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Disney's best and most popular Value resort, Pop Century has well-designed rooms, a decent food court, and Skyliner access to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios. It's probably the best value-for-money option on site.
Cost Range
$205 - $429
Lodging Area
EPCOT
Category
Value
Transportation
Bus, Skyliner
Room: B
Pool: D-
Lighting: D
Pillows: C
Skyliner connection to DHS and EPCOT
Queen beds; stylish, modern room design
Theming is fun for anyone over 35
Our favorite pool bar of the Value resorts
One bus stop
Convenient parking
Theming may be lost on kids and teens
Small rooms that are the same size as those at All-Stars, but slightly more expensive
Bus stops at theme parks are a long distance from park entrances
These 260-square foot rooms are refurbished and improved. A modern hardwood-floor look replaces carpty. IKEA-style storage nooks and space-saving touches are everywhere. One feature we love is that the second bed is a fold-down option. When the bed isn't in use, it disappears into the wall, freeing floor space (and turning into a desk).
A door separates the main sleeping area from sink/bathroom area, and another door separates the toilet and shower from these. This allows up to three groups to get ready at the same time.
We’ve mapped and taken photographs of the views from every single room on Walt Disney World property! Our Room Finder helps you find the perfect room for you and then request that room from Disney.
Pop's one food court is fine for breakfast or easy dinner. We wouldn't want to eat here every night, though, so a car or ride-share will help you find more options.
Everything POP Shopping and Dining Everything POP is probably the most "out there" of the value food courts. With "tie dye" cheesecake, you'll find items here you won't at other food courts. Everything POP is reliably good if you don't order something that sounds like it should come with a cardiologist on the side.
Petals Pool Bar As with all of the Value category resorts, the only bar at Pop Century Resort is its pool bar, Petals. The bar is pleasant and it sits so that you have a view of the Hippy Dippy pool and the large buildings behind the pool that house hotel rooms. There are also quite a few palm trees scattered around the pool area that add to the tropical feel usually apparent from the intense humidity of central Florida. The menu is mostly selections from the standard Disney bar menu, but there are actually two special drinks found at Petals. The Lava Lamp is made with lemon rum, blue Curacao, sweet and sour, and Sprite with grenadine drizzled in to replicate that groovy lava lamp look. The Hula Hoop is a mixture of coconut rum, melon liqueur, banana liqueur, grenadine, and pineapple juice.
Refillable Mugs Allows guest self-service soft drink refills from quick-service locations in hotels (NOT in theme parks) for $21.99 for the length of stay.
Amenities
SWIPE TO EXPLORE
Pop Century has 3 large pools. The Hippy Dippy Pool is the resort's main pool, and includes flower-shaped water features, plus a kiddie pool The 1950's section of the resort has the Bowling Pool, shaped like a bowling pin. And the 1990's section has the Computer Pool.
The Fast Forward Arcade is just off the main lobby and features relatively recent video games of all kinds.
Free Disney Movies Under the Stars are shown most evenings, weather-permitting, near the Hippy Dippy Pool.
A lap around Pop Century's jogging trail is about a mile. There's a map in the main lobby near the check-in desk.
Roast marshmallow around a campfire starting at 5:30 PM nightly near Surfer Goofy.
A children's' playground, with slides and other play structures, is near the 1970's section of the resort.
Disney resort guests get into each theme park 30 minutes earlier than off-site guests, every day.
Disney's Skyliner, an enclosed ski-lift-like gondola system, provides fast access to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios with very pretty views.
Practical Matters
Check-in is 3:00pm
Check-out is 11:00am
All Disney resorts participate in Disney’s Online Check-In program. If you’ve checked-in online and provided a mobile phone number or email address, you will receive your room number electronically. Then you can go straight to the room and use your smart phone or MagicBand to open the door, skipping the lobby altogether.
These rubber and plastic wrist bands can function as your room key, park admission, charge card, and more! MagicBands cost money, but if you'd like a free option you can use the official Disney World app on your phone or request an RFID-embedded card at the front desk.
Park tickets are best purchased online in advance either directly through Disney or via our Least Expensive Ticket Calculator. However, if you arrive without park tickets, head to the concierge desk in the hotel lobby.
Dining reservation are best made online in advance or on your phone or tablet during your visit. You can also use our Disney World Reservation Finder.
Washers and dryers are availabile in laundry facilities at each Disney World hotel. Cost is $3 per wash, and another $3 per dry cycle. A small selection of soap, fabric softener, and dryer sheets are also sold, for around $1 each. Only credit/debit cards can be used for payment. For more information, see our Disney World Laundry Facilities page.
If you lose something in a theme park or during your stay at a Disney-operated hotel, visit Disney's Lost and Found website or call (407) 824-4245.
Disney hotels have gifts shops near their lobbies with a decent collection of Disney-branded souvenirs. You will also find basic pharmacy items such as sunscreen, aspirin, allergy and cold medicine, baby diapers and formula, shampoo, and the like. Resort hotels with Deluxe Villa rooms offer an assortment of groceries, as well.
Disney recommends a third party company, Kid's Nite Out, to provide babysitting services at the resort hotels. See our Disney World Child Care page for more information.
Transportation
Pop Century is located in the Wide World of Sports Resort Area. All modern GPS apps, and Google Maps, will have clear driving directions to it. As a backup, look for Disney road signs directing you toward the Wide World of Sports once you're on property, and then look for signs for Pop Century once you're close.
Destination | Bus | Car | Skyliner |
---|---|---|---|
Magic Kingdom | 24 min | 40 min | – |
EPCOT | 23 min | 23 min | 24 min |
Hollywood Studios | 22 min | 20 min | 18 min |
Animal Kingdom | 24 min | 14 min | – |
Disney Springs | 25 min | 15 min | – |
Disney Skyliner gondola system has a station on the bridge in between Pop Century and Art of Animation. From the station, the ride to Epcot's International Gateway entrance is about 20 minutes while the ride to Hollywood Studios is about 12 minutes (plus waiting time in line).
Disney provides free bus service from Pop Century to the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, and Disney Springs. Pop's bus stops sit along the front wall of the Pop Century lobby. Buses run about every 20 minutes, but varies through the day.
If you have your own car, it's faster to drive yourself to Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach water parks, and Disney Springs. Disney's transportation system is faster to the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios.
You can walk between the Art of Animation and Pop Century. The Skyliner can take you to the EPCOT resorts, Caribbean Beach, and the Riviera. For all other resort destinations, the fastest option is an Uber, Lyft, or taxi. Disney's bus service is free but slow, and will probably require you to use an intermediate destination like Disney Springs, to get to your destination. And that can take a couple of hours each way if you're unluckly.
if you have a car, the easiest way to get to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and other tourist destinations is to drive. Alternatively, Mears Transportation operates shuttle services between the Disney hotels and other theme parks.
Driving to the Resort
Getting to the Parks
and Disney Springs
Getting to Another Hotel
from Pop Century
Getting to Universal Orlando
Pop Century is located in the Wide World of Sports Resort Area. All modern GPS apps, and Google Maps, will have clear driving directions to it. As a backup, look for Disney road signs directing you toward the Wide World of Sports once you're on property, and then look for signs for Pop Century once you're close.
if you have a car, the easiest way to get to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and other tourist destinations is to drive. Alternatively, Mears Transportation operates shuttle services between the Disney hotels and other theme parks.
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