Disney's Pop Century Resort Overview
Destinations / Disney / Walt Disney World
Skyliner, Lake Buena Vista, Florida ยท $
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The best budget hotel at Disney, mainly because of the Skyliner and updated rooms.
You want the most budget-friendly Disney hotel with easy Skyliner access.
You want a resort with table service dining or plan to spend a lot of time at the hotel.
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Pop Century is themed to American pop culture from the 1950s through the 1990s, with giant icons like a Rubik's Cube and a Big Wheel. It is a simple value resort, but it is clean, updated and has Skyliner access, which no other value resort can say.
Rooms sleep four, with a queen bed and a Murphy bed that folds into a table. The trade-off is limited dining, with one food court, and buses to Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. It is the hotel I suggest most for couples or families of four who want to put money toward parks and dining.
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Skyliner to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios
Updated rooms with a Murphy bed for more floor space
Walking bridge to Art of Animation
Three themed pools
Everything POP food court open all day
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Budget-conscious couples and families of four
Travelers who plan to spend most of the day in the parks
EPCOT and Hollywood Studios focused trips
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Skyliner to Hollywood Studios and EPCOT with a transfer at the Caribbean Beach hub
Buses to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Disney Springs
Skyliner station shared with Art of Animation
The stay, in detail
Rooms
Rooms sleep four with one queen bed and a fold-down Murphy bed; they are small but newer and well laid out.
Pools and beach
There are three pools themed to the decades, including a large Hippy Dippy pool, with no slides.
Dining
Everything POP Shopping and Dining food court and a pool bar.
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