I"m going to be in the minority here, but we didn't like POR at all. We were just at WDW from Sept 14-20. We ended up switching resorts halfway through. I'd done a ton of research before we went, so was truly expecting to love it. Check in was terrible (we did online check in, and it was at least 30 minutes even though there was only a couple of families in front of us, because they only had one person working. The regular check in line was moving fast, but not ours), but that didn't set the tone for the trip.
We had a standard room in the Magnolia section, building 85. Just over the bridge to the pool. The room was OK, pretty dusty, but fine. We waited one morning for over 40 minutes at 7:20 AM to get to AK -no buses went by at all. We even had a CM there checking the bus times, and calling for an AK bus that finally came at 8. AK didn't open until 9 am that day, so I know a full bus didn't already go by us. The rest of the time the buses were not horrible, but not great either.
We didn't enjoy the pool, it was crowded and chaotic with the afternoon pool activities. I didn't find the layout of the pool very relaxing. We could hardly find chairs that allowed to see the pool and our kids. And there wasn't a whole lot of space around the pool for walking or sitting. What I mean is that the chairs were very close to the pool edge, which made everything just seem crowded. We only ate at the food court twice, it was fine, nothing special. Didn't eat at Boatwrights. We took the boat to DTD - again, it was OK, but I didn't find it very relaxing. Maybe b/c the boat itself was very noisy, and the vibrations of the motor were annoying.
Anyway, we requested a switch to CSR halfway through, and they were very helpful. Once we got to CSR, we had a big "aah". It had a much more open feeling that POR, and much more relaxing. the pool is much better too. CSR is probably our new home. I was disappointed in POR, as I really wanted to like it. We didn't hate it, but we'll never go back.
