So, Which Walt Disney World Value Resort?

OK, so you have decided that you think a value resort for your Walt Disney World vacation is where you want to stay.  The values are pretty even-keel when it comes to choosing.  They are all clean, but very basic.  The differences are minor. 

Each room is 260 square feet in size, except the Family Suites which is almost double.  Each has one small closet and not a lot of extra storage space.  You will have a TV and no coffee maker or fridge.  You can rent a dorm-size fridge for an extra cost.  High speed Internet access is available for an extra charge per every 24 hours. 

Walt Disney World’s All-Star Sports represents five different sports commonly participated in the USA.  There is Homerun Hotel to represent baseball.  Near that building you will find giant scoreboards, bats, balls and cups of Coke.  You then have Surfs Up! With giant surfboards and lifeguard stands.  There is Center Court which is theme with giant cans of tennis balls and tennis rackets.  Oversized footballs and helmets represent the Touchdown! Building.  And, lastly is Hoops Hotel with super-sized whistles, megaphones that give new meaning to the word “mega.”

Walt Disney World’s All-Star Movies depict Walt Disney Movies, just as the name would suggest.  The icons surrounding the buildings will feature characters from the movies most of the time.  You have the Toy Story building, 101 Dalmatians building, Mighty Ducks building, Herbie: The Love Bug building, and Fantasia (original and 2000) building.  Rather than focusing on characters, the Mighty Duck building tends to focus on hockey and the Fantasia building focus on items, such as broomsticks, from the movie.

Walt Disney World’s All-Star Music has giant music icons that focus on rock, country, jazz, Broadway and calypso music.  You will find giant cowboy boots, guitars, drums, jukeboxes, horn playing musicians, maracas, fiddles, banjos and other instruments as representation of the music for the décor.  The Family Suites are located in the jazz and calypso buildings.

The above three Walt Disney World Value Resorts share a bus system.  Busses arrive every 5-10 minutes to take you to the parks, but sometimes they are so full, you will wait over an hour to find a bus that you can ride.  Busses stop first at All-Star Sports, then All-Star Music, and finally at All-Star Movies.  If it is a busier time of year, you may want to stay at All-Star Sports to have a better chance of getting to the parks early.  Of course, you will be dropped off last at the end of the day.  If crowds dictate, dedicated busses will serve each resort.  Each of the All-Star value resorts has two pools.

Lastly, you have Walt Disney World’s Pop Century resort in the value category.  Pop Century resort is the newest resort, not located close to the other three value resorts at Walt Disney World, and has its own dedicated bus system.  Pop Century has three pools, versus two, but is a larger resort.  Otherwise, Pop Century is pretty much the same as the previous value resorts.  The icons around Pop Century represent 20^th century pop culture—such as, bowling pins, Lady and The Tramp, yo-yos, big wheels, Mickey Mouse phone, play dough, Baloo, Foosball and Twister.