 Hey friends today, we are hanging out at Disney's pop century resort and Disney's art of animation resort I love these resorts. They are so well themed and it's just such fun to come here and hang out They have amazing different themed areas and I'm gonna try to show you everything that I could and even check out the food And drink offerings, so let's go do this We are gonna start at the art of animation And I think that's why I love these resorts so much because if you end up staying at either pop century or art of animation You kind of get two resorts for the price of one because they were like walking distance between each other Say you're staying at like pop century and you're getting breakfast every single morning and they're like quick service location And then one day you decide you want to switch it up a little bit You just walk three minutes and you're at art of animation You can check out and see what they have because I do think they offer different food options in both of their quick service locations When I vacationed to Walt Disney World, I always stayed at pop century It's been a while since I've been back here. Actually, it's my first time since the parks reopened And I just love the smell. It is so amazing in here Out of all the resorts at Walt Disney World I have to say art of animation has probably the coolest looking check-in area It is so colorful and bright and I love it Just look at this fanciness It is so amazing. Isn't it and then on the other side Tons and tons of Disney artwork little mermaid lion king finding Nemo cars So many great classic characters. Oh even the laughing hyenas from the Lion King Ed It is almost the end of March in 2021 and they are redoing the big blue pool here This was one of the coolest pools on property and they're kind of doing a little refurbishment of it But they do have other pools available at the art of animation I'm gonna give you a look at the map to kind of give you a realistic view of how close things are As you can see we're walking in and we are right here This is the big blue pool and then right across our glass lake is pop sentry So we're gonna walk over there and actually explore pop sentry too But I want to actually walk around like the Lion King area because I love the Lion King area and the cars Areas really theme to I Also wouldn't mind getting something to eat and either one of the resorts both of the food courts have amazing food I remember actually getting little sausages and bread over at pop sentry to save money for breakfast And I used to eat them every single morning. It only cost like two bucks But now I kind of relate sausage and bread to the Disney isn't that crazy art of animation has the drop-off bar This is a really cool spot to come hang out by the pool get some special cocktails And they do have some like really unique cocktails here The big blue ocean kind of named after the pool in a big blue world They also have a good look charm milkshake Happy St. Patrick's Day because that just passed recently. Oh, this looks really good a little bit too creamy though for me. I Want to take a look at the big blue pool and then head on over to the Lion King section Just to see how the progress of the renovations going on Looks like they're working hard and it's almost done the pools actually filled a couple of workers there Look at those gigantic goggles sitting over there. This is a really cool themed area. I Asked the cast member and they said the big blue pool is set to open at the beginning of April So that's just a couple days away. That's really good news We will come back to the big blue pool a little bit later on right now I want to go into Pride Rock. Well, I can see Rafiki up there. Maybe he'll show me the way I love how all the different resort buildings just blend together to their theming Do you know what I mean? Like we're going into Lion King right here And you can just see all the green and the trees it fits perfectly and that's why I like these resorts so much I mean they put in a lot of effort. Oh Yeah, he is gonna show me the way and I think not only does the scenery change But the music changes as well. So as we're walking through the Lion King area We're gonna hear a Lion King music and it's just gonna fit perfectly Here he is The King Isn't that the coolest? Look at that. It's Pride Rock It makes me just want to sing Circle of Life From the day we arrived on the planets Oh Boy and it only gets better as we move along. I can see what's happening What and they don't have a clue who they'll fall in love and here's the bottom line Our trio's down to two. Whoa I love it. Look at this This is so fun Like I said earlier, there are four different themed like resort areas here. We have Finding Nemo, Cars Lion King and the Little Mermaid. Let me know in the comments What your favorite like little area is and then when we go over to Pop Century They're gonna be broken down by the decades and that one's hard to say but I mean I do love the 90s So either one let me know what your favorite movie section is or what your favorite decade section is because it's always nice to get Like feedback. I like to hear what you guys enjoy But of course before we actually go to the next area. We have to visit the elephant graveyard It's a must Even though it's beyond our borders and we must not go there can't resist the elephant graveyard Elephant graveyards are just too cool to resist. I love it. You can actually walk around underneath the tunnels there So many amazing photo opportunities over here as well. Plus we got Scar up there Next I think I'm gonna head on over to Radiator Springs. I really like it over there because it's like the closest I'm gonna get to Radiator Springs at Disney's California Adventure and it's actually themed like pretty well But we have to say goodbye To Simba? Is that Simba or Mufasa? Mufasa. Say it again. Mufasa I'm pretty sure that was Mufasa correct me if I'm wrong though because Simba was hanging out with Timon and Pumbaa unless that was Growing up Simba. I don't know Now we're coming up on Radiator Springs a happy place with a cozy cone motel This has to be one of the most amazingly themed areas right here look at it It's so immersive isn't it and wait till we get over by the pool That's where the other pool is the cozy cone motel pool And I think they have another pool over on the little mermaid sign. I Really really loved Radiator Springs over and DCA and I loved Luigi's ride and also the Radiator Springs racers those were two amazing attractions We can see the sign spinning there and look there's Luigi's over there. I love his little helper He's the best tons of photo opportunities with all the different cars from the movie. I love it here And of course we can't forget about our good friend Tomater over at Tomater towing and salvage This is the entrance to one of the buildings and I like this I would like to stay in this section or at Luigi's probably I don't know It's a tough one because I do like Tomater, but I like Luigi as well The lobby for the cozy cone motel acts as basically like the restrooms for the pool I'm gonna show you the pool as much as I can but if there are people swimming I don't like showing pools when there's actually people using it. Oh Yeah, it is super crowded over here because the big blue pool is closed So this is one of the only spots unless they cut through Lion King and go on the other side for the little mermaid But it's really cool because they have little cabanas that are first-come-first serve I believe that are cones, you know, I really like that little detail. So that's what I call it the cozy cone pool And I think I might change my mind I think I would want to stay at the wheel well motel over here with Lightning McQueen This one looks probably the coolest doesn't it huge buildings Fun fact about art of animation though. It is a Disney pet friendly resort I would love to take Gracie here and like spend a night also The cabins at Fort Wilderness that's like on my bucket list I really really want to take Gracie and spend a night in the woods with a fire But if not, I also I can come to Art of Animation and Yacht Club. Those are the three But let's make our way back on over to Finding Nemo and then we're gonna cross our glass lake into pop century Also check out the skyliner and gondola section It's so hard not to just start singing in a big blue world Every time I say the big blue pool Just take a look at how cool this is over here And even though the big blue pool is closed the splash pad is actually open so you can come over here and Play with all the different fishes. Nemo's swimming out to sea And take a look at crush up there. That's amazing. Oh and little Dory Dory's on crushes fin. I like it. I Think I'm gonna make my way over to pop century now and I want to get something Yeah, I'm actually a little hungry both of the food courts are mobile order So we'll see what they have and then explore the different decades and just see what fun things they have I love it. Like I said, I love just coming here and hanging out. So here is the Finding Nemo section Here is the directory. We're coming up on the bridge the skyliner and then that building right over there It looks like is that the 60s or the 70s? I see the yo-yo not too sure though, and that's pop century I'm pretty sure this bridge is called generation gap and Actually, art of animation was supposed to be a part of pop century and it got repurposed and rethemed It sat there abandoned for a long time and I'm glad they did especially with the skyliner and all because it makes It perfect sense now. I Love just seeing the skyliners come into station. This is also the only area where the Skyliners are above water compared to anywhere else Really interesting, isn't it? If you are a runner or jogger you can jog around all of our glass lake And I hear it's a really really nice little track and you can't park here But you can always catch the skyliner or just come over hang out enjoy all of these amazing like themed areas The only thing is you can't park here though. That's for resort guests only today I met up with a friend who is staying at Art of Animation We're able to get a drink and just relax and chit-chat and that's how I was able to park That's why I wanted to come out here and just show you around because I love exploring these resorts But now we're heading right on in to the pop century the hippie-dividy pool And you got Play-Doh on this side and Baloo Baloo from the Jungle Book you see him over there It's Mowli and Baloo. I love these statues. I love the ones over at the all-star resorts as well I can't wait to go see the Dalmatian over there. There's so many cool gigantic figurines. I Don't know why I just called them figurines when they're giant statues But I think we're gonna go get something to eat first because I guess that I'm a little hungry and then Explore around to some more different areas. Maybe we'll start in the 90s because that's my favorite They used to have a lot more offerings here But not so much and then I checked the Art of Animation one and same thing They definitely toned down a lot, but they've got burgers. They got chicken strips pop roast turkey sandwiches pizza Pastas chicken parm maybe or some pasta with meatballs And I don't know I haven't decided what I'm gonna get yet. Oh a barbecue burger That's a plant-based one as well, and then also they've got all the bakery items on here, too So you can get all of your morning fixtures like coffee cake and croissant and muffins all the fanciness I Think I'll go with the pot roast dinner I mean that seems like the appropriate thing becomes a mashed potatoes and green beans and then a red wine gravy Sounds pretty fancy Another thing I like to point out is in all of the different resort gift shops They sell it like bottles of liquor and wine So if you don't want to pay for the high-priced drinks at the pool You can just come in here and get like a bottle of Jack Daniels for 18 bucks You could probably make at least five drinks out of that and that's the price of one drink at the pool bar It's ready. So now you well just follow the prompts. It tells you go pick up at two So I'm gonna find two Everything is just set up for mobile order But they had some amazing food here and they were all different stations So you're looking at one two three four five different stations that had different stuff You know I mean like pasta pizza burgers like all all special And all of the different drink stations are closed down. I love the coffee here at Disney though I'd always get that refillable mug and I would drink it every single morning when I stayed here I am super hungry So I've been looking forward to this in a while when I decided I was gonna come meet up and hang out with a friend I was like, you know what? I'm not gonna eat anything because I was that excited to come and eat at the pop sentry food court Kind of like how I used to when I came on vacation like I literally waited all day just to come here and eat Is that crazy? And here is the pot roast and I try to open up the flaps a little bit. Well, look at that. It looks really good Yeah, this actually looks delicious. I'm very impressed with this I do miss the days when you can eat on a plate though See how this pot roast is get a little bit of mashed potato on there. Yes Very very soft and kind of just falls apart Pop roast here. Yeah, I get all that mashed potatoes in there The green beans are very delicious too. I kind of been on a green bean an asparagus kick recently Oh, also zucchini. I don't know what's happening like the other day. I was really really craving tapenitos Noodles like just the noodles and I was thinking if I could go there and just get the noodles I think I was at Epcot that day. I still haven't figured that out yet But I'm gonna try next time I'm there I'm just gonna be like, hey, can I order like noodles to go or anything like that? Because a lot of these restaurants on Disney probably do do to go food I'm just not sure about that one because it is a third-party spot I also do find it difficult to eat out of the box though. Like it's it's It is a little difficult to eat out of the box. I feel like it doesn't make a big mess though at least But now we got our food. I think it's time to move along and the pool is playing Stand out from a goofy movie. Oh, wow Oh, it's one of my favorite movies and one of my favorite movie soundtracks There is pedals and that is the little pool bar that they have here kind of like how the drop-off Was over at the big blue pool and the 50s and 60s are that way the 70s through the 90s are this way So I think that's the way we're gonna make we're gonna head on over to the 70s through the 90s That pop roast was surprisingly amazing. I really felt good I didn't get a dessert because if we do end up over at the art of animation Maybe we'll see what they have has a dessert in their food courts that way I can show you both of the food courts So many amazing memories though here. We got goofy with the corvette. I remember taking tons of photos here I talk about like as if this was a long time ago in my childhood But it wasn't like I was a grown adult staying here and I think it was in 2014 was the last time I stayed here So it was seven years ago. Wow Seven years ago fancy And I remember we stayed over here in this section and I loved it because they had the big wheel right there And then the gigantic foosball like court and of course The mickey mouse telephone. I actually had this telephone. I still do I think somewhere It's just so amazing I just remember coming here and just being like wow Look at all these gigantic things It's so much fun. It really does like make you feel like You're like at somewhere special and that's what I loved about disney So you always felt like you were like some amazing place because it is an amazing place, but Really really captivate your imagination And this is all just the 70s section. They also have like different areas where you could play twister But I think that's not not available now because of you know touching so We'll see if they have them actually out anymore Oh, yeah, right here. Look at that. Oh, it's a little bit dirty and you could play it I mean it's not anything telling you you can't just got a spinner. I wonder if the spinner still works Oh, yeah Left. Oh, nope. Yep left hand red I don't know about that And I forgot about the cool potato head statues These were the absolute coolest I definitely took like a hundred photos standing in between them pretending like they were giving me a high five Another cool thing is as you're walking alongside the water They have little signs that give you a little bit like of trivia facts about the different Decades and I like that because some of the stuff I never knew In 1986 1.1 million dollars is paid for a one minute tv ad on the super bowl And the federal budget deficit reaches two trillion dollars Now I think we'll head into the 80s section here They have a pool over here and I think it's the 90s the pool is technically at But the 80s and the 90s are really close together The gigantic aerobics cube staircases. These are staircases that actually take you up to the different levels because there's First level second level third level fourth level and then you can see this is the pac-man building Hope I blocked it with the tree, but you'll be able to see the pac-man ghost over here Look it Isn't that awesome? I love it The only thing is is in the 90s section They always have these great iconic symbols for the decades and I feel like they missed the mark in the 90s section Just by a little bit You can see we have the sony walkman right here, which is Amazing and then this gigantic keyboard now the keyboard is kind of cool But it doesn't do anything and this is of a purpose. It's just there But roger rabbit on a big barrel of turpentine is amazing I'm gonna mop mop mop all day long Mop mop mop as I sing this song. I'm gonna wax that floor. I'm gonna make it shine I'm gonna take off the spray paint with turpentine The thing I don't understand is the floppy disk pool and oh Come a come a come a come a come a come in the on You want to go Look at that floppy disk because they floppy disk there and then cds on the Surf the net building surrounded by a gigantic laptop Isn't that like a little off-putting though like floppy disk laptop cds and rollerblades But what I do like to look is on the laptop what they're actually searching you can see they got uh disney.com And it's got like a laden clip and then abc news And then all of the parks. So it says mgm studios right there disney's mgm studios animal kingdom epcot magic kingdom Water parks very nifty. It's nice to see that mgm studios logo though And this is just a stack of floppy disk. I don't know what it says on top. It says game something I can't read the other side there Now I think we're gonna move along and head back on over to the main pool area pop century I like walking down this like walkways. These are right next to the rooms. I like the pink building. It's very Very nice. Look at that background It's very pretty isn't it and then that's the check-in area and also that's where you get the buses So if you are in the uh 80s and 90s, you have a quick walk to the front and that's actually not too bad Probably the most quiet area though out of all pop centuries right here on the back side of the 70s I believe there's like a little playground and there's literally it's so peaceful back here. I hear birds chirping It's in a nice wooded area Very quiet and it's beautiful actually There's the playground over there I really enjoy this just a quick walk to the lobby and the big pool Now I think we're gonna jump right into the 60s These are yellow buildings and I like the yellow too very vibrant colors And I think I showed these on the way in but they have the gigantic yo-yos for staircases and eight tracks I really just want to see what it's like to be inside a giant yo-yo. So we're gonna take a pit stop over here Look at this Isn't it so cool and these are the stairways. They just take you right up inside the yo-yo itself Gigantic And a little bit more of the cool trivia. I came across another sign that I think is pretty interesting In 1971 Walk Disney World Resort opens in Orlando, Florida and intel produces the first micro processor chip So many amazing things happen in 71 And just like that we are back at the skyliner I think the 50s and 60s are over on the other side. I don't know what they have But maybe we'll take a quick see. I just want to see what big structures they have In 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American appointed to the supreme court And disney's the jungle book swings into theaters So Mowgli and Baloo were for the 60s and then I think I see bowling pins over there Yeah, so that must have been for the 50s and that's a purple building But take a look at all of our glass lake from here and that's art of animation right over here Like I said, you were literally, uh, I would say, uh, like three minute walk So if you're looking for a building closer to the skyliner, I would stick to the 60s and 70s like you used to because literally right there This is the running trail that I was talking about you actually start off here at art of animation You run all the way around the lake and you go through the 80s and 70s and 60s and 50s And then little mermaid lion king and then right back to the big blue pool I took a look at the food or the desserts that they had Over at the landscape of flavors, which is what the food court is at art of animation here They didn't have anything that really stood out to me. So instead I think I'm gonna take you over to the little mermaid side because I think we skipped down the beginning But in order for us to get to the little mermaid section, we have to visit somewhere We must not go the elephant graveyard It's also important to point out that the little mermaid section is the farthest away Like little mermaid is basically on the whole entire other side of the resort So if you end up staying here, uh, and if you want to be close to everything I wouldn't suggest the little mermaid area It is gigantic though as you can see from here. I think it's the biggest, uh resort area Oh, well, no not really cars is kind of the biggest But as you can see like cars is right here or radiator springs Then the uh animation hall lion king and little mermaids all the way over here. So pretty far away But I saved the best for last because they have the coolest statues and figurines over here Like how I said now statues and figurines There is a gigantic dingle hopper right here. And I believe this is a snorlax I'm not too sure if if it's not a snorlax. Let me know what it is in the comments there I'm pretty sure it's a snorlax though And then it has three different statues and its own pool That probably is the best like I honestly I say the little mermaid is like the farthest away But I think this is the coolest area right up there with lion king because lion king is pretty cool But lion king doesn't have a pool A giant king triton over there and also a puppy. So this must be where the pets area is Oh, so if I bring Gracie here, we're going to be staying in the little mermaid section And then Ursula, look at that Ursula is one of my favorite villains. She's amazing and the animatronic for the little mermaid ride at magic kingdom is so impressive And then on the other side of the pool they have Ariel and flounder. So awesome, isn't it? And this pool is poppin too So I guess with that I am done for this evening. I hope you guys enjoyed this I absolutely love coming to the resort and just hanging out I feel like it's just as fun as coming to a park you get to see such amazing disney movie like Statues and just experience all the resort. It's so fun. Anyhoo, I hope you enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it make sure to let me know what your favorite area was and We'll see you next time. Bye