Checking Into All Star Sports the day before Pop Warner Superbowl...Need Advice

[flowerfairy]

We are planning a trip from December 8 through the 15. Since we will be arriving around 2am on Saturday, the 8th, we went ahead and reserved December 7 so we would have a room when we got there. The concern I have, is that Sports will be full of Pop Warner teams, and we might get a "less than desirable room" for the entire stay.

My question is, if we get a room that we don't really like, how much hassle is it to change to another room mid-stay?

Also, does anyone know which buildings have been refurbished so far?

TIA

 

[Pigsty333]

I have stayed there during that time and its a total nightmare. This is also one of the pretty beat up resorts. From linens to rooms and beds.

I had clients that stayed there and had a horrible time and pictures with holes in their towels and bedding to show. After we wrote Disney to inform them of this and sent them the photos, they even reimbursed her back some of the money.

My advice - see if you can stay at Music or Movies instead.

 

[DJT]

We just stayed at Sports in August and plan to stay there again December 8 - 15. Our towels were all fine and our bedding was fine. The room was clean. No problems whatsoever with anything. By now most of the rooms have been refurbished so the mattresses will be new and so will the wallpaper, curtains, etc. I'm looking forward to it.

Donna

 

[disnut8]

We are planning a trip from December 8 through the 15. Since we will be arriving around 2am on Saturday, the 8th, we went ahead and reserved December 7 so we would have a room when we got there. The concern I have, is that Sports will be full of Pop Warner teams, and we might get a "less than desirable room" for the entire stay.

My question is, if we get a room that we don't really like, how much hassle is it to change to another room mid-stay?

Also, does anyone know which buildings have been refurbished so far?

TIA

Call and put a request in now for a quiet room. And then when you check in, ask for your location compared to the Pop Warner groups. Try and have everything taken care of when you check in. But best of all is to go into everything with a positive attitude. If you think you are going to be bothered morning, noon and night by things, they you probably will be.

We really enjoy All Star Sports. I don't know where a lot of the negative reviews come from. We've been there for cheerleading competitions and the groups aren't that bad at all. Sure, they go to the parks and they are away from home but they are there primarily for one thing and they need to concentrate on that as well.

 

[robinb]

I would run away from All Star Sports as fast as you can! Pop Warner will be there for almost your entire stay and I have heard the Sports is the worst.

 

[shellybaxter]

My personal advice would be to change resorts. I've not stayed at Sports during Pop Warner, but I have stayed at CBR and Grand Floridian. The reports on these boards about the All Stars at that time have been less than positive, and there have been lots of reports. I had no problems in the parks or at my resorts during pop warener, so I'd suggest changing resorts if possible.

 

[helenk]

If you are arriving at 2:00am on the 8th you should be okay. The POP Warner groups will be there from the 2nd to the 8th. The 8th is the day of their Super Bowl event so I would suspect they will be pretty quiet that early in the morning.
If you are making that day a day to sleep in, you should request a building away from the POP attendees, I would expect the pool to be pretty empty during the day. the food court may be busy though. The evening of the 8th might get a bit hectic but then their event ends so at best you'd have 1 day where you and the group might meet up.

 

[DJT]

We stayed at AS Music last December at exactly this same time frame, which is the week after Pop Warner. We didn't notice any problems/noise/unruly behavior with the people on the buses who would get off at Sports. I just feel as though it's not going to be a problem. I think the majority of people won't stay for two whole weeks which would mean they will be leaving as we arrive.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

If you can get another resort, get it! Here are some pic's that I took during my May/June 2007 trip. I stayed in the BaseBall section bldg 9. The first room I had the beds sunk to the middle, I asked for a different room (I was staying nearly a full 2 weeks and wanted comfy beds). The second room was the same so they sent me up 2 brand new mattress's.. but that did not fix the other problems we encountered.. such as the pipes.. and I don't mean the normal loud pipes they have, these were horrible. I could not hear the TV when someone used the shower or any water from another room..there was air in the pipes and they screached...

Here are the links for the pics.. torn and frayed towels, torn bedspread, torn drapes, dirtly doors....

 

[helenk]

If you can get another resort, get it! Here are some pic's that I took during my May/June 2007 trip. I stayed in the BaseBall section bldg 9. The first room I had the beds sunk to the middle, I asked for a different room (I was staying nearly a full 2 weeks and wanted comfy beds). The second room was the same so they sent me up 2 brand new mattress's.. but that did not fix the other problems we encountered.. such as the pipes.. and I don't mean the normal loud pipes they have, these were horrible. I could not hear the TV when someone used the shower or any water from another room..there was air in the pipes and they screached...



The Allstar Sports is in the process of being refurbished but I am not sure which buildings are done.
There is always the Allstar Music, which has been refurbished and the rooms are quite nice. There may still be some of the POP group at the Allstar Music.

 

[Creekermom]

We stayed in the AS Sports in Sept in the Surf's Up Bldg and that was Bldg 1
They told us that they would all be updated by next year, I would assume you that they started at the furthest end as they were refurbishing the pool outside of Surf's Up when we were there.
You could call and ask.

I am SO surprised by the photos at ***... gosh... I stayed on the 3rd floor (good thing to ask for although it is up higher, you won't have anyone above you making noise)

Anyway they didn't do anything special and when asked I told the Mousekeeping manager that and he quickly pulled 2 very fancy handmade characters made out of towels/wash clothes from his office and gave me my choice.

IF ever I would have run into that with towels etc.. I would have asked for a Mousekeeper manager and I know they would have taken care of it. I have seen them literally clean the windows and the doors on the rooms of the floor I was on.

I hear Pop Century is AWESOME!
although we were quite pleased at ***.

 

[flowerfairy]

We have stayed at Sports several times now and have enjoyed every stay, but this was the first time we will be there when the Pop Warner kids are there. I had mentioned changing our reservation but the family thinks staying at Sports is part of the "tradition". Funny how attached you can get to a hotel

I am really hoping that we get placed in a refurbished room, so I will call prior to our arrival date and ask them to note it on our reservation. As far as the POP kids themselves, I believe they will be gone for most of our stay, so noise shouldn't really be an issue. But then again, we are usually wiped out from being at the parks all day so we never hear a thing once our heads hit the pillows.

 

[Momelie]

We were in the Tennis building a few weeks ago, and it was refurbished, if that helps. Before that, it was the baseball, and I don't think it was done yet.