Personally, no. The Skyliner moves constantly and drops you at the park entrance at both parks. (Front DHS, International Gateway Epcot). Driving includes walking to your car, driving, toll booths even though you don’t need to pay, parking, walking to park entrance. Many of those have possibilities of lines.
Just a quick note that parking lot trams are not returning on Feb 23 - that's for Disneyland, not WDW. And I agree, Skyliner is way faster even if there's a line! Much better than driving. Only time I would drive is if the weather is really bad and I'm worried the Skyliner will be down. Not that you'd be stranded in that case, but I'd rather have my own car then instead of having to take the bus.
Thank you, I removed my incorrect info from the post above. Appreciate you letting me know!
We were in Building 6 in December and loved the location. Also, loved the skyliner.
Regarding taking the Skyliner from Pop to DHS for ETPE rope drop: On Jan 31, we got in line for the Pop Skyliner at 7:25am and (even with changing lines at CBR) we were through DHS tapstiles at 7:50 and in line for MMRR at 7:55! There was a bit of a line ahead of us, but we were off the ride at 8:30. Arriving at the Skyliner at 7am (90 min before ETPE) would have gotten us even closer to the front of the line.Wowser! That is ridiculous and then you get on the Skyliner and change for Epcot only to end up at the back of the queue again at CBR?
I am amazed each time we have visited for the last trips pre-Covid and now post-Covid on several occasions at the early morning crowds. In the "good old days", a minimal and manageable number of people rope dropped. Now, it seems, everyone rope drops and it is like the running of the bulls at park opening or ETPE.
Since the advent of the Skyliner, the IG at EPCOT has become a nightmare for those staying in the Boardwalk area unless you are queued up at the gate at least an hour before opening thus avoiding all of those on the Skyliner. Prior to the Skyliner, you could mosey/meander over a half an hour pre-opening and still be one of the first 20 or so folks through the gate.
That said, we are staying for the first time ever at Pop really soon. We aren't going to arrive on day one until well after rope drop at Epcot so no worries there. It will be an issue for DHS the next day. . .
I actually do have a question about Pop. We will be driving (another first) and so won't need to store luggage BUT we will have beverages that will require refrigeration if the room is not yet ready. Does the limited bell services at Pop have cooling storage capabilities?
This is a short two day trip at the tail end of a visit to Atlanta and Naples. We have never stayed at Pop, but it was available and we don't need much for two days--the Disney visit is how my husband got me to agree to the driving portion from Atlanta to Naples and back to Orlando.
Waiting to see where our room is probably would be a good idea before buying the mug. To bad they don’t have refill stations throughout the resort like Caribbean Beach.
Yes but it's often out of order. We couldn't get it to work when we were there and when we asked at Petals they said they often have to call as it doesn't work properly 50% of the time. We only tried once so possibly others have had more success?
That is the one good thing about our CBR stay, the refill station was right close to our building. So convenient.
It is possible a few Cheerleaders could stay at POP,but the Host Resorts for Cheerleading and Dance Worlds are Coronado Springs and All-Star Movies and for The Summit they are Coronado Springs and All-Star Resort.
Thank you. Yes, unfortunately this is a known glitch that has been reported multiple times but Disney IT has not corrected it . If you wish to request an area for a standard room other than the 50's or 70's, please call. The number to call is listed in Post 1 of this thread.
70’s was not an option. Just 50’s.
I wonder if it's where you're logging in from possibly? I just checked both the app and online and am offered a choice of either 50's or 70's. The app could differ from country to country as I'm signing on in Canada.
