney parks as well. A quick and helpful tip you are staying with a large family for an extended time, a money saving tip would be to purchase a Disney Cup for around $12. This allowed you to refill the cup as many times as you want with whatever beverage you wanted the whole length of your stay. There are multiple cleaning stations near the filling stations so you have a chance to clean out your cup, this is not exclusive to just this specific resort. You can fill up at any of the three All-Star resort locations that are more convenient to you at the time. Better quality restaurants are available at Pleasure Island which is only a quick bus trip away if you are looking for different types of cuisine.

Getting around the Disney is fast and easy as transportation throughout the parks is complementary and the buses come quickly and often.

The resort is pretty awesome for a value resort and I think that the Disney Pop Century Resort is the best option from the entire four value resort options. It was great to be separated from the rest of the All-Star resorts that tend to be crowded and loud. Don't expect anything special as the resort is dated and you will see some giant renderings of obsolete tech toys and weird decorations, but at the same time is a quirky fun!