Pop Century vs All Star Movies

When it comes to deciding on where to stay on your vacation to Disney World, can be fun and exciting, but, it also can be stressful and even confusing since they have so many to choose from. In this post we’ll take a look at Pop Century vs All Star Movies resorts in the hope that it will make your decision making a little easier.

The Themes

First, let’s start off with the themes with Pop Century vs All Star Movies. When it comes to these two Value Resorts both of them offer themes that are larger than life and all of the icons in both resorts are completely different from each other.

At the Pop Century resort you will be able to go back in time and relive the different fads that popped up from the 1950s through the 1990s. You’ll be able to enjoy the nostalgia of such things as Play-Doh and Rubik’s Cube along with a lot of other iconic fads. Those who grew up during these times will really enjoy this walk down memory lane. However, for younger people, some of the stuff they may not recognize at all. Yet, it’s still a great theme and most who visit really enjoy it.

Now at the All Star Movies resort everyone will be treated to larger than life Disney Characters from some of Disney’s great movies like Toy Story and 101 Dalmatians offering a recreation of Andy’s room that kids really tend to enjoy. When it comes to the themes, Pop Culture vs All Star Movies, All Star Movies seems to be really popular by all ages but, especially for the younger kids who love all the Disney movies and their characters.

The Cost

Now if cost is your number one concern when planning your vacation, Pop Century vs All Star Movies you’ll find that All Star Movies will win the cost battle since All Star Movies rooms on average cost around $136.00 a night plus tax and the cost per night for Pop Century starts at $172.00 plus tax.

Food Courts

Pop Century vs All Star Movies, both of these resorts offer their own food court. Each food court offers their guest a good variety of food options to choose from. Guests who stay at Pop Century quickly realize that they are also close enough to walk to the Art of Animation so they can also enjoy the food court that they offer there as well. As for guests who stay at All Star Movies not only access to their own food court but they are close enough to enjoy both food courts offered at the nearby All Star Music and All Star Sports resorts.

The food court at the All Star Movies is called the “World Premiere Food Court”, and has the fun theme of a lobby in a movie theater. It offers five stations that offer all kinds of foods all through the day. As for the Pop Century food court, they offer seven different food stations to choose from. Both resorts offer room pizza delivery. Note: it seems that according to previous guests, most tend to prefer the Pop Century food court over the All Star Movies resort.

Pop Century vs All Star Movies Transportation

When it comes to these resorts, they both offer guests the use of their complimentary Disney busing system. But, the Pop Century resort only offers these buses to guests wanting to visit EPCOT and Hollywood Studios theme park because they now have the Disney Skyliner and Pop Century is the only “Value Resort” that gives their guests direct access to the Skyliner. Another thing guests like is that the buses at Pop Century are not shared with any of the other Disney Resorts, while on the other hand All Star Movies does share their buses with All Star Sports.

A lot of guests have said that by having access to the Skyliner is a real game changer for them because it’s so much faster than their busing system. On top of that guests love traveling in the sky in their themed gondolas and the great views they enjoy when traveling to the theme parks. Also, the Skyliner is far better for families who have kids in strollers than the buses.

Pop Century vs All Star Movies Walk-ability

For those of you who have small kids, the size of the resorts might just be the factor that will help make your decision. For example, the All Star Movies Resort is much smaller in its size compared to Pop Century, this means that walking to the food court, bus stops, and other attractions on the resort are a lot quicker to get to. With a smaller resort it tends to make it a lot easier for families to navigate, especially if you don’t have the money to pick a “Preferred” room.

When it comes to size Pop Century vs All Star Movies, Pop Century is composed of ten different buildings that offer 2,880 rooms as compared to the All Star Movies offering 1,920 rooms across five different themed buildings. Also, Pop Century’s buildings are four stories high and the All Star Movies buildings are three stories high.

Pop Century vs All Star Movies Pools

When it comes to the All Star Movies resort, guests have two pools to choose from, the main pool is where you’ll find Sorcerer Mickey standing there spraying everyone in the pool and nearby is their kiddie pool and kids play area. They also have the Duck Pond Pool that’s found at The Mighty Ducks area of the resort.

Now, as for the Pop Century resort, guests can choose from three different pools with the “Hippy Dippy Pool” that’s themed after the 60s with its cute flower shaped water jets. They also include a nearby kiddie pool that has a pop up jet water fountain. Their other pools are the “Bowling Pool” with a 50s them and then their “Computer Pool” which is found in their 90s section.

Conclusion

When it’s all said and done, which resort you choose will all depend on what you are looking for in theme, cost, and whether or not you have younger children.

 

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