Port Orleans Riverside Q&A Thread 2013, Part Two [Thread now FULL and closed]

[andrewilley]

We were in a preferred room without the bed. It could have been a Handicapped Accessible room, not sure as it didn't even cross my mind to check. Heading to a royal room next month.

All (non-Accessible) Preferred rooms all have the banquette seat with the pull-down bed, even the King Bed rooms. I guess you were in an Accessible room - did it have an armoire wardrobe, and a sliding door into the bathroom area?

does the pool bar have a mug refill station?

Nope, sorry. Be great if it did though. Maybe with the new RFID chips to prevent everyone grabbing free drinks, they might do it in future? Who knows.

Andre

 

[Amy&Dan]

So excited to have our room officially booked. I was able to get standard view for June 4-15th on a AAA rate. I wanted Garden View but it was sold out. Oh well, if I am at POR its all good.

I was pleasantly surprised with our rate but shocked at how preferred and river view rooms have gone up.

Stay #4 at POR is on the books!

 

[SRUAlmn]

So excited to have our room officially booked. I was able to get standard view for June 4-15th on a AAA rate. I wanted Garden View but it was sold out. Oh well, if I am at POR its all good.

I was pleasantly surprised with our rate but shocked at how preferred and river view rooms have gone up.

Stay #4 at POR is on the books!

Garden view for next June is already sold out!?!? Wow!

 

[Mom2six]

Garden view for next June is already sold out!?!? Wow!

I believe that they only have a certain number of rooms allocated for the different discounts. So there are probably available at the regular rate.

 

[ALD85]

I believe that they only have a certain number of rooms allocated for the different discounts. So there are probably available at the regular rate.

How is there already a discount for 2014 when Fall promos haven't even been released???

 

[CareHeartsDisney]

How is there already a discount for 2014 when Fall promos haven't even been released???

She mentioned that she got the AAA rate.

 

[gmi3804]

I have a Royal Room, GV, booked for 9 nights beginning at the end of September. This isn't my first choice, but it's all that's available with my bounce back rate. I'd rather have a King at FQ or AB. I know FQ is treated as a different resort. Is it possible, however, to request that King in AB, since the rate is actually less expensive?

I suppose I can always reserve what I want at rack rate, and then hope for a Visa, AP, or GP discount to be announced, since there is availability in most (all?) categories at POR/FQ at this time. Just not with the bounce back rate.

Any thoughts on the resort's willingness to change my room category?

 

[SRUAlmn]

I have a Royal Room, GV, booked for 9 nights beginning at the end of September. This isn't my first choice, but it's all that's available with my bounce back rate. I'd rather have a King at FQ or AB. I know FQ is treated as a different resort. Is it possible, however, to request that King in AB, since the rate is actually less expensive?

I suppose I can always reserve what I want at rack rate, and then hope for a Visa, AP, or GP discount to be announced, since there is availability in most (all?) categories at POR/FQ at this time. Just not with the bounce back rate.

Any thoughts on the resort's willingness to change my room category?

We just stayed in a GV RR in June. Check out my pictures of our room view a few pages back! http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=48868043&postcount=1126 It might change your mind

 

[gmi3804]

We just stayed in a GV RR in June. Check out my pictures of our room view a few pages back! http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=48868043&postcount=1126 It might change your mind

They look darling, but we're two adults, don't need the "theming," and would rather have the King bed and more rustic decor.

 

[kandb]

We have a preferred room booked for Sept. Is building 14 the best location?

 

[SRUAlmn]

They look darling, but we're two adults, don't need the "theming," and would rather have the King bed and more rustic decor.

We're two adults too We loved it! We would hate rustic theming, so that's what's so great about Disney. Different strokes for different folks Good luck with changing your ressies!

 

[Alice515]

We just stayed in a GV RR in June. Check out my pictures of our room view a few pages back! http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=48868043&postcount=1126 It might change your mind

Thank you for posting the pics. We go in early Sept, RR GV. I can't wait!!!

 

[ChristineOH]

Are you trying to book online? You should call. I doubt they're already sold out.

 

[ChristineOH]

I've just gone through all of the 2014 seasonal rates from the WDW website and entered them into a table for POR rooms (that's three hours of my life I'm not going to get back! LOL). If you want to have a look at the list (inc tax) it's at www.portorleans.org/roomrates2014.php (it's a work in progress, no Royal Rooms yet and some other details will need updating from the old layouts).

This time, every category seems to be priced separately (although Pool View and Preferred rates are very similar). There are some odd discrepancies in the pricing of King Bed rooms too - sometimes they are cheaper than Pool/Preferred rooms, sometimes more expensive. I wonder if there is an error with some of the initially loaded figures, especially for Summer and some weekend rates which seem rather cheap? Also, the increments from Standard View to River View rooms are as much as $60/night during some periods, and overall the rate structure seems much less consistent than in previous years.

Andre

Interesting. I loved having a river view room, but I don't know if I'd want to pay $60 a night more. Thanks Andre. I'll have to check that out.

 

[wdwmom0f3]

We have a preferred room booked for Sept. Is building 14 the best location?

Yes!! We were so lucky to have a room in building 14 on our last trip. We have also stayed in 15 & 16 and enjoyed those locations too, but 14 was great! It was very close to the food court and bus stop. I had put it down as a request and they gave it to us. I also made a request for a ground floor because they do not have elevators over there, which would have been a problem for my mother.

 

[andrewilley]

The room inventory survey of fridges is now complete, and not all rooms are affected (only around 50% at Riverside in fact, due to a bit of luck during the recent refurb) so requesting a fridge (even for non-medical reasons) might well get you one. I don't think this is going to be as big of a deal as people feared.

Andre

 

[Dani C]

I don't think this is going to be as big of a deal as people feared.

Andre

Thank you!

 

[Venomhatch]

I don't know if anyone else has posted this but this was released yesterday afternoon to everyone here. I know we knew already about the defect and they were unplugging them in the rooms but this has time frames and other info in it as well.

"Disney hotels will not have refrigerators in their guest rooms for a few months. A possible defect was found in the refrigerators used at Walt Disney World, Disneyland and Aulani, so they have been removed or disconnected. Guests will receive a letter in their rooms explaining the problem, but the fridges will only be removed from unoccupied rooms or when current guests check out.

This does not affect Disney Vacation Club rooms, Fort Wilderness cabins, the Family Suites at Art of Animation and All-Star Music and the suites at the Disneyland Hotel. These rooms all have larger refrigerators.

There will be a limited number of fridges available for guests with medical necessities, but these are not guaranteed.

It is expected to take up to four months to get all the refrigerators replaced."

 

[bartleby1]

The room inventory survey of fridges is now complete, and not all rooms are affected (only around 50% at Riverside in fact, due to a bit of luck during the recent refurb) so requesting a fridge (even for non-medical reasons) might well get you one. I don't think this is going to be as big of a deal as people feared.

Andre

That's great news! Thank you for the update! We arrive August 11th and are hoping for a fridge. Hopefully all of POR will be replaced by then since it only affected about half of them.

 

[Venomhatch]

Place near by that rents and delivers mini fridges if you feel you need one. Just an Idea!

Half way down under "Additional Necessities"

$40 to rent one for a week

http://www.abbf.com/pricelist.html