3 Nights at POR

dgaston

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Just back from 3 quick nights at POR for my extravagant birthday trip.

We didn't get a king bed room in the mansions, despite the request. Our late arrival and my listening to advice from TourguideMike about not faxing requests may have had something to do with this. We ended up in Building 28, which for tired people from CT was impossible to find. In the am it seemed much clearer. This is a bit of a walk to the food court--about 7 to 8 minutes, and closer to the smaller bridge to Old Man Island. The king size bed was nice for the two of us.

We requested a coffeemaker. Housekeeping delivered us a maker, several plastic cups and no coffee! I checked with the front desk in person and they said they charge $1.28 a package. I ordered two, and was never charged. By the way, the coffee was terrible until I ran the water through my Brita filter first.

I had requested a refrigerator for my insulin, which didn't arrive until I called housekeeping. The person said that they don't deliver until the guest is physically in the room. This varies from my experience at deluxes. Have to say, all our requests from housekeeping were very promptly met (much better than our experiences at deluxes!).

Had a lovely carriage ride on Sunday (during Superbowl 2nd quarter--DH must really love me) with Becky and Ike. The route goes over Ol' Man Island and by the mansions returning to the marina after traveling about 1/2 way to FQ. There was a sign on Ol' Man Island about the campfire at 6:30, but other than smelling fragrant wood smoke, I have no info.

The hot tub was very nice, and the pool felt good too.

We didn't bring any stuffed animals, but housekeeping made us a Minnie Mouse with towels and coaster one day!

We didn't eat at the food court, just got cocoa and soda.

Questions? I'll do my best.
 
Originally posted by dgaston
Just back from 3 quick nights at POR for my extravagant birthday trip.

Had a lovely carriage ride on Sunday (during Superbowl 2nd quarter--DH must really love me) with Becky and Ike. The route goes over Ol' Man Island and by the mansions returning to the marina after traveling about 1/2 way to FQ.

Dgaston, welcome home and happy birthday! I would love to spend my birthday at WDW. It sounds like you had a nice time. Do you have any photos to share of your birthday ride (hopefully, you weren't in your birthday suit during it ;) )?
 
dgaston,

Welcome home and Happy Birthday!! I am glad that your trip to POR was good for the most part. We leave in 2 weeks, and I have been getting a bit anxious about the resort. I have heard more neg. than pos. in the last few weeks! Do you really feel that faxing in your room building request would have helped get your mansion request? I was hoping for the AB section, but building 14 or 18--due to the kids in our family! What do you think??
 
At this point I would say two things--make sure CRO has your request (not too far from the food court and bus stops) and then what the heck! If they're going to ignore your fax it won't matter. CRO needs your request at least 5 days before your arrival.

POR is Beautiful! I'm sure your visit will be magical--our room was very clean and once we figured out the winding paths, not too far from anything. (It's just tired poeple don't do too well when the bldg go 25. 26, 27, and 36!!! 28 was next to 25 and 18! Who knew (until we looked at the rain-soaked map!)

I did have a great time sipping peppermint patties in the hot tub (cocoa from the food court plus peppermint schnappes from elsewhere!) for my birthday.
 

FYI... CRO has my room request for my POR trip from 1/23 to 1/27 and I did not get anything close to what I wanted in the way of room requests. Oh well, it would have been nice to have a room close to the POOL/food court but I didnt let it ruin my trip
 


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