POFQ photos from Spring Break

[SqueakyMouse]

I don't believe I've ever posted these photos of POFQ from our spring break trip. Recently, I've noticed a lot of mixed reviews for both POFQ and POR. Our stay at POFQ couldn't have been any nicer. The room was very clean, check-in was great, housekeeping was excellent, foodcourt was spotless, food very good, lifeguards friendly, etc. My only complaint was with transportation -- both buses and boats. Buses for the parks originated at POFQ, so we almost always were guaranteed of getting on a bus. However, we were packed-in like sardines. Returning from the parks, there were extremely long lines and waits -- the only resort I noticed experiencing this. (I noted this again during our just completed 9-day stay at POR.) Boats to DTD originated at POR, so we had to wait for a couple of boats to pass us by before one wasn't completely full. There were long lines for the boat back, so we ended up taking a bus. It was still crowded, but the wait wasn't as long.

As I've posted about our stay at POR last week, we had a wonderful time. This resort was blissfully quiet (after a one night stay at a tour group packed Sports). We loved having the trundle bed for our younger ds. The kids absolutely LOVED the AB theming. However, POR did not seem as nice as POFQ. We found the food court to be dirty, food so-so, CM not particularly friendly, life guards truly unfriendly (You should have heard some of the nicknames other guests had made-up for the life guards!!! Definitely not Disney-friendly!) Room had some serious dust under the bed and small amount of mildew and soap scum in the shower area. Carpet was VERY worn. Walls had lots of marks on them. Grounds were NOT kept as nicely. I know things are supposed to be more wild and overgrown in the AB section, but I don't think the empty plastic soda bottle was supposed to stay in the little pond next to our building for the duration of our stay!

I will be the first to admit that the timing of our trip had a LOT to do with my perception of the two resorts. In spring, the weather was sunny and pleasant every day. The flowers were blooming, and we left behind gray winter weather at home. During our July stay at POR, the weather was hot and extremely humid. The parks were crowded with tour groups; and guests, in general, seemed more agressive and rude.

We will return to both POR and POFQ in the future. The negatives that I mentioned could be experienced anywhere. There were far more positives than not!

 

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Now for the pictures...

We love building #3. It's very close to Port Orleans Square and just a short walk to the playground and pool.

Here is the view of the street from our room.

And another view from our room.

 

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We were just around the courner from the Jackson Square gift shop.

 

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The kids loved the theming of the pool area.

 

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This is not a great picture, but I think you can see how neat and clean the food court was during our stay.

Boat landing

 

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Port Orleans Square

 

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The grounds were lovely.

We saw groundskeepers out and about every day.

 

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Sassagoula River early in the morning...

Map of resort...

 

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Our room...

 

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bedspread...

Hidden Mickeys...

It's tough to make out the Hidden Mickey in the carpet, but you CAN see that our carpet was nice and fresh.

 

[mandysmom]

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.
I'm very excited about our first stay at POFQ this August!

 

[Marilyn Mc]

The "Sink Snob" thread convinced me that there is not enough counter space at PO. Otherwise, it looks like a beautiful place.

 

[skipperkim]

Great pics! I never noticed the hidden Mickey in the carpet.

As far as counter space, just how much does one need? There's also another mirror over the dresser. Speaking as a girlie girl, I've always found it more than adequate and never had to use the space on the dresser for my personal care items, makeup and curling iron.

 

[Harvest02]

Loved your pictures!!! They were great! We are booked at POR in October, so we will have to see how we like it. We will definitely stroll over to POFQ for the beignets though, so we will check out the grounds there too! Thanks for posting!!!

 

[Emwit27]

Thank you for posting these. I've never stayed at POFQ before, but we are staying there for our DFTW/Disneymoon. Now I cannot wait! The resort looks beautiful!

 

[PixarFanatic]

Great photographs! I'm staying at POFQ for the second week of August and it's always good to see some of the sights ahead of time.

Any chance you took some photographs of the path that winds around the river? I was planning on going for some early-morning jogs and was curious as to how it looked.

Thanks!

 

[DisneyFreaks]

Wonderful pictures SqueakyMouse! Thank you so much for sharing them. We'll be staying two nights at POFQ in october and I am so excited. It's the one moderate that we have never stayed at. Something always came up everytime we booked a trip there. Hopefully all will go as planned and we will finally get to share in the beauty of this awesome resort. Your photos really have me anxious for the next three months to go quickly.

 

[TinkrBeth]

Thank you so much for posting them!