had a great time at this disney value resort. stayed in the 80's building for a 2 week holiday. the rooms are on the cozy side but are very clean and tidy. the towels are changed everyday and sheets every other. the self service laundry is great and only costs a few dollars per cycle. food is ok gets a bit the same if you stay around the hotel for dinner, found as we were on the dining plan we went to epcot for more variation. there is only one bar at this hotel, considring the size it is a bit of a dissopointment. the bar is called petels and its outside the hippy dippy pool. disney prices off course. $8 a beer and same for a glass of pinot. a bottle of white is $15. outdoor films are great my kids loved it. overall thought it was a great place on a budget, only one problem was the swimming pool is cold at the hippy dippy pool so stayed at the 80's pool all the time whilst returning from the parks, myself and my 2 children cought a stomach bug from the 80's pool with some serious sickness and cramps that wrote off 3 days off the end of our holiday. lifeguard tried to reassure me that was not possible but as my wife does'nt swim and myself and 2 kids do. we all eat the same thing do the math as the yanks say!

Plus:
Check in a breeze, now they really do separate those that have checked in on line, so the process goes much quicker.
The rooms seem bigger than All Star Resorts, like the mini frig, and the privacy curtain into the sink area.
Room also was quiet, on third floor, and no matter where you were only a short walk to Classic Years Hall.
Since the buses only serve Pop century, they seem a lot less hassle.
The only reason I could not give them 5 *****, was that the person before me in the room used the toilet and did not flush.
Minor gross out.

We went on the March Break of 2012, so WDW and Pop was crowded. That being said, I found our room quiet on most nights. The food court offered many choices, some were delicious (Greek salad! Ice cream sundaes!) and others were not (hamburgers). Busses were fast everywhere for us except to Downtown Disney, not a big deal as we only went the one day. The kids enjoyed the atmosphere and it was a lot of fun!

Let me start by saying in the past 23 years we have stayed at the following resorts numerous times: Grand Floridian, Swan, Caribbean Beach, Port Orleans French Quarter and Riverside. This year we decided to try a value resort - Pop Century. We stayed there Oct 7th thru 17th. When we opened the door to our ground floor room (2109) in the 50s building we were surprised and could not believe what some of these people writting bad reviews were talking about. The room may have been a little smaller but for the two of us it was great. We didn't hear any noise from any other rooms. One morning I did take a shower with someone staying in the next room (joke - I could hear the shower running at the same time). We were kicking ourselves over the thousands of dollars we have wasted staying in all the other resorts. The only complaint we had was the size of the parking spaces. Our rental car could barely fit into a space and if you have some that shouldn't have a license and then they would park on or over the line it would throw off the entire section. Besides the parking we agreed that we would be staying at the value resorts for the next 23 years.