An active comfort controlled bedding system (10; 100) comprising: a bucket assembly (14; 114) comprising a base layer (20; 120) and a side rail assembly (22; 122) extending about a perimeter of the base layer to define a cavity (24; 124); an innercore unit (12; 112) disposed within the cavity, the innercore unit comprising an upper and two lower cradle foam layers (28, 26; 128, 126), a plurality of air bladders (30; 130) sandwiched between the upper and lower cradle foam layers, and a foam divider (58; 158) bisecting a width dimension of the bedding system disposed in a gap (60; 160) provided between the two lower cradle foam layers (26; 126) to define a right side and a left side dimensioned to accommodate two end users, wherein each of the two lower cradle foam layers comprises a top surface including a first portion (38; 138) comprising a plurality of troughs (40; 140) and axial sidewalls (42; 142) extending to about the top surface and a second portion (34; 134) comprising a planar top surface (36; 136), wherein the upper cradle foam layer comprises a bottom surface including a second portion (52; 152) comprising a plurality of troughs (54; 154) and axial sidewalls (56; 156) extending to about the bottom surface (50; 150), wherein the troughs and axial sidewalls of the upper and lower cradle foam layers define a plurality of openings transverse to a longitudinal axis of the bedding system, wherein each opening is dimensioned to accommodate one of the plurality of air bladders, wherein the foam divider (58; 158) spans a length dimension of the two lower cradle foam layers (26; 126) and comprises a first portion (62; 162) and a second portion (64; 164), wherein the divider first portion includes a planar top surface coplanar to the planar top surface of the second portion of the lower cradle foam layer and has a height equal to a height of the lower cradle foam second portion (34; 134) and the divider second portion (64; 164) includes a plurality of protrusions (68; 168) extending above a plane defined by the planar top surface of the divider first portion and having a shape complementary to the troughs and axial sidewalls provided in the second portion of the upper cradle foam layer, and wherein the innercore unit (12; 112) further includes a pump in fluid communication with the plurality of air bladders (30; 130) and configured to adjust a pressure of at least one of the plurality of air bladders; and an uppermost foam comfort layer (16; 116) overlaying the innercore unit including a support surface adapted to substantially face a user resting on the bedding system. a bucket assembly (14; 114) comprising a base layer (20; 120) and a side rail assembly (22; 122) extending about a perimeter of the base layer to define a cavity (24; 124); an innercore unit (12; 112) disposed within the cavity, the innercore unit comprising an upper and two lower cradle foam layers (28, 26; 128, 126), a plurality of air bladders (30; 130) sandwiched between the upper and lower cradle foam layers, and a foam divider (58; 158) bisecting a width dimension of the bedding system disposed in a gap (60; 160) provided between the two lower cradle foam layers (26; 126) to define a right side and a left side dimensioned to accommodate two end users, wherein each of the two lower cradle foam layers comprises a top surface including a first portion (38; 138) comprising a plurality of troughs (40; 140) and axial sidewalls (42; 142) extending to about the top surface and a second portion (34; 134) comprising a planar top surface (36; 136), wherein the upper cradle foam layer comprises a bottom surface including a second portion (52; 152) comprising a plurality of troughs (54; 154) and axial sidewalls (56; 156) extending to about the bottom surface (50; 150), wherein the troughs and axial sidewalls of the upper and lower cradle foam layers define a plurality of openings transverse to a longitudinal axis of the bedding system, wherein each opening is dimensioned to accommodate one of the plurality of air bladders, wherein the foam divider (58; 158) spans a length dimension of the two lower cradle foam layers (26; 126) and comprises a first portion (62; 162) and a second portion (64; 164), wherein the divider first portion includes a planar top surface coplanar to the planar top surface of the second portion of the lower cradle foam layer and has a height equal to a height of the lower cradle foam second portion (34; 134) and the divider second portion (64; 164) includes a plurality of protrusions (68; 168) extending above a plane defined by the planar top surface of the divider first portion and having a shape complementary to the troughs and axial sidewalls provided in the second portion of the upper cradle foam layer, and wherein the innercore unit (12; 112) further includes a pump in fluid communication with the plurality of air bladders (30; 130) and configured to adjust a pressure of at least one of the plurality of air bladders; and an uppermost foam comfort layer (16; 116) overlaying the innercore unit including a support surface adapted to substantially face a user resting on the bedding system.