Cory Lefort

Review of Disney's Pop Century Resort

My family and I just returned from our trip to Dis...

My family and I just returned from our trip to Disney World and we stayed at Pop Century Resort building 1 1950 s era. I will start by saying it was my wife and I plus our 3 year old son. We opened our room to find a very small room with one bed and a table. Upon further inspection we realized the table had a fold up bed inside the wall. Once we payed down the bed the actual space to walk around was non existent. Also one bed which is next to the bathroom has literally 4 space to walk. Needless to say when you wake up to go use the bathroom in the middle of the night you will be bumping into walls. There are 3 drawers for clothes and random cubbies throughout room to try and accommodate the lack of storage. People say well it doesn t matter since you aren t in your room much but on the contrary with a young child we would head back to the hotel around 2 so my son could take a nap. As do many if not all families with small children. We found the room very small for our family of 3 and just basic maneuverability was difficult. There were many families of 4 and even a 5 person family stayed in the room next to us and I know that only 4 can sleep comfortably. The little room becomes cluttered and dirty in an instance but when it comes to getting the room cleaned it s a battle. We only had them clean our room twice over the week stay. Both days we were out of the room at 9 and didn t return until 4. You would think that when arriving back the room would be clean but no neither time. We called front desk and someone was there in about 5 minutes. The craziest thing is after the first cleaning my sons Jessie toy story stuffed animal was missing then the second time 3 days later the Goofy hat we literally just bought for my sons birthday laid on counter while we left room so it could be cleaned and guess what the hat gone. I have pictures with my son and these items in the room both within 30 minutes of them being stolen. Word to the wise. If you do stay here I stress the 1990 s section is the one to stay in. It provides the only area with seclusion and a beautiful lake. The rest of the resort is crowded and bustling. Nowhere pools are nice and were my families favorite part of the resort. Here s a huge thing if you are renting a scooter while staying here. The entire wall of electrical outlets where all scooters are do not work and this is due to water leaking inside wall which fried the entire thing. You will have to plug it in by your room. There are a lot of flaws like when it rains the main walkway to the food, lobby, pool, etc holds water and they have four or five employees trying to squeegee it away. You may save a total of 1000-2000 dollars to stay at this economic resort compared to the mid but you will pay for it in so many ways. Do your research seriously. You pay a lot of money for a vacation you don t want to make my mistake.