The "everything you know about" Pop Century thread

[disneymom]

I thought we could start a thread on each resort and say everything we know about the resort. That way we would have all the great tips in one place for each resort :yes: I'll start with Pop Century and maybe next the polynesian which are the only ones I know about :lol: If you have even the smallest tip about pop century you can add it to this thread or a question is fine too, lets try and get everything we know about it here :hug2: (I'll move any great info or secrets into this first post to keep it useful if I'm able to)


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What is it?Disney's Pop Century Resorts is a celebration of 20th century pop culture. The resort's larger-than-life time capsules preserve the toys, fads, dance crazes, and catch phrases of the American pop century. How we lived. How we played. How we celebrated. How we communicated. These stories and many others are all here for future generations to discover and celebrate. Guests have the opportunity to live and play inside these unique time capsules - to experience the pop culture of this century like never before.

Classic Hall is the name of the main building. Classic Hall houses the front desk area, the arcade, and the merchandise/food court area named "Everything POP." You walk into this area, and it starts off as the merchandise store. Walk further, and it becomes the Food Court. The Food Court itself is HUGE. There are many tables, lots of soda fountains, and a very eclectic selection of food. Everything on property is VERY close to this main building. The furthest building might be a 6 minute walk to Classic Hall, if that. In fact, the Classic Years Resort is only 1,500 feet from one corner to the diagonally-opposite furthest corner.

Pop Century Resorts is broken into two separate resort areas. There are the Legendary Years and Classic Years. The lands of Legendary and Classic Years are connected via the Generation Gap Bridge over Hourglass Lake.

Address
Pop Century Resorts, Classic Years
1050 Century Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

Via Satellite
Latitude: 28°20'59.72"N
Longitude: 81°32'36.78"W

Phone Numbers
Main Phone: 407.938.4000
Fax: 407.938.4039
TTY Reservations: 407.939.7670
Reservations: 407.934.7639 (407-WDISNEY)
Special Needs/Disabilities Reservations: 407.939.7807


Check-in Time: 4:00 pm
Check-out Time: 11:00 am

[Keith]

great idea !

erm I know its location is great, very close to EPCOT & Disney Studios as well as being on the outskirts of Disney to cabs cost way less to places like the malls because it takes the cabs far less time to get out of the Disney complex from Pop Century. (I dont know if someone has a more official or useful explanation :lol:)

It has its own bus service rather than a shared one like most other, even deluxe, resorts do.

At times during the day the CMs keep kids happy by letting them chalk pictures on the floor in front of the resort. You can often see these when you arrive.

[Tinkfan]

If you like your room to be quieter, the rooms facing Hourglass Lake are nice and peaceful! There are benches on the walkway that are perfect to sit with your morning coffee. And apparently Pop does have a small playground for children, I never knew that and we've been there at least 4 times!

[Deafjeff]

When you arrive look at the floor tiles at the main lobby it is really shiny as it got glitters in it. It is the most welcoming thing to see as it screaming Disney!

The wall across the check in desk contains various items from 1950 to 1990' do take your time to have a look and be amaze at how many things we used to have or wish we did own!