POP vs AOA

[tamarabannon]

We've only ever stayed at POP -- thinking about AOA for the theming, but, does it share a bus with another resort?

Can anyone offer me a concise comparison of the two? The price difference is negligible, so that is not a concern.

 

[Disneylover99]

Neither Pop nor AofA share buses.

I have stayed at both resorts and love both resorts. But we will most likely choose Pop over AofA because the walk from the LM rooms to the buses/Foodcourt area is too far for us in the hot summer months.

 

[tamarabannon]

We are planning to go in late October -- would that sway you?

 

[tamarabannon]

OH and if there is free dining, does AoA finally qualify for it?

 

[Disneylover99]

We spent 3 nights at AofA in October. If I were staying for a week or more, (during any season) I would definitely not want to stay in a LM room.

Are you planning on staying in a Suite or in a standard room? Sometimes the Suites qualify for a discount, but LM rooms typically don't. I doubt there will be free dining for AofA, but probably Pop will have free dining if the promotion comes out.

 

[andrniki]

We like POP way better. The distance from rooms to food or transportation is better and the food court is great at POP, much better food than AoA. We prefer the POP themes, we love the activities offered at the pool and doing the twist during breakfast! AoA has a nice pool but POP has 3 pools which spreads out the people more. Also, we had better luck with buses when we stayed at POP.

 

[lizzyb]

I love both but AoA has the suites which is much nicer for our family of 5.

 

[tamarabannon]

thanks everyone!!

We wouldn't stay in a suite. We opted for POP for dining plan potential and familiarity. My son has Autism and he has decided POP is the best option because we know where everything is and we love it!!

 

[scrappinginontario]

We've stayed at both and our preference for value single rooms is POP. We like to choose the 60's building so that we're close to both resorts. It offers us the option to eat in either food court or take whatever bus has the shorter line. It's just a quick walk across the bridge to go between resorts.

We found the walk to the LM rooms to be quite far, it almost felt further than walking across the bridge back to POP.

Whichever one you choose I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

 

[dennise]

What are the LM rooms?

 

[Disneyhabs]

Only ever stayed at POP once and the kids enjoyed it. Our fav values are by far the all Stars.

 

[Disneylover99]

What are the LM rooms?

past the Lion king rooms

 

[scrappinginontario]

What are the LM rooms?

LM are the Little Mermaid rooms at the Art of Animation.