Spanning the Decades at Disney

This past week was spring break, and we went to Disney for a much-needed vacation. Knowing that Disney is a BEAST, I planned our vacation out to a T. I read all of the former blog posts from you guys who have been to Disney lately (thanks guys) and I did all sorts of research. My plan was perfect. And then...to quote the song from Winnie the Pooh... "the rain rain rain came down down down". We're not just talking light sprinkle- we're talking thunderstorms and tornado warnings. Oh, well. We still had a great vacation despite less than perfect weather conditions. The next few posts will give a full report of our trip. It may take me awhile to get them all done because I'm waiting on my Photopass CD to get here before I post pictures from inside the parks. That being said, here we go... The resort that we stayed at was Disney's Pop Century Resort. The resort was themed based on pop culture icons from the 1950s-1990s. Each individual set of buildings had a designated "decade". The buildings were decorated with large sculptures of Disney pop culture icons and sayings from the different decades. Whenever you walked through a certain "decade" area, you'd here music from that decade played on speakers. We were in the 1950s area, so we heard lots of doo-whop and early rock-n-roll during our stay. The Disney sculptures that were in our area were from the movie Lady and the Tramp. Our room was right beside Lady and faced the "Bowling Pool" (which was shaped like a huge bowling pin). Due to the weather, though, we were only able to enjoy the pool on one afternoon.

The big sculptures were a hit with the kids, and we visited some of the other "decade" buildings to check out their pop icons. It wasn't just the music and the decorations that made this resort so cool, though. The theming even extended into the menu of the resort dining hall where the featured desert was tie-dyed cheesecake. Brian and I had to have a slice of that! There were also certain times during the day where all of the cast members in the main building would break out into a designated dance from a bygone era. One night, for example, we were eating in the resort cafeteria when a voice came over the loudspeaker saying that it was six o'clock and that all guests were invited to join the cast members in doing The Hustle. I had no clue how to do "The Hustle", but I grabbed the kids and we ran out to the middle of the make-shift dance floor and learned. Well, most of us learned- Owen seemed to just spin in circles more than anything. Once the song was over, the kids received a button that read"I Had a Poppin Good Time Doing The Hustle". Another morning, we were waiting on the bus, and the same voice came over the loudspeaker and invited us to do The Twist. It's true that the resort was tacky in places and the overall theme was a bit kitschy; but for our kids, it was perfect.