POR best location

[Kaz65]

Thinking now about booking 5 nights at POR. Reviews between POR and POFQ are similar, but most people suggest POR is much bigger (alhtough both appear to have 2048 rooms?). Can anyone recommend which buildings out of the 28 at POR to politely request - or are they all pretty central to the main thouroughfare?

 

[Neoshoegal]

we were in building 18 which was perfect: close to food court, main pool and quiet pool and parking lot. Any of the buildings in that area are pretty perfect (14, 15, 16, 18 and 27)
We sent a polite fax to the hotel, addressed to the room assignor (sp?) a few days before we arrived.

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Hi, we're just back from POFQ, I think it only has 1000 rooms. It's lovely!! Nice and compact and easy to get around! But Riverside looked good as well!

 

[chipndalefan]

We've stayed at both. POFQ is the smaller resort. It doesn't matter which building you stay in, they're all just a few mins from the busses/food court/pool etc.

POR is much larger. Its split into 2 sections, aligator bayou (which has a rustic theme) and magnolia bend (mansion style, think "gone with the wind")

At POR we stayed in Oak Manor, which was the first mansion style building after the pool.

POR has lots of landscaping and gardens which make it beautiful, though due to this it's much more spread out than the french quarter. Even though our building was close, it was about 5-10 mins walk to the front of the hotel.

If your going for 5 days i'd suggest POFQ. Its compact size will make it quicker for a short stay, without loosing the deep south charm.

You can always take a walk up the sassagoula river from POFQ to POR (around 20mins walk) if you fancy a look round. Its a nice relaxing walk on a night.

POFQ also had better entertainment in my oppinion. They had a jazz player in the bar which fitted in with the theme lovely. POR had a comedy piano player in the bar. It tended to get very noisy on a night there in the bar so you couldn't have a relaxing drink.

 

[Goofyish]

We have managed to get Building 14 in the Bayou section on both our stays at POR. It's the closest building to the foodcourt/lobby building and the main bus deepo

 

[Kaz65]

Thanks for all the responses - always good to hear from people who have been