
POP CENTURY RESORT
by Paula Hughes Court
If you’re looking for a budget hotel inside the Walt Disney
World resort, Pop Century Resort is the perfect choice. At
an average rate of $99 per night, Pop Century offers a
great value for your money. With the exception of a formal
sit-down restaurant and fancy water slides at the pools,
Pop Century offers just about all the amenities you’ll find at
the more expensive Orlando luxury resorts.
Pop Century Resort features four-story-tall replicas of
popular toys and fads from the past five decades. Children
will love the giant Duncan Yo-Yos, Big Wheel, Foos Ball
Men, Play-Doh can, and glowing Rubik’s Cube. Pop
Century Resort also features building size models of the
popular Disney characters Mowgli and Baloo, Lady and the
Tramp, and of course, Mickey Mouse.
POP CENTURY RESORT POOLS
The activities at Pop Century Resort center around the
huge 60’s themed “Hippy-Dippy” swimming pool, staffed
with an extremely diligent group of life guards. The pool
area offers plenty of lounge chairs and was never crowded
on a recent visit though the hotel was filled to capacity. The
90’s building has its own smaller computer shaped pool
while the bowling pin shaped pool is in the 50’s area. The
dancing fountains near the 70’s building was a huge hit for
children of all ages.
POP CENTURY GUEST ROOMS
The guest rooms at Pop Century Resort are clean and
amply furnished with soap, towels and shampoo. The
rooms do not contain hair dryers so bring one along. The
room amenities include a safe, ironing board and iron.
DINING AT POP CENTURY RESORT
Pop Century Resort offers a large food-court style dining
area, featuring a variety of familiar American favorites from
slow-cooked pot roast and oversized cinnamon buns to
hamburgers, hotdogs, and pizza. The Ethnic Show Kitchen
serves up wraps, flatbreads and Asian dishes. For
breakfast, choices range from bacon and eggs to Mickey
shaped waffles, pancakes and bagels. Quick bites such as
ready-made sandwiches and salads are always available in
the Grab-n-Go coolers. Don't miss the peanut butter fluff
sandwiches, Chef Foundoukis's Famous Buttermilk Fried
Chicken or the tie-dyed red velvet cake.
DISNEY TRANSPORTATION
If you’re staying at Pop Century Resort, use Disney
transportation to travel to the theme parks and Downtown
Disney. I was very impressed with the efficiency of the
Disney transportation system. There are individual bus
stops at the entrance to the hotel marked Magical Express,
Epcot, MGM Studios, Magic Kingdom, Downtown Disney,
and Animal Kingdom-Blizzard Beach. Simply queue up and
wait for your bus, which rarely takes longer than 10
minutes. The buses usually go straight to your destination
without stopping.
DISNEY’S MAGICAL EXPRESS
Magical Express is the best thing Disney has come up with
in a long time. If you’ve ever waited in an hour-long line for
a rental car at the Orlando airport, you’ll doubly appreciate
this new service. Any guest staying at a Walt Disney World
resort hotel can use Magical Express. Simply make your
Magical Express reservation when you reserve your room
or call the Magical Express line directly at 1-866-599-0951
with your flight information. Magical Express will mail you
luggage tags for your bags. Once you arrive at the airport,
simply go downstairs and check in. Minutes later, you’ll be
loaded onto coach buses and transported to your hotel.
Note: Your checked bags will arrive much later, probably
four to five hours. Be sure to take a carry-on bag with
whatever you’ll need in that length of time. For your return
to the airport, you’ll receive a voucher at your hotel room
with the departure time of your bus. Simply show up with
your bags fifteen minutes before departure and the bus will
deliver you to the airport.
POP CENTURY RATES
Rates at the Pop Century Resort range from $77 to $109
per night. Pop Century offers a big bang for your buck so
make your reservation today.
FOR RESERVATIONS CALL (407) W-DISNEY OR VISIT
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