POP Being Rethemed?

[TimK]

Jim Hill has a fun article today claiming that Disney wants to re-theme Pop Century to feature the Disney characters more predominately.

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2008/11/10/monday-mouse-watch-will-pop-century-be-rebranded-as-disney-s-animation-inn-and-suites.aspx

Hard to argue with that. While the pop culture icons are fun, they don't hold much universal appeal. And Disney's bread-and-butter seems to be families with young kids. I'm not sure that my kids would even recognize a Big Wheel much less a record album or Rubik's Cube. (That's not to say that Disney needs to cater exclusively to 7 year olds, but when you've got 3000+ rooms at a hotel to rent, you gotta aim for mass appeal.)

[bwv dreamin]

Jim Hill has a fun article today claiming that Disney wants to re-theme Pop Century to feature the Disney characters more predominately.

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2008/11/10/monday-mouse-watch-will-pop-century-be-rebranded-as-disney-s-animation-inn-and-suites.aspx

Hard to argue with that. While the pop culture icons are fun, they don't hold much universal appeal. And Disney's bread-and-butter seems to be families with young kids. I'm not sure that my kids would even recognize a Big Wheel much less a record album or Rubik's Cube. (That's not to say that Disney needs to cater exclusively to 7 year olds, but when you've got 3000+ rooms at a hotel to rent, you gotta aim for mass appeal.)
Ha! Yes, the big wheel! Well, what are the popular "toys" or themes now? My youngest is 19 yrs. old!

[MatterhornMiss]

Jim Hill has a fun article today claiming that Disney wants to re-theme Pop Century to feature the Disney characters more predominately.

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2008/11/10/monday-mouse-watch-will-pop-century-be-rebranded-as-disney-s-animation-inn-and-suites.aspx

Hard to argue with that. While the pop culture icons are fun, they don't hold much universal appeal. And Disney's bread-and-butter seems to be families with young kids. I'm not sure that my kids would even recognize a Big Wheel much less a record album or Rubik's Cube. (That's not to say that Disney needs to cater exclusively to 7 year olds, but when you've got 3000+ rooms at a hotel to rent, you gotta aim for mass appeal.)

Isn't that the theme for All Stars Movies? :confused:

I've heard about the rumor of the Legendary Years being made into family suites for quite a while, so maybe construction will be starting again soon.

[simbasmom]

I've been wondering if Disney will be closing an entire resort for a long period of time, like they did with POR shortly after 9/11. Sounds like this would be an ideal time to close Pop for a long rehab to retheme it. It makes sense to retheme it.