Pepper Market vs Everything POP crowds

[PrincessGrandma]

We have ressies at POP but if free dining appears, I was thinking of changing to CSR. Never stayed at either but heard the breakfast crowds are horrid at POP. Are they much better at PM or is it bad everywhere in the morning?

I like the idea of having a frig & coffee pot in the room.

Free dining for 2 adults and a child should offset the difference in the room rate if I upgrade, don't you think?

 

[mackenzismom]

I'm interested in this to.

 

[LisaBi]

From my experience, PM at CSR doesn't have crowd issues like the values. At the values, I've always experienced insane crowds esp. at breakfast or right after park closing. My one stay at CSR was in Dec 2006, and there was never a crowd in PM. Maybe had to wait for one or two people to be served ahead of me, and maybe one or two at the checkout - but usually no wait at all.

 

[rstamm]

We stayed at Pop over Christmas week the busiest time of the year and had no problems at all.
They have a lot of cashiers and the lines move fast waiting for your food or waiting to pay.
They have a great selection of different food.
We stayed at CSR one time and did not like the food selection at all, we ended up driving to Mcdonalds most days.
I could not believe they would add a 10% charge for eating it at the resort.
I also thought the food was not very good and really expensive.

 

[PortieOwner]

Pepper Market: very quiet at 7am, rather busy at 830am.

One idea--stay at POP but driver over to PM for breakfast. Or keep a little food in your room and grab some breakfast at a park, or at a nicer hotel near the parks (Beach Club, Poly, etc.).

 

[LisaBi]

I addressed crowds only - PM defiiitely beats POP in that aspect. But I have to agree with Rstamm's other points.