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[thinkpink]

What are the advantages of any one value resort over another? Is it Pop that has its own bus line? Or do they all share buses?

[Ceara's mawmaw]

Not any real difference between the values, IMO Just according to the theme that your family will enjoy. The AS values share a bus, but POP has it's own unless it has changed since we were there.

[bsblady01]

pop has it's own buses and it is a much bigger and newer resort.

[lynniethepooh]

I stayed at the All Stars this past Dec - we will never do it again...I hated the transportation to and from them. They do share busses, so when it gets full at the first or second stops the driver has to go to the park. You would think that the next bus coming in would go to last stop and pick up the people who have been waiting - not so much...They start out exactly the same...My 05 trip we stayed at Pop and loved every minute of it! The busses were great - not any problems waiting.
The funny thing is: it was off season in Dec @ the All Stars and the busses were horrible - imagine if it had been during Christmas week?! We did stay @ Pop over the 4th of July in 05 and the busses were terrific.
Hope this helps :-)

[DisneyFamilyTX]

If you plan to stay at a value, I would say go with the Pop Century for the bus situation. The All Stars just have too many people in the combined resorts that clog the busses. We've stayed at the All Star Movies twice and this second time has convinced us that the bus experience is enough to prevent us from going back. The moderates are not much more and generally are worth it. We stayed at the French Quarter and loved it - small resort and always room on the bus.

[TMWIlson7196]

We stayed at ASMovies last Dec and loved it. Yes the AS buses share buses. But the buses came every 15 mins or so and was not very packed. Leaving the parks at night there was a bus for each resort.

[lukeandbrookesmom]

The room sizes are the same at all the values, they each have different theming. POP does have its own bus. The AS share the bus some of the time depending on crowd levels. We were there at the AS Sports in September for 12 days and only twice did we share with the other resorts. Both times it was the 7AM bus going to early breakfast ADRs and even after all three stops the bus was not close to being full. We found that buses arrived frequently for pick-up, too.

[Disneybine]

For me, the difference between the values is really all about theming. But then again we always get a rental car when at WDW so the bus situation isn't a deciding factor for us at all. We personally love ASMo and ASports for their theming.

[applejenn]

We like POP, we have stayed there twice. They have their own bus, and do not share with any other resort. The difference like others have said it the theme of them. We have visited the other resorts during our trips, and for us not having to share the bus with another resort is a plus.

[ilovejack72]

POP is the best they have there own bus and the all stars are really far out Pop is really close to DTD and WDS I've been there about 5 times goin back in Dec really Love it there

[Nightwatcher]

We are going to them POP in 19 more days WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!! We chose this resort over the other value resorts because it has it's own bus line. Last April we stayed at the Port Orleans French Quarter and had to share buses with riverside it wasn't bad in the morning but at night the waits where long.

[Buffalogirl18]

We've been to ASMu, ASSP, & Pop, HATED Pop!!!! Will never go there again. LOVED the All Stars. Never had any trouble with buses at any of them. But Pop was tacky - themed, dirty, poorly staffed, poor mousekeeping, the foodcourt was a nightmare, there was never enough seating in the foodcourt and the staff had no idea what they were doing with the dining plan - and the food was terrible, we saw a soiled diaper laying next to the pool one night, we saw a "floater" in the pool another night, the kids here were running wild, there was no order, no supervision, and the CM's at the front desk were clueless when asked basic questions about the parks! When we go back in May we are staying at All Star Movies, as is the last of the Values we have to try yet. But, we will NEVER stay at Pop again! If you can avoid the food court, the people, the staff, and only shower, sleep, and hop on a bus, then stay at Pop - the location is worth it - it's close to everything

[yalibrarian]

We always stay at AS Music. We love the theming, the pools, the landscaping, the price. At the All Stars,you have access to six pools and three food courts and shops. We love the guitar pool surrounded by palm trees; when we see that, we know we are really on vacation. And for the picky folks in the crowd, there is a McD's right outside the gate.

Although we now mostly drive to the parks, when I take the bus I do not find I have long waits. People who have not stayed at the All Stars may not realize that they are, in effect, one big resort with 3 bus stops. More than once I have hopped off at Sports (the first in line) and strolled across the shared parking lot to my room at Music. You can have a bad experience with buses at any resort (and when I rode a bus to AK from Wilderness Lodge, it made a stop at another deluxe resort!).

So pick one because you like the looks of it (my son picked Music from a picture 7 years ago) or because you got a good deal and enjoy your trip!

[Jolin]

Originally Posted by Buffalogirl18

We've been to ASMu, ASSP, & Pop, HATED Pop!!!! Will never go there again. LOVED the All Stars. Never had any trouble with buses at any of them. But Pop was tacky - themed, dirty, poorly staffed, poor mousekeeping, the foodcourt was a nightmare, there was never enough seating in the foodcourt and the staff had no idea what they were doing with the dining plan - and the food was terrible, we saw a soiled diaper laying next to the pool one night, we saw a "floater" in the pool another night, the kids here were running wild, there was no order, no supervision, and the CM's at the front desk were clueless when asked basic questions about the parks! When we go back in May we are staying at All Star Movies, as is the last of the Values we have to try yet. But, we will NEVER stay at Pop again! If you can avoid the food court, the people, the staff, and only shower, sleep, and hop on a bus, then stay at Pop - the location is worth it - it's close to everything

POP isn't all that horrible, sorry that you had a bad experience, but don't let this become a festering grudge. it may be "tacky" but that were the point! to show us how crazy our parents were in those decades! :P disco anyone? now that's a tacky thing dirty? I've not seen a speck of dirt on my stay. the pool situation were unfortunate, but that happens at all public pools anyway. Kids somethimes let one go, because of the warm water temps relaxes them so much that one just pops out!

that's why there's massive chlorine levels in the pools.

I've stayed at pop, ASsp and i've said if you stay at one All Stars, you've been to em all!, POP seems to be the king of the values, frozen cola, diverse food, big gift shop, and interesting theming and their own bus!

so, give Pop another try, in off season times that doesn't include pop warner or another meet that involves high levels of semi supervised kids

[karadisney]

I would stay at Pop next time. We stayed at All-Star Music and the wait for the buses was long and they were crowed and I think all of the All-Star hotels are the furthest away from Magic Kingdom! Never again just for that reason. Overall, the hotel was nice but a long walk to and from the hotel room to the lobby and buses.