Back from POP, Mixed Review

[maxsmom]

Let's say my 1st impression at about 9 am w/ my CM wasn't great. I was trying to be very friendly he said like 2 words. I didn't get a resort map or anything. in my folder and to top that off he just said to call the number to see when my room was ready. He gave me no other info. We had know idea where our room was when we called and they gave us the number. We looked like idiots walking around there until we found a very helpful CM point us in the right way. I had decided I wasn't going to complain about any of this unless the room was something we couldn't live with. Like a smoking room.

Well we ended up with a perfect room! It was in the 70's B building on the end near the main building. We looked out over the playground. We had a super short walk to the buses. And everything else was close. TO all of you that like the 50's it seemed like quit a walk to catch the buses. I would definately request the 70's over it. OUr ds 15 mth's loved the pop jets that were just outside and the kiddie pool was perfect.

The rooms were super clean and we had a toothbrush holder made for us. Mousekeeping was only in twice during our stay. We had a king bed and it was a nonsmoking handicap room, but it had a tub that we needed. It was room 453, about a third of the was down from the elevator. It was a perfect location.

The beds were like sleeping on rocks. THey were awful. It was noisy. I can usually sleep through anything. THere was a baby next door and it kept waking up. I'm just out of that phase and am no where near ready to deal with that again. Dh who usually hears everything, didn't hear anything. Yes, you can hear the toilets and such. That didn't bother me like the noisy neighbors.

Decoration is a little over the top. Buses? Well when there wasn't a line you had to wait b/c there weren't many running. When there were huge lines we had to wait forever b/c of the sheer mass of people. We had dinner at Ohana's and we watched the fireworks from our wonderful seats by the window. THis was wonderful by the way. And when we left we had to take the monorail to MK and get in that line. It took us an 1 1/2 to get back to POP. We felt like unfit parents w/ our 15 mth old. Needless to say we rented a car the next day. It would have been one thing if it was just Dh and I, but our 15 mth old son couldn't hanle the waits and then the bus ride. He just didn't have that kind of patience at his age.

Bottem line: I'd stay there again if that's what we could afford. It's definately better than some of the off-site places. Hey it's Disney. However, we had the money for somewhere else and chose not to spend it on a hotel room, but save it. That was our big mistake. I will not switch from the Swan to the POP again if I have the money (or any moderate or delux). I will just suck it up and pay it.

Sorry this is so long. I quess I got on a tangent(sp) somewhere.

 

[poohbear2]

Thanks for your review. I have been thinking about our trip in April and where to stay. The first three days of our stay is at the tail end of Peak Season. After seeing the going rates for the POLY these days I quickly realized that I need to look at the MODs or Values for these days using my AAA discount. I want to save money but I don't want to sacrifice certain things. I know, I can't have my cake and eat it too but I don't want to wait an hour or two for a bus. I'm thinking of leaning toward a moderate.