I have stayed at both...loved both...BUT, I vote for Pop if for no other reason than you will not have to share a bus with other resorts. Now if you never plan to use the buses then it is up in the air. Pop does have frozen coke on the soda island...does that help...and they have tye dyed cheesecake! lol...You know those important things. The pools are all nice and Pop has a very nice lake...and the signs around it are a blast to read. I guess Pop has my vote either way. We were just there in March 2007...had no complaints!