Just back from POR - excellent!

[Miss Mickey Mania]

Hi everyone,
I stayed at POR from July 7th-18th, on a solo trip. Everything was wonderful. The room was immaculate and looked brand new. CM's were friendly, and the surroundings are beautiful.

For your information, I stayed in Alligator Bayou building 38. I had a trundle bed in the room which seemed like a real waste of a 5 person room, since ther was only me in it . This building was about a 5 minute walk from the lobby/food court, if you walk at a fairly quick pace. There are closer buildings but it was fine for me.

My requests were for a no smoking room (got it), on an upper floor (didn't get that), in a building near the lobby (wouldn't say mine was the closest but I really liked the walk, it was lovely)

I'm not writing a report but if anyone has any questions I will try my best to help out if I can.

 

[bcpage]

Glad you had a good time! What did you think of the bus service? Did it take awhile to get to the parks?

 

[Miss Mickey Mania]

Hmm the bus service wasn't too bad. I usually waited a maximum of 10 minutes for a bus, often less. They did tend to be quite busy though and I had to stand a few times, although not as often as I expected. Only once did I have a nightmare wait at the resort - 35 minutes for the MGM bus and then I gave up as the rain started.

The times to get to the parks were pretty good I thought. It actually seemed to take longest to get to DD which seemed odd. I think it was because those buses go in a reverse pattern, where they usually start at East Depot, then right round the resort, and then to FQ. This is opposite to the other buses. They also went via one of the water parks (either BB of TL I can't recall which) and that always slowed things down a lot.

The longest wait for buses was always at DD West Side, a few times I was there 25 minutes and then we were crammed in like sardines. I'd have got the boat back but I was at the wrong end of the strip and couldn't be bothered walking to the boat dock lol.

I would recommend the DD boat though when possible. Takes about 20 minutes and is very quiet and relaxing. Your boat captain will often give interesting little Disney trivia bits too.

 

[slimplaw]

You can catch a boat on the West Side of DTD that will take you across to the boat dock by Rainforest Cafe. I am not sure of the time of day this boat runs. It may only be in the evening.

 

[Miss Mickey Mania]

You can catch a boat on the West Side of DTD that will take you across to the boat dock by Rainforest Cafe. I am not sure of the time of day this boat runs. It may only be in the evening.

That's right. The West Side boat is right by Cirque de Soleil. It runs to Rainforest Cafe every 15 (or is it 30?) minutes after 4.30pm.