Where to stay - POR or Pop

[Sue M]

Is there a room discount for Pop or are you just hopeful? I MIGHT do a split stay with POR and Pop.

If you check on Mousesavers.com historical discount chart discounts will be released for those dates.

 

[Deanie1]

Thank you so much! I do plan on buying the Canadian tix at 25% off as well.

 

[Sue M]

Thank you so much! I do plan on buying the Canadian tix at 25% off as well.

You're welcome. A split is a good way to save some $, I'd do Pop first then move to POR. I love the mansion section. I'm sad not to be staying at POR next trip but with CAD the way it is I just can't justify the cost. I bought $300 USD last week and it cost me $400 CAD . And I'm doing 2 Disney trips, lol. DL in Sept then WDW in late Nov. so something has to give!!

 

[HeatherLassell]

I am just about to book a 10 day trip to the World end of Nov/beg of Dec. But wow, once I convert to CAD the prices take a huge jump. I am likely going solo so I will be paying 100% for the room. I love POR, have always stayed there but it will be $1400 more than Pop. Has anyone stayed at Pop recently and what did you think? I don't usually spend a lot of time at the resort especially since it will likely be too cold for the pool. I would love your thoughts.

I am also hoping they will offer free dining this year during our dates (my check in date is the Mon after Thanksgiving) so I am really on the fence about taking advantage of the 25% off park tickets as the free dining offer generally requires you to buy a park pass. What would you do?

I'm POR all the way! Stayed there 4 times already! First time in the Mansions and then the other 3 times in Alligator Bayou. It's an amazing resort. IF it's going to break the bank I'd go with POP it's also a nice resort! Just different!

 

[Sabathamk]

We booked our last trip November 2013 and loved the Pop. I couldn't believe the price, plus free dining (and counter service works better for my family. Then we had a 5yo 3yo, and 9month old). We can't stay there anymore unless we book two rooms and I am not doing that. Separate DH and me? No. I want a vacation as a family.

The 25% discount is amazing though! We will likely stay off site, so that is a great way to save some $$

 

[Deanie1]

I just modified my trip to a split stay at Pop and POR. I will be at Disney with a roof over my head! How can I not be happy?

 

[YZFMoose]

Maybe I am just crazy, and will usually always end up at our 'home' hotel of POFQ.
I have herd stories from the wife about the rambunctious kiddos at Pop/ Aoa/ Etc.

Maybe I'm just an old person in a young persons body.. Get off my lawn you youngin's!! LOL

 

[vincent00]

My wife and I did POP for our last trip because the price was "right", but honestly, it was a one-and-done experience for us. We spend most of our time at the parks, however, we appreciate (dare I say **need**) a bit of quiet down time in the evenings. We just found POP to be too busy for our tastes. There's nothing wrong with POP per-se, it simply feels more shopping mall-ish than resort-ish. Perhaps my opinion would be different if we had kids in tow, instead of being a pair of curmudgeonly old folk.

We're headed back "home" to CSR for our upcoming May trip.

 

[drag n' fly]

I'm probably the odd one out but we hated Pop. Just not our thing. Too garish. Love Por for many reasons. I like to come back at the end of a crazy park day and decompress. Por offers that for me.

 

[Deanie1]

Oh dear. Yes, I might very well regret changing to a split stay but I did switch primarily to get a few days free dining and to also save us some money. I have had a very big vet bill recently so I would like to offset this a bit. Honestly, if our CAD was better, I would have stayed at POR the whole time as I love it there but I am making a compromise. We are two sisters, over 50, no kids. It DOES seem very geared to young families. AND there will be construction. We get into WDW late so we only have 4 days at Pop, really. The things I don't do for my dog! (I love him to bits though and he is OK)

Now I am really second guessing the "free" dining. I think buying the tickets at the Canadian discount will be a better deal so I think I will try to switch to that. And then be done with the changes!

I welcome any more input! Can anyone suggest which building may be best?

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Check out the pop century thread in the resort's forum. I'm not sure what buildings are best but you could ask for a lake view if you want a quieter section. We stayed at Pop first trip and loved it. If they didn't have just double beds there I'd have no problem staying again. With just 2 people it would be fine. Plus you can walk over to AOA and eat over there. No hot tubs at Pop though if that's a must have.