This was my 9 year old son's first time to Disney World. We stayed at Pop July 6-12th, in the 50's area with one of the great three pools it has, and loved every minute of it. The Hotel is very clean and everyone is extreamely helpful and nice. The gift shop is a pleasure to have right in your hotel, and the food court is also another great conveinence. My son enjoyed the Arcade also in the hotel. We didn't want to leave. My husband only had a small complaint, and that is that the beds are small,
(full size) We would of preferred at least a queen, but other than that, everything was Perfect! You won't be disappointed..

Don't be intimidated by the size of Pop Century! This is Disney's answer to people that wants to travel on a budget.

Pop Century is a great place to crash while you are on vacation at Walt Disney World resort. It is a "no frills" hotel that is basic, but CLEAN. Did I insist on the word clean? And no frills means no on-site massage or things like that... Otherwise it has all the Disney magic touch, complete with random surprises from the cleaning staff (Mickey-shaped towels on your bed when you come back from time to time!).

I visited Orlando many times, and staying outside of a Disney Hotel for a Disney trip doesn't make much sense. I made that mistake once. You need to rent a car, etc. And the clean factor is not always there in Orlando "budget" hotels. If you get a Disney package, you will get all the to and from the airport complimentary with Disney's Magical Express. They even pick up your luggage at the airport and "magically appears 3 hours later in your room.

For me, Orlando IS Disney World. I go for 7 days and never leaves the site (except for 1 day of outlet shopping). Pop Century makes perfect sense: all Disney transports are included to every park and Downtown Disney. There are great pools and the food court and gift shop are great (although I hear the food court overflows in high season).

This is a hotel with all the Perks of extra magic hours if you stay there as well: 1 park each day stays open up to 3 days later or will open 1 day earlier, just because you stay on a Disney resort.

So go ahead, book Pop Century...if you look for value and friendly staff, along with a clean room (did I mention clean?) this is the place to stay!

We stayed at Pop Century 3 nights over July 11 weekend, 2008. This is our FOURTH stay at this resort since it opened a few years ago. We stayed once in the 50's section and all other times in the 60's section overlooking the Hippie Dippie pool.

We are a family of 2 adults (40's) and 2 kids (11 and 12). We have been to WDW 26 times in 10 years. We visit every year for one week at Christmas and stay in a condo off Disney property. We visit every year for 3-4 days in July to play in the waterparks and stay ON Disney property. We always have a great vacation but the Pop Century Resort is our #1 choice.

Suggestion: Pay an extra $10 and request a "preferred" room. Preferred rooms are in buildings located adjacent to the main hall where there's food/arcade/registration/gift shops and WDW bus transportation. A preferred room guarantees you a building location but not a room location. You may get stuck on the back of a building overlooking a playground or a wooded lot. We prefer overlooking a pool. When we arrived on this visit, it was early in the morning and we were able to get a better room - overlooking the Hippie Dippie Pool. This is the best location in the place. Remember, 60's section, overlooking the Hippie Dippie pool. Lots of activity going on, close to everything and a very "resort" feel.

Only complaint I ever have staying in a Disney hotel is the size of the room. The place may claim to sleep 4, but it's a tight squeeze. No privacy. I'm organized but my husband and kids aren't so 3 nights is about all I can take. Also, towels aren't provided at the pools in the value resorts. You have to hunt down housekeeping to get more towels.

Rooms: Small. Any bed we ever had was a double/full but they're comfy - nice and firm. There's 2 beds, a nightstand, a tv/armoire with drawers and a table with two chairs. Plenty of space to hang clothes (bring your own hangers) but not enough drawer space for all 4 of us. Room safe. Bathroom has toilet and shower. The vanity is located outside the bathroom in the room. Place was clean. Housekeeping left washcloth figures for us which the kids decorated on the window sill - everyone does it and it's so much fun.

Pools are great throughout the resort. Each building has it's own theme. Hippie Dippie pool was fab. Always people in the pool. Opens at 7:30 so if you don't like the pool noise, ask for a building at the end of the resort. You'll have to walk to the chow hall, but it'll be more quiet.

Food: Much like the food court at the local shopping mall. They only change the food every few days so choices are boring. Even when crowded, you can deal with it. They charge $13 for a souvenior cup and you get free refills for the duration of your trip. I brought my cup from last year and they never noticed. Hey, it's worth a try.

Arcade was nice. They were having some sort of computer failure so all games were free. It was grrrrreat. When do you get anything free at WDW?

Bus transportation: free and runs throughout the day and night to anything Disney. Note that bus to Downtown Disney can take forever in the evenings. We drive there ourselves but use the bus for the theme parks where you can save $12/per park on parking per day.

Highly recommend this resort for people with kids. Kids of any age. If you don't have kids, it may be too noisy. If you have kids, it's just noisy enough. All the hub bub is really nice!

My new bride and I went to Disney World for our honeymoon and stayed at the Pop Century. I was very pleased with this place. Not only do you have the great cast members working at the check in desk we were greeted with joy when they found out we were just married. The room was a little small, but for two people it was great. We never used the transportation, I just rather drive and not have to worry about what bus to take. This place is BIG and oh my you better make sure you get a map to find your room...LOL. We loved it here and plan on coming back soon. No really complaints other then people do get up early to goto the parks...but it was expected.. Loved it!! for the price it was well worth the money.