Hi gang,
I am a newbie to this resort, I have 4 million questions. We are a CBR family, but looking for a new resort. It will be me big kid at heart, wifey, 3 kids, boys age 13 and 3 and the princess aged 18 months.
2. Have you ever have any problems with seating in the food courts, crowds? What about size of food court, is it big enough?
3. Did you find the rooms big enough?
5. Is there anything that the resort does not offer that you missed or is not available at French quater that was a must have and offered at riverside?
6. anyting you think I should know about this resort
Thank you all!
Hi Mr FDNY!
I will answer your opinion questions:
Based on the two little one's ages - you may still prefer CBR as the kiddie pool there with the pirate ship is pretty awesome and better than the POFQ or POR kiddie pools. But if you want new place, we loved POFQ with DS7 and DD5 last march. They enjoyed the POFQ waterslide and pool with no complaints. Your eldest might find the slide theme a bit too young for him whereas the POR slide is not much bigger but less cartoony of a theme. Depends on the kid. My kids are not yet at the "I'm to old for that" stage (fingers crossed).
2. Went at Spring Break so busy and no problems with FC seating. Plenty of options for us for the few meals we had there over 8 days - 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 1 dinner. Po boys were tasty, breakfasts were fine, chicken meals good. We enjoyed the beignets!
3. Yes - four of us though, you have an extra little one
5. An evening walk to/from POR is nice. We had a food court dinner there one night at the make your own salad/pasta line which was good. Shopped in the gift shop which is larger and the kids played on the playground. One visit was fine for that. Very fun and low key if you like exploring a bit after a busy park day. Never went in the POR pool though might when we go next time if time allows.
6. No quiet pools which was not an issue for us. Everything is close which we loved. Smores/campfire is fun as is the evening movie with beignets. Boat to DTD and POR was very enjoyable and relaxing. Buses were rarely shared with POR so only one stop which rocked(we went during SB tho). I love the feel of this resort better than POR which is also very lovely - my comparison is POFQ is "urban" new orleans and POR is "suburban" or even rural New Orleans/south. I am an urban girl
CBR was also very nice when we stayed but the walk to PRoyale across the lake was alot for a quick AM trip before buses to park rope drop. And the multiple bus stops did not appeal which are two reasons I am hopeful to stay at FQ again in October and not Riverside. But if Riverside gets a better discount, we will stay there happily.
Enjoy the trip whatever you do!
Sydnerella's Mama