Disney's Pop Century Resort

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Sign that welcomes you to the resort. August 2004.
Sign that welcomes you to the resort. August 2004.

Disney's Pop Century Resort is a resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. It is one of four hotels that make up the "value resort" group. The hotel is themed around different decades in American culture. Much like the other resorts within the value category, there are supersized versions of various items built around the hotel. Each themed area features motel-style buildings adorned in gigantic (3 meters+) phrases and iconography of the particular decade being represented. The resort has 2,880 rooms in ten separate buildings, three pool areas and one central area that houses the front desk, gift shop, arcade and food court. The buildings are four story versions of the three story All-Star Resort buildings.

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[edit] Phase I

Sign offering guests and visitors directions to the various themed areas. August 2004.
Sign offering guests and visitors directions to the various themed areas. August 2004.
A scene from the 1970's themed area. Includes large statues of a Mickey Mouse phone and Foosball figures. August 2004.
A scene from the 1970's themed area. Includes large statues of a Mickey Mouse phone and Foosball figures. August 2004.
A scene from the 1990's themed area. August 2004.
A scene from the 1990's themed area. August 2004.
Some of the 1950's rooms overlooking the Bowling pin shaped pool. October 2006.
Some of the 1950's rooms overlooking the Bowling pin shaped pool. October 2006.
A scene from the 1950's themed area, showing the large Jukebox. October 2006.
A scene from the 1950's themed area, showing the large Jukebox. October 2006.

[edit] Resort facts

[edit] Themed areas

Each themed area is listed with a sample of the oversized items found there and (in quotes) the phrases emblazoned upon the buildings in that particular area.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

[edit] Phase II

The second phase of construction is the Legendary Years - 1900-1940. This part of the resort resides across the Hourglass Lake, and is connected by the Generation Gap Bridge. Its construction was halted after 9/11 due to the reduction in tourism. As of Summer 2006, the "Legendary Hall" building and a few of the units have been constructed but are not finished. The buildings can be seen on the right hand side of the entrance to Pop Century.

Initially the completed resort was to have an additional 2,880 rooms on the "Legendary" side, configured identically to the "Classic" side. However, as of April 10, 2006, the MousePlanet website has confirmed that these rooms will instead be configured as family suites, identical to those now available at Disney's All-Star Music Resort, with a separate master bedroom, two bathrooms and a small kitchenette.

A few of the pop icons to represent these decades have already been revealed by the shape of the swimming pools in the design plans. The pool in the 1940s section is to be shaped like a highway sign, suggesting a "Route 66" motif. The pool in the 1930s will resemble a soda bottle, and the 1910s pool forms the outline of a crossword puzzle.

[edit] Dining and shopping

The resort offers a number of dining options in the main building of the resort. Everything Pop and Grab-N-Go Market are the two dining options which offer a wide range of food from salads, pizza to burgers. Grab-N-Go Market offers food that is packaged and easy to carry into the parks. Everything Pop also is a store that has decade themed items.[1][2]

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