Resort Thread Disney's POP CENTURY Resort

[Isthisnormalatdisney]

DFB reported in one of their recent videos that the shadow boxes were actually only on loan and went back to their original owners.

I hate that the skyliner is always down during my birthday. Makes wanting to finally have a Disney birthday trip a little less appealing unless I had the money for the Polynesian.

the poly doesn’t really do it for me tbh, the food options at pop are better. I still gotta get back there to try the shake. But yea without the skyliner I would pick another place 10000%

 

[tinkerbella16]

1-5 are complete. 6 is in progress. Not sure if next building has been started or not and if so, which one it will he?

All of building 6 was still closed and being worked on this past week. It looked like some rooms on the back side facing the lake were very close to being complete - stickers were off of the windows, furniture was in place and beds made. The remaining 4 buildings had not had any work started yet.

 

[scrappinginontario]

All of building 6 was still closed and being worked on this past week. It looked like some rooms on the back side facing the lake were very close to being complete - stickers were off of the windows, furniture was in place and beds made. The remaining 4 buildings had not had any work started yet.

Thanks so much for this update!! Greatly appreciated!

It will be interesting to see where they go next. So far they have gone in numerical order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 but, building 10 faces 6 so it will be interesting to see if they go to 10 or 7 next.

They traditionally start with the section that is the ‘base of the T’ (rooms 25-48) so hopefully someone will update once they see construction happening in the next building.

Historically, once they open rooms 6125-6448, they will close the first portion of the next building.

 

[v.t.]

We love using the skyliner, especially at rope drop but we usually stay at CBR. How much time does it take to get to HS at rope drop? Is lining up 30 mins before the skyliner opens early enough?

 

[Miffy]

I'm a bit on the high side but I would budget close to $20/poncho at WDW.

I keep a spreadsheet while I'm at WDW, and on July 28, 2025, I purchased a rain poncho from Crossroads kiosk in DHS. Price: $12.77.

I knew that spreadsheet would come in handy one day!

 

[CarolynFH]

We love using the skyliner, especially at rope drop but we usually stay at CBR. How much time does it take to get to HS at rope drop? Is lining up 30 mins before the skyliner opens early enough?

If you want to be near the front of the crowds entering a park at Early Entry opening, standard advice is to be at transportation 90 minutes before posted EE opening time. Transportation begins running about 1 hour before EE opening time - so yes, lining up 30 minutes before the Skyliner opens should put you near the front of the crowds.

Remember that en route to DHS you'll have to change lines at CBR and will encounter crowds from CBR and from Riviera (and possibly guests from Epcot area resorts who don't like riding the boat or walking).

 

[scrappinginontario]

We love using the skyliner, especially at rope drop but we usually stay at CBR. How much time does it take to get to HS at rope drop? Is lining up 30 mins before the skyliner opens early enough?

As shared by @CarolynFH, arriving at transportation 90 mins before ETPE is the tried and true recommendation for both Skyliner (to DHS and Epcot) and bus (to MK and AK) transportation.

We have stayed at Pop many times since the Skyliner opened and will say in the morning, the wait at CBR where the 3 Skyliner lines and CBR guests merge, to be a minimal wait of only a few Skyliner cabins. We seem to encounter longer lines at night when leaving DHS or Epcot when the parks close.

 

[brockash]

Our experience these last several years is that they send most/if not all of the CBR lime before Pop can even get there. The first cpl. yrs this was not our experience. I will also say over the last 1.5 yrs or so if they don't start the skyliner until 730, 7am is not early enough to be towards the front. The last few trips we've lined up at skyliner between 615-630 (730 skyliner start) and have never been first, but definitely one of the first handful of groups. By 645/650 the line has been down the bridge close to the turn