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Old 03-21-2011, 09:56 PM   #1
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When does the construction stop in the evening at Pop Century?

I was just wondering at about what time they stop working on the new resort in the evenings. I'm working on getting a trip together this fall, and I have a couple of family members who are a bit worried about the noise.

However, we will most likely not be at the resort at all during the day, unless we come back to swim in the afternoons, and we really want a room facing one of the pools anyway, so I'm not sure it will even matter...

How is the noise anyway? Very loud? I can't imagine it would be too much louder than hearing the other guests enjoying the pools!
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We just stayed there in February. There was no construction noise. Noise was from guests, mousekeeping, and a lot of pressure washing.
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Old 03-21-2011, 11:09 PM   #3
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We were there in December and never heard any noise from the construction. We saw it when we drove past it on the bus, but never heard anything!
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Yeah, we were actually there in early December, and could see the construction, but could not hear it at all during our stay! I'm wondering now if they are working on something different since I see so many people talking about the construction noise at Pop Century! lol
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They were renovating the rooms at Pop, but they're finished. I'm sure there was noise from that. I don't think the Art of Animation resort will be complete until 2012. I saw the construction as we rode by last month. Just no noise from the construction in the room. I think the resort is really noisy all on it's own.
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Last October we were unlucky and ended up being in a block they were partially refurbishing. Although we didn't notice noise at night banging started at 6am the one morning and went on for 3 hours! We did complain and the manager came out and appologised perfuselly as this isn't the norm. If you did get disturbed make sure you phone reception and let them know as they can then ensure it doesn't happen again. We weren't bothered after this one bad day.
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.....we were at POP last Aug/Sept....and were on the 1st floor of Bldg 4. They were renovating floor 2...and the only "construction noise" (some minor banging, drilling...etc) was between 10am and 3pm. (all the renovations are now done)

And...we heard no noise from the adjacent construction site (Art of Animation Resort)....and by this time...all the heavy contruction should be completed there....so I doubt you'll hear anything. Besides....I saw no activity on that site after 4pm....
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We were at Pop last week and we heard absolutely no noise from the construction going on at the Art of Animation. One day they started on landscaping work near our room early in the morning, but only one member of our group even noticed that.
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