KimWDW
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We stayed at POP 10/16-10/22 (me, DH, and 3yo DS). My longer trip report is here:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=10345776#post10345776
Overall, we were very pleased with POP and would stay there again. The overall feeling at the resort is happiness. The music and colors are great. All the icons are so cute. The pools are a lot of fun. My son loved the Goofy Splashpad and the kiddie pool. We also went in the Hippy Dippy pool. I'm embarrassed to say that we never even saw the other two pools. The place is just so big that we never really walked around much other than our area. We stayed in the 70's building and I would highly recommend that. We were very close to the food court and buses, yet we didn't have to hear people screaming at the pool until midnight like the pool buildings do. We were in the Big Wheel building on the 4th floor. The refrigerator we requested was in the room and worked great.
The buses were great. We normally waited five to seven minutes. Only one time we waited 20 minutes and that was for Downtown Disney.
The food court was quick and there were plenty of open tables. There's also a big tv screen that plays Disney movies and once an hour (or so) all the employees do "The Hustle" and my son got a kick out of that. The quality of the food was average, probably the equivolent of a mall food court, but it was quick.
My only complaint with POP was that noise kept us up at night. It was just regular hotel noise: slamming doors, people walking to their rooms being loud, flushing toilets, kids crying/shrieking/screaming. I think the problem is that the AC units are so quiet. In most hotels, the AC units are so loud that they drown out normal hotel noise, but at POP the AC is so quiet that you can hear everything else. If we stay at POP again, we'll bring a white noise machine.
Overall, we loved POP and we can't believe it's only $79 a night. My son had a great time. We had no problem getting him to leave the parks at the end of the day because he was so excited to go to the splashpad or pool. He loved it.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the thread or PM me.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=10345776#post10345776
Overall, we were very pleased with POP and would stay there again. The overall feeling at the resort is happiness. The music and colors are great. All the icons are so cute. The pools are a lot of fun. My son loved the Goofy Splashpad and the kiddie pool. We also went in the Hippy Dippy pool. I'm embarrassed to say that we never even saw the other two pools. The place is just so big that we never really walked around much other than our area. We stayed in the 70's building and I would highly recommend that. We were very close to the food court and buses, yet we didn't have to hear people screaming at the pool until midnight like the pool buildings do. We were in the Big Wheel building on the 4th floor. The refrigerator we requested was in the room and worked great.
The buses were great. We normally waited five to seven minutes. Only one time we waited 20 minutes and that was for Downtown Disney.
The food court was quick and there were plenty of open tables. There's also a big tv screen that plays Disney movies and once an hour (or so) all the employees do "The Hustle" and my son got a kick out of that. The quality of the food was average, probably the equivolent of a mall food court, but it was quick.
My only complaint with POP was that noise kept us up at night. It was just regular hotel noise: slamming doors, people walking to their rooms being loud, flushing toilets, kids crying/shrieking/screaming. I think the problem is that the AC units are so quiet. In most hotels, the AC units are so loud that they drown out normal hotel noise, but at POP the AC is so quiet that you can hear everything else. If we stay at POP again, we'll bring a white noise machine.
Overall, we loved POP and we can't believe it's only $79 a night. My son had a great time. We had no problem getting him to leave the parks at the end of the day because he was so excited to go to the splashpad or pool. He loved it.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the thread or PM me.
Cinderella 
We stayed in the 70's . We had a room that over looked the lake on the far corner. So We never heard any noise at night. Well thats a lie! One night I was blasted awake by loud bangs . I peeked out of my room to see what it was . It was fireworks from one of the parks. Which was way cool. Kind of funny also because everyone was in there PJs watching the fireworks on there balconies. Including a guy from greece stanging by me in his tighty whities. YIKES! 
That kind of through me off but still enjoyed the show. I also thought the resort was visually appealing. We never had a problem finding parking. Will be going back again 
