brooklyn615
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2009
I am so excited that I can't even help myself!!! Last night we finially made our reservations for December!!!
We are in a royal guest room, garden view. I have never been to this resort so I hope it's nice!! 
we have been to WDW twice, once at the Pop century and once at CBR, which by the way I really liked! Anyway, our 10yr anniversary is in September. We can't go away on our own b/c we don't have anyone to watch the kids so we decided to celebrate a little later and go in December with our boys. On our honeymoon, we took a short cruise that left from New Orleans. The plan was the cruise and then a few days in the French quarter. On the cruise, we were in the middle of a tropical storm and then when we finially got back to New Orleans, there was a water main break and no one in the French Quarter had water!
We were a little upset at the whole experience but now, 10 yrs later I look back and laugh. I will always have the honeymoon that you'll never forget!!! lol So, back to my story, we decided to try POR because it is kind of like being back in New Orleans again but hopefully will be a better experience! We have never been to WDW in the winter so we are looking foreward to seeing all the decorations and such!
I don't have any friends who are into disney like I am so I wanted to tell someone who would understand how excited I am!!!
(if there was smile that did cartwheeels, I would have used that one!)
We are in a royal guest room, garden view. I have never been to this resort so I hope it's nice!! we have been to WDW twice, once at the Pop century and once at CBR, which by the way I really liked! Anyway, our 10yr anniversary is in September. We can't go away on our own b/c we don't have anyone to watch the kids so we decided to celebrate a little later and go in December with our boys. On our honeymoon, we took a short cruise that left from New Orleans. The plan was the cruise and then a few days in the French quarter. On the cruise, we were in the middle of a tropical storm and then when we finially got back to New Orleans, there was a water main break and no one in the French Quarter had water!
We were a little upset at the whole experience but now, 10 yrs later I look back and laugh. I will always have the honeymoon that you'll never forget!!! lol So, back to my story, we decided to try POR because it is kind of like being back in New Orleans again but hopefully will be a better experience! We have never been to WDW in the winter so we are looking foreward to seeing all the decorations and such! I don't have any friends who are into disney like I am so I wanted to tell someone who would understand how excited I am!!!
(if there was smile that did cartwheeels, I would have used that one!)
It was a great first trip to WDW. Thanks for all the advice and suggestions. 
We had an awesome time. 
We only took the boat the first evening to Downtown Disney. It's a nice ride. But our last night we took the bus to Downtown Disney. We usually left and got off out the East depot because it was closest to our building. The buses sometimes got crowded or was a little wait, but I don't think it was anything unusual or worth complaining. We went to the pool every afternoon at least for a few hours. My boys loved it and loved the slide. Sometimes it was hard finding an ideal place to lay down but someone was always leaving and you could grab their chairs. There was a lot we didn't do like the movie night or campfire. We would definitely come back to Port Orleans Riverside. I was a little confused with the Magical Express checkout and luggage procedure. They checked us in and 4 of our bags. But I didn't know that. So yesterday morning, I logged onto the airline website and checked in and paid for 2 checked bags. 
But it was $35 each. I thought that was weird.
But it charged us that because they thought we already checked in four bags. Whatever, I have to call Delta and see if I can get refunded some money as we only had 2 bags checked. Thanks for sharing your experiences to help make our trip great! I'm sad we are back home, but thankful that my feet get a rest. 
My son had a stuffed Mickey Mouse that he brought from home. It has movable arms and legs. He left it on a bench at the East Depot bus stop. Boo! Someone took it and didn't turn it in. So that makes me sad.
enjoy the rest of your trip.
