JennyDrake
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TR #3 Jenny and Cathy- The Hotel, Pop Century Review
My TR now will be broken down into categories as it has been 2 months and I have no idea what day we did what!
Cast of Characters
Jenny (me)-turning 40 this year, WDW fanatic, married to DH, AKA John Wayne, childless by choice, live on a farm in TN where we produce and sell organic meats
Cathy-age 36, friend from the trenches of public health, lives in IL, married w/ a 6 year old.
History: Ive stayed at AS 4x, CBR 2x, POR 2x; Cathy has stayed at CBR 2x and off site several times. Therefore, it was her first time in a value resort.
Again, the front desk people were great, especially with my repeated trips and weird requests for shipping stuff out. The food court seemed bigger than AS. Checkout was efficient, but counter service was sluggish. The food choices were numerous and quite varied. The grilled flatbreads took a bit of time, but were very, very good.
Cathy found the resort to be simply garish, but didnt mind the toned down theming and color scheme of the rooms. I could have done without the phrases on the buildings, but being used to the cheap seats at the AS, I expected over the top. I MEANT to ask for 4th floor so there would not be anyone taking clogging lessons at 3 a.m. on our ceiling, but I forgot that it had FOUR floors. It didnt matter in the end as noise outside the room was not an issue.
We had a lake view that overlooked the soon-to-be-more Pop Century. The view was quite nice. Our requested 50s building (THANKS Mercurywaxing!) could not have been better. VERY close to food court and pools w/o the additional charges of a preferred location.
Bus service was not as horrible as foretold, especially TO the parks. I really like it that the waiting ques are roped off. NO more line darters and you can see JUST how many people are in line for each bus. We waited no more than 20 minutes for a bus, and most waits were around 10. Bus service FROM the parks was worse, but I dont think any worse than I have experienced for AS. Even at peak exit times, we waited less than an hour. During the day we would wait about 10-15 minutes.
My only complaint was this noise the fan in the bathroom made. It was a metal ping ping like setting a metal lid down on a sauce pan. It made this noise randomly and for up to 20 minutes at a time day or night. It would wake me, but not keep me awake. More annoying than anything. I commented at the front desk and they offered to send someone in to look at it. I later learned that ALL rooms have this issue. It helped to keep the bathroom door closed.
All in all, I was pleased with PC and would stay there again! I dont see significant differences pro or con between it and the AS, but I havent seen an AS food court in 3 years. The flatbread things alone would sway me toward PC if they are not offered at AS.
My TR now will be broken down into categories as it has been 2 months and I have no idea what day we did what!
Cast of Characters
Jenny (me)-turning 40 this year, WDW fanatic, married to DH, AKA John Wayne, childless by choice, live on a farm in TN where we produce and sell organic meats
Cathy-age 36, friend from the trenches of public health, lives in IL, married w/ a 6 year old.
History: Ive stayed at AS 4x, CBR 2x, POR 2x; Cathy has stayed at CBR 2x and off site several times. Therefore, it was her first time in a value resort.
Again, the front desk people were great, especially with my repeated trips and weird requests for shipping stuff out. The food court seemed bigger than AS. Checkout was efficient, but counter service was sluggish. The food choices were numerous and quite varied. The grilled flatbreads took a bit of time, but were very, very good.
Cathy found the resort to be simply garish, but didnt mind the toned down theming and color scheme of the rooms. I could have done without the phrases on the buildings, but being used to the cheap seats at the AS, I expected over the top. I MEANT to ask for 4th floor so there would not be anyone taking clogging lessons at 3 a.m. on our ceiling, but I forgot that it had FOUR floors. It didnt matter in the end as noise outside the room was not an issue.
We had a lake view that overlooked the soon-to-be-more Pop Century. The view was quite nice. Our requested 50s building (THANKS Mercurywaxing!) could not have been better. VERY close to food court and pools w/o the additional charges of a preferred location.
Bus service was not as horrible as foretold, especially TO the parks. I really like it that the waiting ques are roped off. NO more line darters and you can see JUST how many people are in line for each bus. We waited no more than 20 minutes for a bus, and most waits were around 10. Bus service FROM the parks was worse, but I dont think any worse than I have experienced for AS. Even at peak exit times, we waited less than an hour. During the day we would wait about 10-15 minutes.
My only complaint was this noise the fan in the bathroom made. It was a metal ping ping like setting a metal lid down on a sauce pan. It made this noise randomly and for up to 20 minutes at a time day or night. It would wake me, but not keep me awake. More annoying than anything. I commented at the front desk and they offered to send someone in to look at it. I later learned that ALL rooms have this issue. It helped to keep the bathroom door closed.
All in all, I was pleased with PC and would stay there again! I dont see significant differences pro or con between it and the AS, but I havent seen an AS food court in 3 years. The flatbread things alone would sway me toward PC if they are not offered at AS.
