Pop Century question

[disneynut4u]

I am having to alter my "already-made" reservations. We are now considering staying at Pop Century and getting 2 rooms. Looking at the rates, I see Preferred & Standard (like other resorts). My question is this: Which section is the Preferred section? I like the 70's section with the foosball players on the field and the Mickey phone. But which is Preferred???

 

[Abbyjoe]

We stayed there last Feb. Our Preferred room was on the end of the 70s building...closest to the main bldg. As I understand, you could be in any bldg...close to an end...close to the main bldg and that would be a preferred room. I had friends on the end of the 50s bldg.

Did that make sense?? I may have confused myself! I am laughing.

 

[ChrisQ]

We stayed there last Feb. Our Preferred room was on the end of the 70s building...closest to the main bldg. As I understand, you could be in any bldg...close to an end...close to the main bldg and that would be a preferred room. I had friends on the end of the 50s bldg.

Did that make sense?? I may have confused myself! I am laughing.

Last year we had a preferred room, and we were told that "preferred" referred to the rooms that were closest to the parking lot. Our room was at the 50's building and was a really short walk to the main building and the buses.

 

[Mori Anne]

Hmmm. I have always been told and under the impression that preferred rooms where those closet to the main building and food courts/bus area or closet to the pools. ........:shrug: who knows...... Perhaps it is like medical insurance companies.... the answer depends on who you talk to.....:lol:....

 

[Raven66]

Hmmm. I have always been told and under the impression that preferred rooms where those closet to the main building and food courts/bus area or closet to the pools. ........:shrug: who knows...... Perhaps it is like medical insurance companies.... the answer depends on who you talk to.....:lol:....

This is what we were told as well.


When I get up to the counter I just request a room closest to preferred but still a standard. The only reasons I do it that way is because we are all paid up and didn't pay for a preferred and I'm cheap. :lookaroun

 

[krankenstein]

The preferred rooms at Pop are scattered between the 50's, 60's and 70's section. The rooms are considered preferred because they are the closest to Classic Hall.

BTW, I would not recommend paying the extra for a preferred room. They have plenty of non preferred rooms in the same sections and even the furthermost buildings are a short walk to Classic Hall in my opinion. Just request a standard room in the 70's. :wave:

 

[wdwCC]

I am having to alter my "already-made" reservations. We are now considering staying at Pop Century and getting 2 rooms. Looking at the rates, I see Preferred & Standard (like other resorts). My question is this: Which section is the Preferred section? I like the 70's section with the foosball players on the field and the Mickey phone. But which is Preferred???

We stayed at Pop last week. We got a preferred room and ended up in the 60's building facing Hippy Dippy pool. Really short walk to the food court and busses.

 

[disneynut4u]

thanks to all of you. You've cleared things up for me!

 

[lbrad]

The preferred rooms at Pop are scattered between the 50's, 60's and 70's section. The rooms are considered preferred because they are the closest to Classic Hall.

BTW, I would not recommend paying the extra for a preferred room. They have plenty of non preferred rooms in the same sections and even the furthermost buildings are a short walk to Classic Hall in my opinion. Just request a standard room in the 70's. :wave:

I agree totally. We were in the 50's with a Standard Room. Very close to bowling pin pool and short distance to Classic Hall (Food court and busses)

 

[bluefaery]

When I was there back in Feb I had a standard room and I was in the middle of the 70s building. I was facing the parking lot but it was still a quick walk to the bus stop.

 

[perrych]

I wouldn't stay anywhere near the pool unless I was a sound sleeper. The noise from the music and the swimmers is quite loud.

 

[Kritikos]

Using the definition of preferred as closest to the main building, even if you were in the least preferred room of all, which would be one of the 80s or 90s rooms, you gain by having a separate, quieter pool and a really attractive colour scheme and theming.

We were in the furthest 80s building a few weeks ago and would have no objection to staying in that building again.

Having said that, it IS a long walk to the Food Court from the 80s or 90s, and so we usually went directly there from the parking lot when arriving back from the parks, rather than going to our room first. That worked better.

 

[lilclerk]

I highly recommend the 70s. Not a far walk to the main building/pools, but still far enough away to be quiet. We were in a standard room, too.

 

[Hot4Hudgens]

I've stayed at Pop plenty and never find the need (personally) to upgrade to a ''preferred'' room, so they usually stick me in the 50's. I've been in the same exact spot my last 3 trips to PC, but I can deal. It's not a huge resort, we don't have kids, so all's well. If you would like a shorter trek to the buses/shops/etc. then go ahead and upgrade. You may even get it on the cheap in the case that you're a passholder.

P.S. Totally off topic, but I just found a hidden Mickey in my room and thought I'd share, lol:

 

[JPVonDrake]

To confirm...

The Preferred Rooms are closest to the Food court, Feature Pool, Transportation, and Main Building.

At Disney's Pop Century Resort, all rooms in buildings 4 and 5 (the 1960's), and about half of the rooms in buildings 1 & 3 (the 1950's) and buildings 6 & 10 (the 1970's.) In all there are 576 total Preferred Rooms.

 

[disneynut4u]

Thanks guys! I think I've decided on the 70's building, and ask for a standard room there. We would like to overlook the foosball players field, so I may have to go Preferred. We will have a 15 & 14 year old with us and this is their request. We'll see. Thanks again!!!

 

[Disneygirl91395]

the 50s 60s and 70s are prefered locations as of august the 80s and 90s are a little farther away especialy the 90s:animwink:

 

[steveford]

Preferred Rooms

The Preferred Rooms are closest to the Food court, Feature Pool, Transportation, and Main Building.

At Disney's Pop Century Resort, all rooms in buildings 4 and 5 (the 1960's), and about half of the rooms in buildings 1 & 3 (the 1950's) and buildings 6 & 10 (the 1970's.) In all there are 576 total Preferred Rooms.

We stayed at the Pop Century 4 weeks ago in the 90's building which was 20 yds from the car park which was ideal, quiet and had the quieter pool nearby. This was supposed to a preferred room stated by the tour company we went with but I suspect as others have stated they will not actually state what is a preferred room.

One thing though that I have noticed is alot of guests tend to bring their own bedding, food so are there limited cooking facilities available and no bedding supplied or are they just fussy!

On a further point does any one know know what the plans are for the part built section of the resort, nothing has happened nor any news for the last 3 yrs. A cast member did suggest that they were looking into a suite style of rooms!:xmas:

 

[LisaB08]

Recent stay in Pop Century

My husband and I just stayed at the Pop Century and usually request a preferred room because of his disability. These are the rooms closest to Classic Hall. When we arrived Oct. 25, our cast member suggested we stay in the 50's section. It was not considered preferred but really wasn't that much farther to walk. Save your money and ask the cast member when you arrive to show you on the map where your hotel room will be and ask for the closest (non-preferred you can get).

 

[hosewater]

Not quite...

The Preferred Rooms are closest to the Food court, Feature Pool, Transportation, and Main Building.

At Disney's Pop Century Resort, all rooms in buildings 4 and 5 (the 1960's), and about half of the rooms in buildings 1 & 3 (the 1950's) and buildings 6 & 10 (the 1970's.) In all there are 576 total Preferred Rooms.

Correct, the preferred rooms ARE closest to Classic Hall which is where the Everything Pop food court and Bus Transportation are. And yes, the feature pool is located just outside of Classic Hall.

That being said, NOT all the rooms in the 1960's are preferred. When the resort first opened, yes, all of the 1960's rooms were preferred and everything else was standard.

This was changed in the summer of 2005. A blueprint of the resort was brought out along with a compass set to a span of 500 feet, according to the scale of the blueprint. A semicircle was drawn from the center of Classic Hall out around the property and rooms that fell within that semicircle were the new preferred rooms. Some minor tweaks were made (ie, to incorporate the entire front of buildings 4 and 5, even though technically half of them fell outside of the semicircle). But that is where everything stands now - leaving it that some of buildings 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 (50s, 60s and 70s) are preferred and some are standard. All of buildings 2, 7, 8 and 9 (50s, 80s and 90s) are standard.

It has nothing to do with view.
It has nothing to do with a pool.
It has nothing to do with the room itself.
It only has to do with distance from the center of Classic Hall on a Pop Century map, with the exception of a few rooms in the 1960's area.

EJ
(it was a fun project at the time and a great resume padder, but man, has it caused some headaches!)