Resort Thread Disney's POP CENTURY Resort

[Shelby Schroepfer]

Tell me you're obsessed with POP without telling me... Me and the hubby are coming down in October for a 4 day weekend for his 40th and we are staying at a Ho Jo's offsite, but specifically planning our break during out Epcot day to be at POP.

 

[rstevens333]

For those who have tried the new coffee place at Pop, how do you like it?

 

[M&E]

Last May we arrived to Pop quite late at night (midnight?) and while we had done the online check in, we never received a notification that our room was ready so we went to the front desk. They ended up giving us a really great room. I have a feeling it was a preferred room, but not really sure. We were in the 60's building, facing hourglass lake, first/ground floor. We were on the side where we could look out our room and see the line for the Skyliner! It was an absolutely perfect spot.

- Were we given a preferred room without paying for it?
- I would love to book the same room (roughly) again (and would be willing to pay for it), but unsure how to request this. If I pay for a preferred room I don't want a pool view room or a room close to the food court. I only want a preferred room so it's in this location. Ground floor isn't so important, but facing hourglass lake is! Is there a way to request this?

Thanks!

 

[Disneylover99]

Last May we arrived to Pop quite late at night (midnight?) and while we had done the online check in, we never received a notification that our room was ready so we went to the front desk. They ended up giving us a really great room. I have a feeling it was a preferred room, but not really sure. We were in the 60's building, facing hourglass lake, first/ground floor. We were on the side where we could look out our room and see the line for the Skyliner! It was an absolutely perfect spot.

- Were we given a preferred room without paying for it?
- I would love to book the same room (roughly) again (and would be willing to pay for it), but unsure how to request this. If I pay for a preferred room I don't want a pool view room or a room close to the food court. I only want a preferred room so it's in this location. Ground floor isn't so important, but facing hourglass lake is! Is there a way to request this?

Thanks!

You were in a standard room. Sounds like you were in building #4 in the 60’s section. So if you love that location, book a standard room and request building #4.

Check out the map in post #2 of this thread to see all the different room category locations.

 

[bluezy]

Last May we arrived to Pop quite late at night (midnight?) and while we had done the online check in, we never received a notification that our room was ready so we went to the front desk. They ended up giving us a really great room. I have a feeling it was a preferred room, but not really sure. We were in the 60's building, facing hourglass lake, first/ground floor. We were on the side where we could look out our room and see the line for the Skyliner! It was an absolutely perfect spot.

- Were we given a preferred room without paying for it?
- I would love to book the same room (roughly) again (and would be willing to pay for it), but unsure how to request this. If I pay for a preferred room I don't want a pool view room or a room close to the food court. I only want a preferred room so it's in this location. Ground floor isn't so important, but facing hourglass lake is! Is there a way to request this?

Thanks!

The rooms that face the lake (as opposed to the pool) in the 60's section are standard rooms. They are a great secret -- so many people think they're a preferred location. Two of our sons and their families were in bldg. 4 facing the lake last year when we were there. They both had booked standard rooms and neither one of them had made any room location requests. One of them checked in on a Friday and was assigned that location. The other one arrived on Sunday and went to the front desk (even though they had done online check-in) to see if there were any rooms in that general area -- even if it wasn't the exact same building/section. He was assigned a room on the same wing, the floor below his brother. The loved the location -- so close to everything, especially the Skyliner.

Back in 2004, those rooms *were* considered preferred rooms (the entire building was). We had booked 2 standard rooms at Pop for our trip that year. We had requested connecting rooms and that was a priority for us -- it didn't really matter where we were located in the resort, just that we had connecting rooms (5 kids). When we checked in at the front desk, the CM said, "Oh, it looks like you've gotten a free upgrade to a preferred building!" He confirmed that we had connecting rooms and we headed to the rooms. It was the perfect location (bldg 4, 3rd floor, first 2 rooms as you left the elevator lobby, and facing the lake). We were away from the pool so the area was quiet, but we were only steps away from the pool and main building/bus stops. And we could see fireworks from our room every night (now the trees are too tall to have that view).

To try and get a room in this area again, you can book a standard room and then add a note to your reservation requesting a room in Bldg 4 or 5 facing the lake. You can also send a handwritten note to the Room Assignor at Pop Century (address is in the first post of this thread) make the request. And one last option is if you have a subscription to Touring Plans, you can use their room request service. The most important thing if you use more than one of these options is to make sure that your requests are exactly the same with each method.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Last May we arrived to Pop quite late at night (midnight?) and while we had done the online check in, we never received a notification that our room was ready so we went to the front desk. They ended up giving us a really great room. I have a feeling it was a preferred room, but not really sure. We were in the 60's building, facing hourglass lake, first/ground floor. We were on the side where we could look out our room and see the line for the Skyliner! It was an absolutely perfect spot.

- Were we given a preferred room without paying for it?
- I would love to book the same room (roughly) again (and would be willing to pay for it), but unsure how to request this. If I pay for a preferred room I don't want a pool view room or a room close to the food court. I only want a preferred room so it's in this location. Ground floor isn't so important, but facing hourglass lake is! Is there a way to request this?

Thanks!

As @Disneylover99 said, you were placed in a standard room. I would recommend calling to Request Building 4. I would make that your only request. Just a heads up that a lot of people request that location so you may be placed elsewhere. We are in that location now but it’s the first time in 4 requests that we got it.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Sorry if this has been asked a million times, but what is the best building for fast access to the Skyliner? The 60's one? i hope so because I requested it.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Yes 60’s are closest to Skyliner.