Good afternoon from Katy, Texas! We returned late last night from our seven night stay and I wanted to post now before the week gets ahead of me. I did NOT request connecting rooms, but we did receive connecting rooms. I felt somewhat bad for this as my only request was that the rooms be on the same floor and relatively close to one another. My daughter turned 21, so no need for the connecting rooms. With that being said, our room had the shower and their room had the shower/tub combo. I suppose to make it easier for parents who are bathing small children in the bathtub. We received rooms 3168 & 3169 in the 50's section. I was quite happy with our room location. I hope that you have a magical vacation!!
Other bits of info for anyone else reading ~ we experienced a security check on only one day. The lady was very nice. We had been napping and she said she'd return later.
The 15's tour groups were EVERYWHERE. Everyone was commenting on them - we overhead a lot of conversations about them from other families, mainly complaints. They were chanting very late at night and I could hear them running around outside at all hours (because we were on the first floor). They were also chanting very early. For this reason we won't be staying at the values again. Quite honestly the only reason that we did stay at Pop was because we wanted to experience the new rooms and beds.
I do plan on emailing management about some random items once I have time. Our door jam was broken, maids NEVER brought more than two towels per day (which meant we had to call each night for more towels), never replenished cups, my daughter's room ran out of body wash, a $40 charge on my credit card that says "WDW Room only Res" which I've disputed twice, but won't go away, A/C was out in both of our rooms unless we called daily to have it fixed... Minor things, but there was a note there saying to email him the manager so that's what I intend on doing.
Question about the 15's at PoP: If the group is chanting/shouting late at night (after 10pm) or very early in the morning (like 5am), what should I do? Can I complaint to the front desk??? Is there a front desk button on the phone in the room???
I called around midnight, nothing changed. I called around 1, nothing changed. Around 1:45 or so, I went (in my pjs) to the front desk & complained. I posted the story a few pages back. If i has been staying a few more nights, I’d have expected to be moved (across the resort, to another resort, whatever, if management wasn’t gonna reign in the disruptive guests.)Question about the 15's at PoP: If the group is chanting/shouting late at night (after 10pm) or very early in the morning (like 5am), what should I do? Can I complaint to the front desk??? Is there a front desk button on the phone in the room???
.Sorry for the bad luck with housekeeping. It seems like somewhere I’ve read a suggestion to call when you leave in the morning so housekeeping knows they can come to your room. Has anyone tried this? Is it an effective way to ensure your room gets cleaned while you’re out? We will be ripe dropping and coming back for an afternoon break and would want housekeeping in the morning.
I'm also wondering what '15s' refers to. Sounds like groups of kids from other countries?
We're visiting Pop in January, are we going to have to worry about the 15s?
Yes. They are adjacent at Disney Springs and all parks. I wasn’t positive about AK but just looked and they are there too.
I have a question about the food court at Pop and the dining plan. I have read that all the resorts allow you to substitute the drink that comes with the meal with something else since you can use the refillable mug. Has anyone had any problems with this at Pop? From what I've read online, Pop is the only resort that doesn't allow this. Can anyone that's used the dining plan recently help me with this? I know AofA allows the substitution, but I hate to have to go over there every morning.
The last time we stayed there was a few years back (sept 2015) we were able to switch our drink for a dessert at the pop food court no problems. Hope thats still the case when we go this november
Figured it out as soon as I posted.Ok, this is driving me crazy. Why are they called "the 15s"?
I'm also wondering what '15s' refers to. Sounds like groups of kids from other countries?
The refillable mugs work at the resorts but you can’t refill them in the parks.Wow! Amazing that this thread is over 500 pages.
We are staying at POP for the first time at any of the WDW resorts Sept 28th-Oct 3rd. We'll be coming over after a week at the Hard Rock Hotel for my DH conference. I had a couple of questions:
* The refillable mugs that people have mentioned. Are those only good at the WDW resorts or the parks? Does anyone have a picture of how big they are? Not a huge soda drinker but if the price is worth it to split a drink with DH.
* We have put in for a early check-in as our first priority since we'll be checking out of the HRH first thing. We were hoping to park at POP and then head over to MK since they have the Magic Hours. Does anyone know if we'll be able to hit the park for that if we haven't "officially" checked in?
* How does the bus to the parks work? Is there a different bus for each park and you just have to look out for it?
I'm sure I have a million other questions but of course can't remember
Wow! Amazing that this thread is over 500 pages.
We are staying at POP for the first time at any of the WDW resorts Sept 28th-Oct 3rd. We'll be coming over after a week at the Hard Rock Hotel for my DH conference. I had a couple of questions:
* The refillable mugs that people have mentioned. Are those only good at the WDW resorts or the parks? Does anyone have a picture of how big they are? Not a huge soda drinker but if the price is worth it to split a drink with DH.
* We have put in for a early check-in as our first priority since we'll be checking out of the HRH first thing. We were hoping to park at POP and then head over to MK since they have the Magic Hours. Does anyone know if we'll be able to hit the park for that if we haven't "officially" checked in?
* How does the bus to the parks work? Is there a different bus for each park and you just have to look out for it?
I'm sure I have a million other questions but of course can't remember
From what the staff told me there is a chip in the bottom of the refillable mugs that the cast member activates for your stay only and not at the parks. The refillable mugs have to sit on the soda stand to allow the push button to activate. But their are other items like coffee, water, hot chocolate, and tea that don't use the chip.
Will you have your tickets? Do you have to check in to get your tickets? Do you have a voucher to use at the parks?
At Pop you will have different bus stops for each park and Disney Springs.
At the parks you will have to check the boards to see where the Pop bus will be located.
Some resorts have multiple pick up spots, but not Pop
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Thanks Ray! How much do the refillable mugs cost?