no more pop for me.

[Philadisney]

i am sorry to hear you had a bad POP experience. i have never been there but am curious to try it for a day or two because of all of the good reviews (the only value i have ever stayed at was ASMu for one night, i HATED it). POFQ is my very favorite moderate, I hope you love it as much as I did!

 

[MaryD73]

correction i reread the post and didn't see anything about drying racks. but towels left to dry and then forgotten about and undies drying on shared balconies is just gross and rude.

I was the one that saw the drying racks with underwear. And I thought it was swimwear too (which I have no problem with) but it was boxers and womens undies. I have to dissaprove at that point.

 

[goofy4tink]

You know, I've seen the same rude behaviour at deluxe/DVC resort bus stops as well. It's mind boggling...there would be people sitting there, waiting nicely for the bus. As the bus pulled up, they would get up and head for the bus.....nicely. But there was always the group that was just walking down the walkway (BW in this case), saw the bus coming and started running to the bus stop, shoving past those who had been waiting, and were walking towards the bus. It's a bus...not free money being given away!!!
Drying clothes outside? In the Florida humidity? When we have stayed at the deluxes the only clothing we left on our balconies were our bathing suits. I have seen clothing being draped over railings, or on chairs that had been brought up to the doorway to a room, at the moderates/values. Ick!!! There are clothes dryers...use them. I don't think there should ever be laundry left out to dry at any resort..value, moderate or deluxe. It's just tacky and technically not allowed.

But sad to say..rudeness is not limited to values. The worst I saw was at the Polynesian. Families allowing their kids to run all over the outside eating area, chasing the poor ducks, throwing stuff at the birds, banging into people carrying trays of food. It was brutal. I actually had one little boy try to crawl under the table I was at, in order to get at some ducks that had gone under the table to get away from the kid. Do you think his parents ever said anything to him? Nope, not a word. I tried to be polite when I told him that he wasnt' supposed to be under my table and to please go elsewhere to play.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

there are rude poeple everywhere
I just back from a weekend poly concierge and the kids are outta control over there
I always heard it but didnt believe it
running around, touching food, UNSIPERVISED
it was ridiculous

 

[wdwmike59]

there are rude poeple everywhere
I just back from a weekend poly concierge and the kids are outta control over there
I always heard it but didnt believe it
running around, touching food, UNSIPERVISED
it was ridiculous

Not just kids behaving badly, either. We were lucky enough to get upgraded to concierge during our trip last month. We had never stayed concierge before and we were thrilled. Most people were respectful of everything and everyone but there were a couple of men staying there with their kids and would routinely get up and leave a huge mess behind them after eating there. Plates, glasses left over food and garbage, empty beer bottles all left on the table(s) they were using for someone else to clean up. I even asked one of the concierge ladies "I wonder who cleans up after them at home?" Having enough money to afford higher priced rooms doesn't mean you necessarily have more class. Rude people are everywhere and it's hard to avoid them. I choose to ignore and look after myself and mine and have a good time.

 

[robinb]

Most people were respectful of everything and everyone but there were a couple of men staying there with their kids and would routinely get up and leave a huge mess behind them after eating there. Plates, glasses left over food and garbage, empty beer bottles all left on the table(s) they were using for someone else to clean up.

I have never stayed at Disney Concierge, but I have stayed at plenty of hotels with Executive Lounges ... 4 of them in the last 3 weeks. I cannot remember any of them that request that the guests clean up after themselves. There are no big garbage cans and no where to leave your dishes. The staff cleans up. Perhaps Disney lounges are different.

 

[julm26]

i just get so exasperated at people who think they had rude people because they are at a value - rude people are just that RUDE PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY ARE!!!

I won't dread my upcoming trip to POP because somebody else found things not up to their standards. Rude people are rude people, but not a reason to ruin my vacation or run to a deluxe resort..................

Just my two cents...

 

[wDizneywGirl]

My DH and I and 2 of our friends, just got back from an 7 night stay at POP on Sunday and we did not encounter the people that are described in the first post. We have stayed at POP for our last 3 trips and have not encountered anything like that. We enjoy POP alot and it allows us to stay a few days longer. It is normally my DH and I and since we do not have kids yet we are normally out of the room early and are back at our room late. There are always people everywhere in the main building and by the bus stops. We did have a few people run into us in the gift shop and in the food court, but our main encounter with rude people was waiting for a bus back to POP on the West Side at Downtown Disney. We must have waited 30 mins for a bus and when it finally arrived people just shoved their way into the doorway. It was crazy. I was actually afraid of being trampled! I could not believe how many parents use their kids as blockers! They just shove them into and infront of people. I would not give up on POP, I think you just had bad neighbors. If I would have saw anything like that I would have definately notified someone at the front desk.

 

[missmun52]

Thanks for all the comments everyone. I realize that there are rude people everywhere, but sometimes, once you have a bad experience somewhere you just dont want to return. I had a good experience at Pop before and realize it may be different next time but I would rather take my chances somewhere else.

Let me just add, I dont think that the only people that are rude are at the values, I stayed at the values, I cannot afford the same lenght stay at the other resorts right now; If I want to stay at a mod I have to stay less days or go every other year while I am in school and a SAHM. My intention is not to offend anyone, but I still do not feel like staying at another value because of my personal experience, maybe i will try it again for a night or two in the future based on the comments made, but not very soon.

 

[MEK]

There are rude people everywhere, but I think the nice thing about the mods is they seem a lot less crowded than the values because they are designed that way. They feel more isolated and private. As a result, the people don't seem as annoying.

I think you will like POFQ a lot more than POP. I stayed at ASMu the last week of August and, even though the parks were much more crowded this year, ASMU was more relaxing to me compared to my previous stay at POP. It was crowded, but the smaller size made it much more peaceful. I would pick ASMU over POP any day.

Enjoy your future trip!

 

[SamIAm21]

I think there are rude people everywhere, but because of the amount of people you can put into the POP Century Resort, it might seem more concentrated in that one area. A small resort like POFQ probably holds less rude people per capita.

I, too, had a pretty unnerving experience at POP last December. I was getting coffee and just putting some cream and sugar in it (you have to, that Nescafe is horrible) and my DD was standing next to me as we moved down the counter. Some dolt came up behind her and started pouring his coffee out of the machine by reaching over her head. Well, she went to turnaround and walk away and basically turned right into him. I yanked her away just in time for coffee to slosh down on the counter in front of her.

I gave this guy the most evil, "you almost hurt my child look" that I could possibly give him and told him in no uncertain terms that the coffee at POP Century was not worth scalding a little child over and how he had better get his priorities and manners straight. Of course, I then got told to F-Off! So I basically said, that's a very intelligent response. Did you learn that at your GED class??

 

[DisneyBride'03]

Good one!! How dare someone even use that kind of language with children around...hope the cad doesnt have kids of his own

 

[kapoof]

samiam..thats terrible!! good thing your little girl wasn't hurt!

 

[MaryD73]

Ok, I got one.

This drove me up the wall. When I was at Pop in August we were contantly being approached/followed and expected to give them something. I mean can you believe the nerve of some. Just because they asked we were supposed to share anything we had with them What kind of parents let their kids do this? I mean we were strangers, anything could have happened.

It got so bad that they would be waiting outside the door in morning just because my brother was nice and gave them something the night before. And it gets worse - if you didn't give them something they would PECK you. Yes, peck you! And then they would call their friends and they too would show up at your door demanding handouts.

Those value resort ducks really are rude!

 

[tmmhartin]

I just got back from my third trip to Disney in the last year. The first two were at Pop, and the one last week was at POR. Pop was great, people were kind & easy going. POR??? Not quite!! Rude Rude RUDE!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know if it was the heat or what, but it was just not fun there. Nasty acting kids and adults, cutting in lines, giving the bus drivers a hard time. This was the first time I was glad to leave. And for the record, POR is old and kind of dirty. trash floating in the water. Trash in the bushes. Paint peeling. Dirty pools. Dirty food court. Next time it's gonna be CBR I think.

 

[magicmouse2]

We just got back from POR. Pleased to say pool was clean and no trash on walkway near our building. Rude guests can be at any resort or park. We saw smokers on the steps of buildings at POR, towels and clothes hanging over walkway rails, (why do that when they could get knocked down or covered in bugs or bird poop?), swearing, etc. In the parks too. One day we saw a mother making her child go on a ride they were terrified of,(BTMR) and a father (quite a big guy too) push his young tween aged son hard in the chest in MK for being outspoken. Saw a really really drunk guy in Epcot World Showcase with a huge glass tankard that nearly fell on a child in a stroller behing him. Bad behaviour can be everywhere at WDW.

 

[declansdad]

one of the good things about deluxes ...they have private balconies,so if your neighbor decides to air their dirt laundry, you probably wouldn't even know. try for wl next time, its a nice resort. we drove past pop once and it looked loud and crazy. i know pop has many fans but i am not surprised at the bad stories we hear about it. good luck next trip.

In all fairness, I have heard bad things about every resort but that would stop me from staying at one and forming my own opinion,

 

[grimley1968]

In the parks too. One day we saw a mother making her child go on a ride they were terrified of,(BTMR) and a father (quite a big guy too) push his young tween aged son hard in the chest in MK for being outspoken.

Let's not assume too much about some of that behavior in the parks. I've been guilty of being the dad forcing his DD's on rides that scared them. If I didn't, we'd never have ridden BTMRR, Peter Pan, Goofy's Barnstormer, Splash, and the Teacups. But then, my DD's loved all these rides once I had "forced" them onto them, including BTMRR. BTW, this isn't really "rude" behavior to other guests. Some guests may not like witnessing it, but it doesn't necessarily mean the parents are bad ones, if you don't know the whole story (the child is overly timid, maybe), and don't know the outcome (whether the child enjoyed the ride).

As for the father pushing his son in the chest, I guess I've seen far worse, for far less offense than the child being too loud.

The rest of the things you mention are all rude behavior. But I hate to see "forcing" your kid to ride something they may well enjoy lumped into the category of "rude" behavior.

 

[declansdad]

We were at Pop mid-August and while there were plenty of towels hanging over the railings, I can't say we experienced the other problems the OP and a few others have mentioned.

Sorry you didn't enjoy your stay at POP.

 

[declansdad]

Let's not assume too much about some of that behavior in the parks. I've been guilty of being the dad forcing his DD's on rides that scared them. If I didn't, we'd never have ridden BTMRR, Peter Pan, Goofy's Barnstormer, Splash, and the Teacups. But then, my DD's loved all these rides once I had "forced" them onto them, including BTMRR. BTW, this isn't really "rude" behavior to other guests. Some guests may not like witnessing it, but it doesn't necessarily mean the parents are bad ones, if you don't know the whole story (the child is overly timid, maybe), and don't know the outcome (whether the child enjoyed the ride).

As for the father pushing his son in the chest, I guess I've seen far worse, for far less offense than the child being too loud.

The rest of the things you mention are all rude behavior. But I hate to see "forcing" your kid to ride something they may well enjoy lumped into the category of "rude" behavior.

I feel the same way. In fact, we forced our ds on to Small World this past trip. He certainly didn't look happy in line.