by Christopher Rivard

Created on: January 05, 2009   Last Updated: November 04, 2010

Disney's Pop Century Resort

1050 Century Drive

Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

(407) 938-4000

There is nothing better on a Walt Disney World vacation than staying on the Disney Property. While staying on Disney property can be very expensive, there are some options for the traveler who can not afford a $300 per night room. With rooms from $82 to $160 per night depending on time of year, Disney's Pop Century is one of the options.

Disney's Pop Century opened on December 14, 2003 with 2,880 rooms divided into five theme sections. The themes are the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. Originally Pop Century was supposed to have five more sections with themes from the 1900's to the 1940's, however, when attendance declined after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, this portion of the hotel was canceled. Each of the five themed sections have icons of the era decorating the out side of the resort. The 1950's section has three story tall bowling pins, three story tall Lady and the Tramp and a three story tall juke box. The 1960's section has Jungle Book Characters, Duncan Yo-Yos, and a giant can of Play-doh. The 1970's section is decorated with a giant table soccer players, a three story tall Big Wheel and a Mickey Mouse phone. The 1980's section has a Sony Walkman, Roger Rabbit and Rubix Cubes. Finally, the 1990's section has a giant cell phones and Laptop computers.

Disney's Pop Century has three pools and a play ground. The pools are themed after the section of the resort that they are located in. In the 1950's section there is the Bowling Pin Pool, in the 1960's section there is the Hippy Dippy Pool and in the 1980's section there is the computer pool. The Pop jet playground is located in the 1970's section of the resort. There is also a coin operated laundry mat located near each of the three pools. Located next to the Hippy Dippy Pool is Petals Pool Bar.

The Classic Hall is the main entrance for the resort. In front of Classic Hall are the Disney Transportation Bus stops that take resort guest to the Walt Disney World Parks and Downtown Disney. Disney Transportation is free to all resort guest. Traveling times to the parks range from 15 to 25 minutes depending on which park you are traveling to. Classic Hall is also where you will find the Check-in Lobby, Concierge services, Disney's Magical Express, Fast Forward (a game arcade) and Everything Pop. Everything Pop is a 5000 square foot retail center that is a combination gift shop and food court. The food court offers

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