Polynesian or Port Orleans

[disneyrulez]

Which resort would be better to stay at, Polynesian or Port Orleans? In the matter of Restaurants in the resort and price. I know that Ohana is awesome, but never ate at Port Orleans.

 

[I Love Thumper]

Poly poly poly all the way!

 

[ave&audsmom]

POLY, POLY, POLY!!! I've never even stayed at the Poly, though it is on my places to stay one day, but I have stayed at POR & well, POLY, POLY, POLY!!!!

 

[disneyrulez]

Thanks. I have eaten there and all the decorations were awesome. Do you have any other places that you like to stay at?

 

[disneymurtagh]

POLY

PO has Boatrights and the Mill in RS and just cafe in FQ and neither hold a candle to Poly

 

[KatMark]

Definitely the Poly. Boatwright's at POR was awful.

 

[Hootch]

had a good breakfast which was inexplicably ended in February. (We have now chosen POFQ as our home resort.) If you're going solely by restaurants, then it's the Poly hands down. Ohana is favored by many and I really like Kona. Besides the Grand Floridian and the Contemporary are easier to get to than any of the DTD restaurants from POR.

The resort only locateions are better and the accessible restaurants are btter at the Poly - if restaurants are your main decision point.

 

[disneygirlinnj]

poly! kona is fabulous too

 

[vettegirl]

The Poly for sure, the ambiance is so nice and the food fantastic!

 

[BYC]

Can you explain why this is?

"Besides the Grand Floridian and the Contemporary are easier to get to than any of the DTD restaurants from POR."

I thought one of the advantages of POR was the ease of getting to DTD? How is it easier to get to the Grand Floridian and Contemporary?

Thanks!

 

[mickey2minnie1]

Poly! Even Captain Cooks is great! You can get tonga toast there as well. The Poly gives you easy access to the GF and CR were other fab restaurants are!

 

[Lynn5700]

Poly!! Love it there, and the food is amazing.

hey nothing beats being woken up by Tonga Toast room service in the morning!! YUM

 

[habg1]

If this is based on the dining only, then, yes the Poly.

But, we liked Port Orleans as well. We would stay there over the Poly anytime. Great food court. Boatwright's was good, but up against Kona & O'hana, well, you get it...

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

I would go with the Polynesian because in terms of restaurants you have Ohana and Kona Cafe, plus you have Captin Cook's which is a good counter service location. Also you will have the Resort Monorail with access to the Grand Floridian and Contemporary if you want to eat at any of their dining locations.

 

[cranleys]

You get what you pay for...
-better ambiance and decor
-better restaurants
-access to monorail
-within walking distance to MK
-sitting on the beach watching wishes...
The list is endless. If you can afford it, POLY all the way

 

[catne]

we liked both...Poly's considerably more expensive, of course so if money is no problem I'd say go with the Poly for convenience factor.

Other than being able to get Dole Whip & Tonga toast, we thought Poly's counter service was very so-so. We like the counter service food at Port Orleans French Quarter much better. However, Kona Cafe is one of our favorites...we have never done 'Ohana -- no little ones & the menu/entertainment just don't appeal to us.

Both resorts have awesome decor & landscaping...we had good maid service at both, helpful desk people too.

Convenience -- POFQ is just a very nice & relaxing boat ride away from Downtown Disney -- much faster than taking a DTD bus from any resort (and way more relaxing.) So you have easy access to all the DTD restaurants (but if you're on the dining plan, most of the DTD restaurants are not on the dining plans.)

Convenience -- POLY is on the monorail, so easy to hop to Grand Flor & Contemporary for their restaurants (also good) and can take the monorail to Magic Kingdom - or - you can walk from the Poly to the TTC to catch the MK ferry, or get the Epcot monorail. So that's very convenient for both MK & Epcot.

 

[Mommytwotwins]

We just stayed at POR in June and we realy liked it. Food court had lots to choose and it was pretty good...then we went over to the poly to eat at Ohanas. I fell in love with the Poly!!!! It was so beautiful and even though POR was realy great the poly put it to shame imo. Plus the rest. are yummy! It's a pretty big price difference for me but I realy want to stay at the poly next time round.

 

[suz_cute]

I too, vote Poly! It is considerably more expensive than a stay at POR, but the differences in location, quality, restaurants, its vastly different!! If money was no object in our trips, we would always stay at the Poly! More often than not, we end up staying at a moderate. Next trip with the baby will be a monorail resort!!

 

[tatooed goofy]

If you stay for the food, POLY.
However, we stayed at both and French Quarter is our Fav and we keep going back. Never had a bad room, quiet, and buses are fast and close.
We love it.
We liked the Poly but our room was far from everything. Depends on what you want. IMO...it depends on what you are looking for out of a resort really.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Poly hands down!

Location, location, location.