We are at POR right now, we love this place. I know we are a bit different because we love POR and CBR but for different reasons, every trip we have to stay at both resorts.
POR is still as beautiful as we remember (last trip pre-covid). We now need two rooms to ensure we all get a big bed, DS is now over six foot and didn’t want to try the kid bed. We were lucky enough to get connecting rooms though see this post for an issue with room charging.
Post in thread '2 connecting rooms'
https://www.disboards.com/threads/2-connecting-rooms.3957726/post-65870500
We got building 37, which I know might freak some people out due to the distance but we love it. We are 50m at most from our mini pool (which no one but us seems to use as it’s too cold for everyone else but we are from Tasmania and we find 60F a great temperature for a swim). We are also super close to the North bus stop which is the second pick up and so far we have always had a seat. Buses are great by the way, almost zero wait too and from each park. We also just love the peace n quiet of the leisurely stroll to dinner in the food hall each night, the walk across the island just makes you realise you are at a resort and on holiday. We also got all our laundry done yesterday as we are so close to the huge laundry at the pool - for anyone who hasn’t been in awhile like us, these are now all controlled by an app and you don’t need coins anymore.
For any Australians this resort does not sell butter/margarine in the shop - you can get some small packets of this non-flavor creamy whipped stuff from the food hall but you need about three to cover a bagel. Waiting to see if our next resort has butter or if I need to order some in. The resort does have most of everything else you would need - including large bottles of milk. Though I couldn’t find any packets of water, just very expensive large bottles of Dasani - no $1 bottle of water here as we have in Aus. Had to pay $6US for a bottle of water!! Going to need to do a grocery shop as that is crazy!
For anyone who hasn’t returned since covid, the games room as still here, just as big though some of our favorites have gone including tank tank and the amazing air hockey table that used to drop around 50 pucks and it was a mad scramble to sink as many as possible. So sad that has gone, we loved it.
If anyone has read this far, we love POR, if anyone wants answers to anything I can try to answer.
Just a few photos.
I saw someone earlier asking about the new curtains, here is a photo - we were very lucky to get a corner room with two windows
I just wanted to post this photo as we wanted to know if the power chargers were USB-C or not - they are not, just plain USB.
I also noted some people seem to care about the fridge. Here at POR we have the mini fridge, which is working well at keeping our milk cold (as well as our supply of Australian chocolate)
Oh and my DSIL is over at FQ but there's no BB rooms available so that's not an option although I will keep checking. I love Riverside so no big deal. Also I know Riverside is a pet friendly resort and just wondering what buildings they use for them. I am not allergic and it's not an issue just curious. I have requested non connecting upper floor room in building 85 or 80. So we shall see. Any info on my questions would be appreciated. Looking forward to my stay there it's been a while since my last stay. Since the skyliner my stays have been at Pop Century so this will be a nice change. Also any other helpful tips will be appreciated by you Riverside experts. Thanks
