Resort Thread Disney's POP CENTURY Resort

[scrappinginontario]

Has anyone ordered online grocery delivery (I'm thinking a case of water specifically) to be delivered to Pop? Was it complicated? Who did you order from (amazon, intacart?) and how does it work? We won't have transportation (other than ubering) to a grocery store but we'd like a few things for the room that are too large/heavy to pack in our luggage. Thanks all!

I ordered in August from Walmart. When we arrived we stopped at luggage services and they had our grocery order. I just picked it up from them and took it to our room. Very easy. They keep cold items in a fridge so no need to be concerned about that. Didn't need to do anything special other than on our grocery order I put Pop Century's address and the dates we were guests there.

 

[escriven75]

I ordered in August from Walmart. When we arrived we stopped at luggage services and they had our grocery order. I just picked it up from them and took it to our room. Very easy. They keep cold items in a fridge so no need to be concerned about that. Didn't need to do anything special other than on our grocery order I put Pop Century's address and the dates we were guests there.

Thank you, this sounds pretty straightforward. How far in advance of your stay did you place your order?

 

[scrappinginontario]

Thank you, this sounds pretty straightforward. How far in advance of your stay did you place your order?

I chose to order the night before but ordering date really is based on who you’re ordering from and what kind of lead time they require.

For delivery, I chose to have my groceries delivered to Pop about the same time our flight was scheduled to land in hopes that they would be there when we arrived.

 

[hardcorestitch]

RIP Shadowboxes… GM of Pop Century just confirmed it.

 

[WEDWDW]

RIP Shadowboxes… GM of Pop Century just confirmed it.

And thereby goes the most unique thing of any WDW Resort IMO.

But The Mouse loves change even if sometimes the change will never be as good.

IMO Pop Century's Lobby will never be as special without the Shadow Boxes,The Mill Stage in Canada will never be as special without Off Kilter,etc..

But Mickey will do what Mickey will do.lol

 

[escriven75]

I noticed that our package includes one round of mini golf during our stay. We've never mini golfed at Disney. I see there are a couple of options. Does anyone know which is closest to POP? Can we take Disney transportation? Do you need or strongly recommend reservations? We usually have park tickets for departure day, but we don't this trip and our flight isn't until around 4pm. Any advice is welcome!

 

[scrappinginontario]

I noticed that our package includes one round of mini golf during our stay. We've never mini golfed at Disney. I see there are a couple of options. Does anyone know which is closest to POP? Can we take Disney transportation? Do you need or strongly recommend reservations? We usually have park tickets for departure day, but we don't this trip and our flight isn't until around 4pm. Any advice is welcome!

I would recommend reading this thread about Mini Golf to find out the logistics and help keep this thread on topic of Pop Century.

There are 4 mini golf courses you can access from Pop but I’m not sure if transportation runs from Pop to the Winterland/Summerland courses right now as Blizzard Beach is closed.

The other courses are located next to Swan Reserve. To get to those from Pop we have taken the Skyliner to DHS, boat to Swan/Dolhin then walked across the street to the Fantasia course.

 

[courtneymarieclare]

Good morning everyone! Our trip is next month and I need to submit my room request. Should I indicate on online check in, call, and mail a letter? Or is doing all three too much?

I know I want to request 50s or 60s. We have a standard room. I’d like to request a lake view - do both 50s and 60s have standard rooms that are lake view? Is 50s quieter than 60s? Which are the best buildings in each that have standard rooms?

Thanks!

 

[scrappinginontario]

Good morning everyone! Our trip is next month and I need to submit my room request. Should I indicate on online check in, call, and mail a letter? Or is doing all three too much?

I know I want to request 50s or 60s. We have a standard room. I’d like to request a lake view - do both 50s and 60s have standard rooms that are lake view? Is 50s quieter than 60s? Which are the best buildings in each that have standard rooms?

Thanks!

You can send your requests as many ways as you wish, just ensure what you want 100% agrees on all requests. The more things you request, the more likely they are to choose one thing and go with it. You can request 50's and 60's lakeview but they may look at either 'century' or 'lakeview' if they can't accommodate both, if they can even accommodate either.

Room requests are our wish list and Disney CMs will do their best to honour our wishes but sometimes they just cannot.

 

[courtneymarieclare]

You can send your requests as many ways as you wish, just ensure what you want 100% agrees on all requests. The more things you request, the more likely they are to choose one thing and go with it. You can request 50's and 60's lakeview but they may look at either 'century' or 'lakeview' if they can't accommodate both, if they can even accommodate either.

Room requests are our wish list and Disney CMs will do their best to honour our wishes but sometimes they just cannot.

Thank you! Are there standard rooms in both 50s and 60s that face the lake? Which buildings are those? I know there is a map, I just want to be certain. Thanks!

 

[scrappinginontario]

Thank you! Are there standard rooms in both 50s and 60s that face the lake? Which buildings are those? I know there is a map, I just want to be certain. Thanks!

Yes. Buildings 2, 3, 4 and 5.

 

[frannn]

Does anyone know which buildings have been refurbished and which are currently being working on? We have a standard room booked towards the end of this month and usually request 50's or 60's. Renting a car but will also use the skyliner and food court a bunch.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Does anyone know which buildings have been refurbished and which are currently being working on? We have a standard room booked towards the end of this month and usually request 50's or 60's. Renting a car but will also use the skyliner and food court a bunch.

This thread is tracking room refurbishments. Please note, refurbishments are very minor and really don't make a huge difference. Nice upgrades but not enough to be concerned with requesting a refurbished room.

A bit of flooring is replaced to look like a carpet, curtain, garbage cans, mattresses replaced and a couple of walls are painted.

So far buildings 1-6 have been refurbished and they are currently working on building 10. (Map on page 1 of thread shows where each building is located)