PHOTOS: Tour a Standard Room with “Enhanced Cleaning” at the Newly-Reopened Disney’s Pop Century Resort

Shannen Ace

pop century resort room

PHOTOS: Tour a Standard Room with “Enhanced Cleaning” at the Newly-Reopened Disney’s Pop Century Resort

We’re staying at the Pop Century Resort for a few nights and wanted to give you a chance to tour the room with us. Disney has been updating their disinfecting procedures when it comes to hotel rooms to better ensure the safety of guests in the time of COVID-19, so we kept an eye out for changes.

pop century resort sign exterior

First off, if you’re staying at the Pop Century and want to use the Disney Skyliner, which has service to EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, we recommend that you request the 60’s Section via Online Check-In on My Disney Experience, as it is the closest set of buildings to the station, and therefore the most convenient for just zipping out to the nearest theme park in your own private Skyliner gondola.

pop century resort room door exterior

We got a Standard Room. It was ready at 1:30pm, which is earlier than standard check-in time, but later than many might prefer when opting to check in early. If you absolutely need your room earlier, your best bet is speaking to a Cast Member at the front desk.

riviera magic band pop century resort room
One stay at Disney’s Riviera Resort and we’re putting on airs.

Looks like we wore the wrong MagicBand for our stay at Pop Century.

pop century resort room

Pop Century has gone the minimalist way of many Disney resorts with crisp white bed sheets and white granite countertops.

pop century resort room bed
pop century resort table

This room has both a queen bed and a Murphy bed in the wall.

pop century resort room table chairs

There are two big handles you can use to pull down the queen-sized Murphy bed. If you’re wondering why the bed has 8 pillows on it, it’s for the extra queen bed. If you’re just staying by yourself, enjoy Pillow Mountain.

pop century resort room chair

When the Murphy bed isn’t in use, there’s a small table and two chairs. The table folds up beneath the Murphy bed when it is pulled down.

pop century resort room pluto murphy bed

This cute picture of a sleeping Pluto is behind the Murphy bed, complete with an overhead night light.

pop century resort room bed

The bed has sets of lights on either side and the switches are built into the headboard.

pop century resort room bed

There are regular and USB outlets and small shelves on either side of the headboard as well.

pop century resort room under bed

Beneath the bed, there’s plenty of space to store suitcases if you’d like to free up space throughout the room.

pop century resort room mickey mouse art

Of course, a Warhol-esque Mickey smiles down at you as you sleep.

pop century resort room phone

A phone is available on one of the bedside shelves.

pop century resort room window

Our window looked out at the grounds. We adore those ombre polka-dot curtains.

pop century resort room kitchenette

There’s a small coffee station next to the window. A suitcase folding rack was tucked between it and the wall, and a trash can and recycling bin were next to it.

pop century resort room kitchenette

The coffee station has a built-in light and two outlets.

pop century resort room cups

There are some plastic-wrapped cups if you need them.

pop century resort coffee maker

There’s still a Cuisinart pod-style coffee maker available.

pop century resort room coffee maker

We noticed the pod receptacles were incredibly clean, too.

pop century resort room coffee maker
pop century resort room coffee maker
pop century resort coffee scaled

The drawer holds coffee and sweeteners.

pop century resort room fridge

There’s a mini-fridge in the bottom of the coffee station if you need to store food.

pop century resort room fridge
pop century resort room ice box

There was still an ice bucket and we checked: there are still ice machines operating. There are vending machines as well.

pop century resort room thermostat

The thermostat was on the wall next to the kitchenette. If you find it isn’t cooling adequately, feel free to call Guest Relations; they will send out a maintenance crew to your room (remember to wear your face mask!) to swap out the filter or fix any issues so you don’t have to suffer in unbearable Florida heat.

pop century resort room face mask

This coat rack is perfect for airing out your face masks. (In any case, we still recommend bringing a whole pack… these aren’t exactly “fresh” the next day after a full day at the parks.)

pop century resort room tv

The TV is straight across from the bed, so you can fall asleep watching “Must Do Disney” or the Walt Disney World Today loop.

pop century resort room
pop century resort room tv
pop century resort room tv

The TV can be moved slightly so you can get a better view at the table if you want.

pop century resort room behind tv

All of the TV’s outlets are labelled so you can connect any gaming consoles or streaming devices if you’d like.

pop century resort room tv remote enhanced cleaning
pop century resort room remote

The TV remote is wrapped in plastic and sealed with a “cleaned” sticker so you know it has been disinfected since it was last used.

pop century resort room enhanced cleaning sign

This sign lets us know exactly where the hospitality Cast Members have focused their “enhanced cleaning” efforts.

pop century resort room enhanced cleaning sign

The image on the sign doesn’t exactly match the layout of our room, so you can get an idea of what other rooms might look like.

pop century resort room dresser

Beneath the TV is a dresser/cabinet. On the counter top are regular and USB outlets.

pop century resort room dresser drawer
pop century resort room dresser safe

In the cabinet is the standard safe, so you can store important belongings like a passport while you’re out at the parks.

pop century resort room bathroom sink

The first section of the bathroom has a sink, shelving, and some closet space.

pop century resort room bathroom sink
pop century resort room bathroom sink
pop century resort room closet hangers

The closet has plenty of hangers.

pop century resort room bathroom

There’s an ironing board hanging on the wall.

pop century resort room ironing board

There’s a box of tissues on the counter next to the sink.

pop century resort room hair dryer iron

The iron and hair dryer are in a cabinet.

pop century resort room bathroom sink

The shelving is mostly empty. The room still provides some hand towels.

pop century resort room cabinet

A spare tissue box and roll of toilet paper were on a higher shelf.

pop century resort bathroom soap

Facial soap is boxed up next to the sink.

pop century resort bathroom toilet towels

Through another barn door is the toilet and shower. There’s another trash can in here as well as more towels and spare toilet paper.

pop century resort bathroom shower

This shower also has some fancy sliding doors.

pop century resort room shower
pop century resort room cleaned shower products

Like the TV remote, the pumps of the shampoo, conditioner, and body wash have been disinfected and sealed.

pop century resort room cleaned shower products
pop century resort room bathroom towels

There are plenty of towels in here.

pop century resort room coke

All done! Time to open one of those plastic cups and drink up some Coke.

You can also watch a video tour of this Standard Room on our Instagram.

We hope you enjoyed the tour! Check out our last room tour of the Presidential Suite at Disney’s Contemporary Resort.

4 thoughts on “PHOTOS: Tour a Standard Room with “Enhanced Cleaning” at the Newly-Reopened Disney’s Pop Century Resort”

  1. Check out the comments on Facebook. Several people are lamenting the loss of digital clocks on the nightstand. Another called it a Holiday Inn with Mickey pictures and then posted a photo of when they stayed there pre-renovation saying they preferred that. I’m sorry, but the whole “Days Inn or Super 8 that hasn’t seen any updates since 1995” retro look doesn’t float my boat.

  2. Dear Tom,
     
    I stayed at Pop Century in November 2019 and February 2020 and found it very comfortable and affordable.

    I have been going to Disney parks since 1964 when I was 6 years old (Disneyland). I started going to Disney World in December 1971 and have been coming down each year since that time with my family. I will return in 2021 for the 50th. anniversary of the Magic Kingdom. I am from Albany NY.
     
    You and your compatriots have done a great job at bringing the Disney experience to plenty of people around the world. Keep up the good work and always have fun at being childlike.

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