jenfriend
01-21-2008, 10:48 PM
WHAT WE LOVE...
1. We love the Old Man Island swimming area at Port Orleans Riverside. It's a large pool with small slide, kiddie pool, and spa. The landscaping is excellent. I just feel like relaxing here. The bar has friendly CM who made excellent MaiTai.
2. Boats to the Downtown Disney area.
3. General theming/landscaping is great. We have staying in the mansion section and the Alleygator Bayou. They both have their own charm.
4. The trundle bed option for families of 5. This should be an option in more resorts. The trundle bed is ok for kids under 10 yo and under 5 feet. It wouldn't be comfortable for an adult. The mattress is the thickness of youth camp mattress.
5. Food Court Sassagoula has many choices, large area to eat in, and views of the river.
WHAT WE DON'T LIKE...
1. Expansive Resort layout. It has like 5 bus stops. We get tired just thinking of the walk from bus stop to our room! We request a room near a bus stop, but still it's a 5-10 minute walk. The pathways esp. in AB are confusing. We have gotten lost, circled our bldg. and almost walked up to the wrong bldg.
2. Bus stop order: Sometimes the bus stops at POFQ first, sometimes not. Sometimes stops at South/Main stop at POR, sometimes that one was last. We just never caught on to the order.
3. Designated Smoking areas are right next o the satallite pool. Keep the smoking away from the kiddies please. Place the butt contraption next to a bench near the parking lot or something.
4. The dance teams/competitors have started reserving the moderate hotels in addition to the Value Resorts. Too many under-supervised adolescents does change the ambiance of the resort.
5. I saw more garbage and undrained areas of water than on other trip.
6. Customer service seemed to be less accomodating. It's the little things: I asked a gift shop CM to hold a t-shirt I purchased, but I was directed to another cashier. We had to ask for a liner for our ice bucket and a towel animal (we got one for the whole trip & yes, we tipped & had our kids write thank you on an envelope each day). We checked in at 1:30am and were not offered luggage assistance, just given a map to find our way through the winding AB paths, and it took more than 40 minutes to check in.
7. Boatwrights Restaurant - ok food, great service, overpriced. We will not eat there again.
OVERALL
We love POR. We would stay again. And with Disney's attitude toward families of 5, we are nearly forced to return for the trundle bed. We wish we could try out some of the other moderate resorts - just for kicks. This is the best resort we've ever stayed at and look forward to visiting again someday.
1. We love the Old Man Island swimming area at Port Orleans Riverside. It's a large pool with small slide, kiddie pool, and spa. The landscaping is excellent. I just feel like relaxing here. The bar has friendly CM who made excellent MaiTai.
2. Boats to the Downtown Disney area.
3. General theming/landscaping is great. We have staying in the mansion section and the Alleygator Bayou. They both have their own charm.
4. The trundle bed option for families of 5. This should be an option in more resorts. The trundle bed is ok for kids under 10 yo and under 5 feet. It wouldn't be comfortable for an adult. The mattress is the thickness of youth camp mattress.
5. Food Court Sassagoula has many choices, large area to eat in, and views of the river.
WHAT WE DON'T LIKE...
1. Expansive Resort layout. It has like 5 bus stops. We get tired just thinking of the walk from bus stop to our room! We request a room near a bus stop, but still it's a 5-10 minute walk. The pathways esp. in AB are confusing. We have gotten lost, circled our bldg. and almost walked up to the wrong bldg.
2. Bus stop order: Sometimes the bus stops at POFQ first, sometimes not. Sometimes stops at South/Main stop at POR, sometimes that one was last. We just never caught on to the order.
3. Designated Smoking areas are right next o the satallite pool. Keep the smoking away from the kiddies please. Place the butt contraption next to a bench near the parking lot or something.
4. The dance teams/competitors have started reserving the moderate hotels in addition to the Value Resorts. Too many under-supervised adolescents does change the ambiance of the resort.
5. I saw more garbage and undrained areas of water than on other trip.
6. Customer service seemed to be less accomodating. It's the little things: I asked a gift shop CM to hold a t-shirt I purchased, but I was directed to another cashier. We had to ask for a liner for our ice bucket and a towel animal (we got one for the whole trip & yes, we tipped & had our kids write thank you on an envelope each day). We checked in at 1:30am and were not offered luggage assistance, just given a map to find our way through the winding AB paths, and it took more than 40 minutes to check in.
7. Boatwrights Restaurant - ok food, great service, overpriced. We will not eat there again.
OVERALL
We love POR. We would stay again. And with Disney's attitude toward families of 5, we are nearly forced to return for the trundle bed. We wish we could try out some of the other moderate resorts - just for kicks. This is the best resort we've ever stayed at and look forward to visiting again someday.