Now see,that's gonna be a hard one to answer.Why?You ask.
We have stayed at all three Allstar resorts and at Pop also.So let's do this by process of elimination:
In 2000,we stayed at the Allstar Sports resort.Now for me personally,I have lost most all interest in sports,as I have gotten older,(I know I'm not that old,46 yrs old).But I am a musician of 30+ years and just don't care much for sports anymore.So when we stayed there,that was our first time to stay on Disney property ever.So it was a big treat for us,and yes,we DID enjoy it.We stayed there in Sept,and on our last 2 days there,a bunch of high school football players and cheerleaders came in,and were very noisy;and yes,I called security to quieten them down.So we enjoyed that place,only because it was our first time on property.Would I stay there again?No,never.
Now on to the Allstar Movies resort:This place was much better for us,having 2 girls of our own.The gigantic Disney movie icons were great to look at.We stayed there in 2003,and my girls were 9 and 12.The atmosphere here,was much more Disneyish than at sports.But!This is the resort that parents with smaller kids stays at,and that could be a little bit "patience-trying",if your kids are older as mine were.The pools were crammed full of kids most every time we were in them.Other than that,it was a good place to stay at.If you DO have smaller kids,Iwould definitely stay there,they will love it!
But,now that mine are now 14 & 11,would I stay there again,no,never.
Now on to my favorite value resort,Allstar Music resort:this resort,for me,is by far,the best value resort of the three allstars.Why?First of all,I am a musician as I stated earlier and this place was my cup of tea.We have actually stayed there three times.Once in the section called Broadway,after broadway musicals,next in the Calypso section,after reggae/calypso music.Third in the Jazz section,after jazz music.The atmosphere that we felt when staying there,was beyond words.It just felt right,ya know?The food court here is excellent!A good variety of foods to pick from.It's not all fast foods though;they do have complete dinners with meats and veggies.I liked the roast pork and roast turkey the best.The arcades are great.Many games give out tickets that can be redeemed for prizes/souveniers.Gift shop is not bad either.Would I stay there again,yes,definitely.
Now,last but not least,is POP Century.This is the version of all of the allstar resorts,improved from some minor flaws at the allstar resorts.This resort is much bigger than the other three,and has awesome icons from the 50's,60's,70's,80's,and 90's,decades.Here are a few things that I can recall that have been improved:the que lines out front where you catch the buses to all points on property,have been chained and set further apart,to avoid confusion as to which line you are in.The food court is bigger and all open to the gift shop,which is ajoining it.Gift shop is bigger as well.The arcade is bigger,with more games than at the allstars.As far as the rooms,they are all the same,in all four value resorts.One other thing,POP is located right behind Epcot,so the bus riding to all points is shorter,except for going to the Animal Kingdom.But!The Allstar Resorts are located much closer to Animal Kingdom,making the ride there shorter,but longer going elsewhere.
This year,we stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort for the first time.It was nice,but there is still something magical about the value resorts.We even went back to POP two times to eat at the food court and play games in the arcade,because at the CBR,the arcade there,does not have any games that gives tickets for prizes.We like doing that sort of stuff!
Anyway,all in all,would I stay at POP again?Most definitely yes!!! Probably next year when we go.
I sure hope that I have helped you.If you DO have any questions,please send them to me as a private message,and I will reply to you just as soon as I read it.If so,please be patient,I don't get on the computer every day,so it might be a couple of days or so.Thanks for your post,I've enjoyed sharing with you.
. (If you have a larger group...more than 4 less than 7...the cabins at Ft. Wilderness are terrific!)
. Our experience was just different. As for the food court situation we found the food to be about equal at all three but the food court at Pop was always insanely crowded. It is a huge resort with one food court. It has way more rooms than any of the all stars but the food court looked to be about the same size. They do have booths which was very nice. The rooms were about equal but we did enjoy the larger dresser, bathroom shelf and larger tv at Pop. We just preferred the Movies overall because we loved the theming and found it to seem a lot less crowded. One note, we were at Pop in an extremly slow time of year (late January) but it seemed packed in spite of one of the cm's at the food court telling me "this is nothing, come here when its sold out to see crowds". I say go with the theming that appeals the most because that's what the values are all about and they are a hoot!
