Disney's Pop Century Resort in Orlando, FL

Advertised as a value hotel it suited our needs. The room was small but tidy and clean, let's face it, how much are we staying in. We weren't sure about the Quick Dining voucher, but if you shop around there is no need to survive on burger and chips. How they manage to cook beef and salmon etc as fast food is beyond me, but it tasted like anything served in a pub or restaurant. Often it even came with a cocktail, beer or wine. Value for money and it filled me up. Great idea having a microwave and toaster in the resort, as we bought bagels and had those with room coffee, which was ok. Perhaps the biggest selling point of this resort, or it's sister next door, is that it is at the start of the Skyliner, a cable car to get to Hollywood Studios and EPCOT. But it is also useful to stop at the Caribbean Beach resort, where the mixed platter is enough for two (and it's covered in the QDP). Another tip is to travel from Hollywood St by boat to neighbouring hotel. We stopped and ate, for a treat, at the Yaughtclub Resort. The steak was worthy of a Michelin star. It is then just a stroll to Epcot. We traveled with our 4 year old granddaughter, so we had a few Character Dining session. By far the best for staff, food and character interaction was in the Wilderness Lodge. Also a wonderful hotel. Some you can expect to be hurried, like meeting Cinderella in her castle. But some staff were rude and rushed you out the door. That said, it was a stunning setting and I'm sure my granddaughter didn't worry, after all she met Cinderella. Get used to the Disney App as it's your lifeline. With it you can check wait times and exactly were the characters appear for a meet and greet. Disappointed Thunder Mountain was down, but absolutely loved Tron. Disney operate a Virtual Queue. Which is ok if your tech savvy and can wake up every morning to book a slot for that morning. If not you will not use that ride. However, they open this up again at 13:00 and 19:00, if you prefer to ride later in the day. With this in mind, staying at a Disney resort allows access to the park, half an hour before it opens. So, you can dash to rides, like Tron, and have a short wait time.

This is the loudest hotel I've ever stayed at. I'm sure it's fine if you're at the parks all day. Unfortunately my daughter got sick and all we've been listening to for 3 days now is insanely loud alarms and machines while they pressure wash the building. It's almost unbearable and you can't get away from it. On top.of that our room was disgusting - full of hair and there was even someone's toothpaste remnants in our sink. The only good thing is the skylines.

We LOVE POP! I can’t say that enough. We have no complaints. Rooms are great. Room service every other day. Breakfast and lunch is great in the dining hall. We have several meals there during the stay. Skyliner is always a plus. Great location.

I’m not sure how I feel anymore. This used to be me I go to resort for Disney, but I’m getting frustrated by the transportation, Yesterday it took one hour to get from the hotel to Epcot Today it was 45 minutes before a bus arrived to go to Magic Kingdom, but there were still 50+ people in line in front of me, I think the transportation element of Disney is really making a negative impact The rooms are cute. The staff is fine. I still disagree with the fact that they don’t do housekeeping except every other day. There’s a lot of money that’s paid for these rooms and you can’t do housekeeping and then when you were calling for towels, they act like it’s an inconvenience So you have to look at the pros and cons It’s great for families, but you just need to have a realistic expectation for time for transportation

We have visited WDW many times&stayed in most of the resorts however this was our first time at Pop Century.Our stay was for 10 nights &what a wonderful time we had we were there during the recently very cold wet weather in January what a delight to come back from the parks to a lovely pristine clean warm room.we had the QS dining option which was utilized quite well at the resort,all the staff were very friendly & helpful.Eventually the sun did shine the pool areas were lovely apparently the resort was fully booked it never had that feeling to us everywhere felt relaxed & spacious to accommodate everyone.For us the skyliner was the jewel in the crown for us with easy access to 2 parks,would we revisit yes in a heartbeat.