A box fan? I always pack one, but we're flying this time. I didn't know they would provide those. Did you make the request at the front desk or housekeeping?
Ah ok. Good to know!
When I was working full time prior to quitting in 2011 to become a full time babysitter to my granddaughters, my husband and I would occasionally stay at a deluxe resort but mostly moderate. We had never stayed at a value. After staying at Pop we realized that we really liked it! Have stayed there practically every year since. I’m glad we had a chance to stay at a couple of the deluxe resorts but when I think of all the money we spent I could kick myself.I could have written this myself.
We love Pop and POFQ so we made a last minute decision to switch to POFQ for our 12 night stay. While we enjoyed POFQ like we always do, I found myself missing Pop and the thousand bucks I could have saved had I stayed at Pop. Lol.
Just going to "PoP" in here for a quick sec to drop a rumor / not rumor / shouldn't surprise anyone.
Anyway, we just got home from 9 days at POP, and had some issues with check-in that required a manager to deal with us, and well it took a while so we chatted quite a bit. Got on to discussing the new room refurbs and the SkyLiner, etc. and ... room rates. I was saying that the rooms had a much more moderate feel to them now, perhaps better than the moderates, and she replied with something to the effect that their rates were "still" so reasonable. But, it gave the impression that like, she was saying "for now". Anyway, I responded with something to the effect that "You and I both know when the Gondola gets opened these rooms are going to priced like the moderates or more " And I threw out there $200, $250, More ? And she just sort of pinched her lips closed and then made the zipping the lips and locking them gesture ... but again, the acknowledgment was pretty clear that rates would be going up, considerably.
ANyway, we had a great stay, it was our first at POP, loved the food court and the new rooms, and a great upper floor lake view so it was nice and quiet, really a good stay and a pretty decent value ... for now at least
We’ll be at Pop in 12 days and also have our trip already booked for next September. It’s costing us $264 more for the exact same package.
Considering how things are these days, that's not bad.
Just going to "PoP" in here for a quick sec to drop a rumor / not rumor / shouldn't surprise anyone.
Anyway, we just got home from 9 days at POP, and had some issues with check-in that required a manager to deal with us, and well it took a while so we chatted quite a bit. Got on to discussing the new room refurbs and the SkyLiner, etc. and ... room rates. I was saying that the rooms had a much more moderate feel to them now, perhaps better than the moderates, and she replied with something to the effect that their rates were "still" so reasonable. But, it gave the impression that like, she was saying "for now". Anyway, I responded with something to the effect that "You and I both know when the Gondola gets opened these rooms are going to priced like the moderates or more " And I threw out there $200, $250, More ? And she just sort of pinched her lips closed and then made the zipping the lips and locking them gesture ... but again, the acknowledgment was pretty clear that rates would be going up, considerably.
ANyway, we had a great stay, it was our first at POP, loved the food court and the new rooms, and a great upper floor lake view so it was nice and quiet, really a good stay and a pretty decent value ... for now at least
I've been playing with numbers for our trip next Sept in anticipation of booking a bounceback in a couple of weeks. @fla4fun is quite right that Pop pricing is already substantially higher than the other Value resorts. Even though many of the All Stars are refurbished similarly to Pop, the nights I was looking at Pop averaged out at $36/night more expensive than the All Star Resorts.
I was looking at something other than pop next year to save money which other all stars have been refurbished ?
I’m not positive about the statuses. I believe all standard rooms at Movies is done because we’re staying there for 1 night next month so I looked up that one. I would recommend going to the resorts board and see if they have update threads there.
