The icon of our building
The decor of the resort is pretty much as you see in the pictures. Bright pastels on the buildings, Getting to POP from 417 was pretty easy. We parked at the check-in parking area right at the main hall (called the "Classic Hall"), and went in. I hadn't made a room request, so it was kind of pot luck what we got. Well, the room couldn't be much further away from the main hall. Room 2436, fourth floor, in the 50s section. It was at the extreme end of the T of the furthest building away. Well, OK, the 80s/90s may have a few rooms more distant from the main hall than this, but certainly in this direction it was as far as you could get. But, it was close to the parking lot - a quick descent down the bowling pin right nearby, and we were mere feet from our car for the most part.The icon of our building
The decor of the resort is pretty much as you see in the pictures. Bright pastels on the buildings, matching icons at the end of each wing for all buildings in that decade, and a unique icon at the center of the building. Ours was a giant version of a tabletop jukebox. Around the outside at various points it was decorated with transistor radios and records, silhouettes of 50s dancers and some 50s phrases around the top.It's hip to be square
Sandwiched between the three 50s buildings is the Bowling Pin pool (also the icon of the 50s buildings). Behind the main hall is the Hippy Dippy pool, and at the 80s/90s buildings is the Computer pool (which I never saw).
If you went around the corner from our room to the stairwell, you could also see the "unfinished" part of POP - two guest buildings, unadorned, and even the main hall for the "Legendary Years" part of Pop Century. Construction on the second half halted shortly after 9/11, and never resumed, although there have been periodic reports of work being done over there. There is no indication beyond rumors of them ever completing it however. I'm sure it will be some day, but no one knows how soon, or what form it might take.
The room itself was spartan. There wasn't anything in particular that screamed 1950s to me. The bedspreads appeared to be generic to all Pop Century buildings. There was a poster on one wall that was labeled "Fifties" and appeared to have various Disney items from the period. The border around the wall seemed to be 50s themed much like the outside of the building. But that was about it.Rather spartan look to the room
Now you know why the Pop Century resort only covers 5 decades...
Time to go hang with Darth Vader...
The beds are simple too
The never-finished side of things
