Okay so up front. POP has always been dead last on my list of "where I want to stay at Disney". I mean dead last. I would never set out and think 'Hey I want to go to Disney and stay at POP'.
But I'm doing a 5 night solo in January and keep posting that after staying at Movies I will have done all the values but POP.
Got me thinking that I would kind of like to have stayed at all the values. And it's not like I think I'll hate POP or have a bad stay or that it will ruin my trip cause while I think of myself as a hotel snob the fact is that it's usually middle of the pack on my requirements list for a good vacation. So why not spend the last night or two at POP then I'd get to have the satisfaction of having all that level done plus have some basis for my opinion.
Right now I've just never wanted to stay at POP for the sole fact that I dislike the Icons. I'm not a fan of huge icon decorations. Ursula creep'd me out big time at AoA, and it's not just Disney, I'm one of those people who are not comfortable walking under the full size whale reconstructions at museums and once we visited the Goodyear Blimp hanger and the look on my face as my mom made me get a picture taken standing next to it is painful to see even now. But I do like the ideal of the theme, I am after all a generation X'er and the 60's 70's and 80's are my childhood decades.
The All Stars icons/decoration have not been as bad (but probably why Music is my favorite) but if you notice I left Movies till last
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So I've kind of talked myself in to it, but not completely, the big question is, one night or two....the price difference right now at rack rate is like $10 per night so no hardship. ( I would have to catch DME from POP and that is a little worrying as I know it's a crowded resort though my flight out is at 6:50 AM so maybe not so crowded)
Of course what I REALLY have to keep talking myself out of is, if I'm going to change resorts anyway, why not do the last two nights at POLY or CBR or CSR.
Budget Trip, Budget Trip, Budget Trip.........
I swear planning is half the fun of the vacation.