Originally Posted By teachin I have stayed at music and Pop I really prefer Pop Century to at least the music
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 teachin, that's good to know. I have stayed at music and movies I like them both but perfer music rooms. I am planning on staying at pop next year. Glad to hear you liked it.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl Personally, I prefer the Music (not that I've stayed at any other WDW hotel). My experiences of it have been generally good, and compared with what little I've seen of the other Value hotels, it seems the most adult-oriented. I strongly disagree with the "ask for a room way in the back" idea. Maybe it would work if you're planning on driving everywhere, but isn't driving one of the things you're taking a vacation FROM? Returning to the hotel with sore feet after a long day at various theme parks, the last thing I want is a long walk from the bus stop back to one of the "country western" buildings.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I stayed at Sports in the spring, and we were in an awesome location. We were in the basketball area, at the far end on the second floor. We were close enough that the walk was never much of a hassle, but far enough away that it was nice and quiet. We were about the length of 2 buildings away from the lobby and food court, so it was a nice 3-5 minute walk. Not far at the end of the day, but you definately didn't want to have to go back for something after you got to your room. Our room faced in toward the little courtyard area, but we were at the far end of it, so there was almost no traffic near us (on our floor, or any of the others). We really did feel like we had the perfect balance of convenience with being out of the way enough that there was never any noise. Looking at Google Earth, it looks like Sports and Movies are both fairly close to the main buildings (well, the Mighty Ducks area is right next to the Music building, but you can use that instead), but a lot of the Music areas are quite a hike. It appears to be about a quarter mile from the back of the last buildings to the back entrance of the main building, so that could definatley be a downer. I've only ever stayed at Sports (and yes, there were school groups there when we visited), but the location that they gave us was ideal in every way. We even had some friends visit for a few days and the awesome folks at the desk were able to arrange it so their room was a couple doors down from us. I can't really compare it to much else, but my vote definatley goes to Sports.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl That's correct. Unless they've changed since the last time I was there, the map they give you on check-in shows all three All-Stars (judging by their proximity and their common phone system, I'd guess they're really just one hotel with three separate lobby buildings), and the Music is the most "linear" of the three. That's its down-side.
