We utilized Disney’s Magical Express… which shuttles WDW resort guests from the airport to their Disney hotel. This is a free service that I wrote about last year. It’s a money saver and if you don’t care about renting a car… it’s one of the nice perks about staying on Disney property.
The resort we decided to stay at this year is called Pop Century. It’s Disney’s newest ‘cheap’ resort. The theme of the hotel is basically an homage to American pop culture from 1950 through 1990. The 50’s pool was shaped like a bowling pin. The 90’s pool was shaped like a laptop computer. The 70’s land had a large game of Twister available in the courtyard. The 80’s had huge Rubik’s cubes. We stayed in the 60’s… and our pool was shaped like a flower and it was called the Hippy Dippy Pool. There was a four story tall Balue Bear that Emily really enjoyed.
All in all, I was impressed with the resort. We had good service. The food court was decent. Our rooms were small, but nice. Bus service was as good as you can expect when you have to service that many people. The pools were great. There were two ‘splash park’ type spots that Aaron got a huge kick out of. I would recommend this resort to anyone wanting a cheap way to stay on Disney property.
Even though we checked in early, both of our rooms were ready. (We also had Melissa’s parents and brother along with us.) After having lunch and a brief rest… we took our first adventure and went to a miniature golf course called Winter Summerland. There are two rounds of 18 holes at this place… one is a beach summer theme… the other is a snowy winter theme. Melissa and I had already played the snowy theme. I left the choice up to Emily… and she picked the beach summer theme. Melissa’s Dad won out of the five of us that kept score. We stopped keeping track of Emily’s after round three. (She’s a huge cheater.) The highlight for me was ‘the bridge.’ There was a bridge that you had to walk across and when you walked through an infrared beam… things started squirting water at you.
We ended our day by eating at a new restaurant called ‘The Wave.’ We took advantage of the free dining again… so each of us got a free entrée, drink and dessert. Our waiter was very nice. The décor in the restaurant was very classy and modern. The only bad points: It took forever to get our food; and we were next to a table of eight drunk people. The food was delicious. I had the lamb… I had never tried lamb before and wanted to give it a shot. It was good, but I wouldn’t choose it over steak again. They brought us some multigrain bread which was delicious. Desserts were served in three bite sized portions and it was pretty good. Final bill would have been around 225 dollars… but it was all free because of the free dining plan!
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