My Trip to the Pop Century - 8/2/04 thru 8/14/04 About This Page:

[Karen from NY]

I know we aren't supposed to post it this way, but I am.

We arrived at Pop Centry Resort on the 2nd. It is very cute and fun to see the decorations on the buildings and grounds. The big Rubick's Cubes surrounding the staircases brought me back. Our room was in the 70s lake side first floor. The rooms are small, but were sufficient for us. We were accomodated with having three rooms together. We loved it. The Main "Clubhouse" as I called it was nice. Great game room and cafeteria.

We were there for enough days so we spent two days at each of the big three parks. The second day of WDW we did Cinderella's Breakfast at the Castle. The food I didn't like, but the look on the kids' faces made up for it. I was upset that IASM was closed, but was delighted by Mickey's Phil.

All the parks were as I remembered them. However, I did not enjoy Animal Kingdom at all. It was in the high 90s that day and it was unbearable. I left with heat exhaustion, finally getting sick that night. We realized all the other parks gave you places to cool off whether it be in gift shops or attractions, but in Animal Kingdom, there was no where to go. Drink lots of water and make sure you bring a fan. There are no straws at AK either, so If you have little ones, bring some with you. I did enjoy the safari, however the rapids were quite a dissappointment. I was hopping to get drenched, and only a patch of my shorts got wet.

The one thing I really wanted to post was the great way Disney handled Hurrican Charley. My whole family decided to stay on premises on friday the 13th of August to pack up the cars with unnecessary stuff and wait out the storm. At breakfast we found out the rest of the resort decided to do the same thing. It was mobbed. We got breakfast and brought lunches too and brought them back to the rooms so that we didn't have to go back

We stayed in our rooms playing games and cards. Disney also had 3 channels of Disney movies playing for the little ones. We also had our portable DVD players going. When it got closer to dinner 4 of us went up to the Clubhouse that was again mobbed and got dinner for all 9 of us to bring back to the rooms. As we were leaving, there were two CMs standing outside the doors of the Cafeteria, telling people to go back to their rooms, the hurricane was comming. We were lucky. When we got back to our room there was a memo on our bed from PCR letting us know that we were to stay in our rooms, stay away from the windows and if we need anything, to call the front desk. They also said until further notice the Cafeteria would be closed. The lines to the vending machines were huge. My room was right next door, so I could see people getting Dorritos and chips and soda for dinner.

During the hurricane we stood outside with everyone else in our wing going boy is it windy and rainy. We had a hurricane party outside the rooms. People on their terraces all laughing and in amazement.

When the wind blew too hard we would go inside, only to return. About 11:30 we got a call from PCR telling us the Cafeteria will now be open until 1:30 so that people could eat. I applaud PCR for keeping us safe and informed. We also get one free day pass next time we go to disney to make up for the day since disney closed at 1pm that day.

I had a great time! Can't wait to go back!

Karen

[Colexis Mom]

Thanks for sharing your trip with us Karen So glad that you had a good time (except at AK and yes, that's a very hot park ) and survived thru Charley!

Thanks again

[Diz]

It sounds like you really enjoyed your trip despite Charley! Good thing on the one-day pass though. Another Kudos to WDW during this storm!

PC is a great resort. I stayed there in January and loved walking around and seeing the different eras. How about the check-in area...I love the wall through time. It depicts American history...our lifestyle history!

We just tried Once Upon a Time Breakfast for the first time in August. The teens loved the characters and the opportunity to get a photo with a princess. Sounds like your kids enjoyed this too! I didn't have a problem with the food...DH and I don't normally eat breakfast so I guess anything will do for us! Really though, I loved the bakery basket (but I did have to ask for a new one because the first looked "picked over").

Glad your trip was so much fun that you can't wait to go back! I love that Dsaying, "Been there, done that, going back!"

Great TR.

[buckysmom]

Thanks for your report! I enjoyed Pop in March, think it's so clever.
Glad you survived the hurricane, too!
Hope another trip is in the works

[luvnwdwgal]

Thanks for the trip report Karen!