My wife myself and our two DS (6,3) just returned from a 6 night stay at POR. We did Epcot, HS, AK, MKx2. This is our second trip in the last three years, but our first staying onsite with the meal plan. We loved both staying onsite and having the meal plan. I know there is a lot of debate about the meal plan, but it really worked for my family.
We loved POR. We had a preferred room in Alligator Bayou and that worked really well for us. We used the main bus stop and never had a problem getting a bus the first time, but we also rope dropped every morning. Our only complaint was how chaotic and unorganized the QS was at our resort.
We are morning people, and rope drop with EMH was great for us. We were able to ride Soarin twice with minimal wait the second time, TSM three times using one fast pass with little to no wait, and Splash Mountain twice by heading to those rides right at RD. Everyone we interacted with was really helpful. We had great servers at our TS meals. Bobbie and Chef Mickey's and Biergit at Biergarten were exceptionally fun (we even got them to take pictures with us).
We loved EMM. We rode 7DMT 8 times, PP x2, and WP once. Our only complain, and I'll be contacting Disney about this is at 8:45 the BOG people arrived and the CM had us wait so they could get on 7DMT. He told us that we were supposed to be at breakfast because it closes at 9. We let him know that was not the case, and he got us on one more time. By no means did that ruin our experience, it was just a little frustrating after spending that much money we had to deal with it. We are already planning to do EMM next year when we return if it is still offered.
We also loved being able to nab extra FP via the app. At one point we went from Barnstormer to Dumbo 4 times and just kept grabbing FP for them. My kids loved it. The key is to just checking because things were constantly opening up.
Thank you for everyone on this site for equipping me with the information to make this the best possible trip for my family. If anyone has any questions please don't hesitate to ask because I'd love to provide any help I can.
We loved POR. We had a preferred room in Alligator Bayou and that worked really well for us. We used the main bus stop and never had a problem getting a bus the first time, but we also rope dropped every morning. Our only complaint was how chaotic and unorganized the QS was at our resort.
We are morning people, and rope drop with EMH was great for us. We were able to ride Soarin twice with minimal wait the second time, TSM three times using one fast pass with little to no wait, and Splash Mountain twice by heading to those rides right at RD. Everyone we interacted with was really helpful. We had great servers at our TS meals. Bobbie and Chef Mickey's and Biergit at Biergarten were exceptionally fun (we even got them to take pictures with us).
We loved EMM. We rode 7DMT 8 times, PP x2, and WP once. Our only complain, and I'll be contacting Disney about this is at 8:45 the BOG people arrived and the CM had us wait so they could get on 7DMT. He told us that we were supposed to be at breakfast because it closes at 9. We let him know that was not the case, and he got us on one more time. By no means did that ruin our experience, it was just a little frustrating after spending that much money we had to deal with it. We are already planning to do EMM next year when we return if it is still offered.
We also loved being able to nab extra FP via the app. At one point we went from Barnstormer to Dumbo 4 times and just kept grabbing FP for them. My kids loved it. The key is to just checking because things were constantly opening up.
Thank you for everyone on this site for equipping me with the information to make this the best possible trip for my family. If anyone has any questions please don't hesitate to ask because I'd love to provide any help I can.
