My wife, made our reservations.. and we got 25% off of the value resorts.. she said that they knew of 'my pin'.. but I thought that my pin was worth a bit more.. there is no discounts for food or anything( we have never used the dining plan).. and then two.. are there problems at Pop century? for most, who used to post here, it used to be "home".. is that not the case now.. no ripping please.. and we are going mid month.. not exactly prime season.. I am open to any opinions and replies.. that are constructive and honest.. thanks for your help..
I thought the hotel was fine when I stayed there. The food court was decent, but it pales in comparison to AoA right across the bridge. If you eat at the resort, go ahead and make the hike across the bridge and check that place out. Unique and excellent offerings, plus they have real plates and cutlery!
The only three complaints / regrets I had about the hotel during my stay were:
1) The wifi was terrible. However, this has been resolved, I suspect, with the infrastructure they have been laying in at Disney for MM+. This was especially annoying to me though because I stay for a long time (2 weeks or so) and the trade off is that I do a few hours of work a day remotely...which requires stable internet.
2) My shower controls were worn out. They are the type that you turn around clockwise to go from cold to hot. As a result, it wouldn't sit in a nice "medium" range, rather with a tap it would go from cold to scalding. I take pretty hot showers normally, so it didn't bother me (though some were less comfortable than others), but it made it pretty touchy to get the temp just right for the kid's showers / baths. If they maintained them or replaced them, this wouldn't be a gripe at all.
3) I wish I hadn't paid extra for a preferred room. The walls / windows / doors are thinner at Pop and the complex more compact than at the moderates I'd stayed at before, and I didn't take into account how load the Hippy Dippy pool (the main pool) can get during the day. I don't fault the people who were out there having a good time, but I would rather have had a garden view room in the 60s or 70s building. It would have been nearly as close, but much quieter for afternoon naps. Also, sometimes people come in the middle of the night (people flying in from the west coast on a late flight, or international flights), and I noted that a lot of times they'll let the kids go play unattended in the pool...which, of course means they are going to be kids...and likely be loud.
So, that's it.
All that being said, I'd stay there again in a heartbeat. Since it sits right next to AoA, combined they have the best bus service of any of the resorts on property (as you can take either of them to or back from parks, and their stops tend to be next to each other), and I found the resort design and decor fun and pleasant.
