POR Trip report

[momtolittlered]

Thank you for the report! Do the buses still share with POFQ?

Has anyone used the laundry facilities at POR? Just wondering...
Thanks!

They do, but there were many times coming back that we didn't stop at FQ

 

[momtolittlered]

Dumb question...did anyone drink the water from the faucets in the hotel room? I usually go to the store and buy a bunch of bottled water on vacations. But we won't have a car this time so I'm going to have to drink from the tap. Does it taste okay or is it gross?

Everyone keeps talking about the create your own salads and pasta thing. Anyone know where I can find out what all you can put on your pasta and salad there?

Are there plenty of ice machines nearby the rooms at POR?

I didn't drink the water and my husband thought I was crazy He drank it all the time.
You might find the topping if you look under "menu" but the Pasta had a choice of pastas, sauce(marinara, alfredo, another but not sure), meat( chicken or shrimp), toppings, peppers, onions, broccoli, mushrooms, and more

Salads, choice of romaine and mixed lettuce, dressings, chicken, croutons, pancetta, mushrooms, seeds, and much more. I hope this helps a little. I really enjoyed it
Oh yah ice machines down the halls.

 

[momtolittlered]

My husband & I are planning a trip for Nov. of 2008. The 9th - 21st. We will be staying at POR. Can you please tell me if the hotel was decorated for Christmas yet? Do they have MVMCP yet? Is MK decorated yet? EPCOT decorated? Other resorts decorated? Or we were also thinking of going last 2 weeks of October. If we are going to miss holiday decorations in Nov. we might rethink about going in Oct. instead. Is weather better in Oct.? How about crowds? Not sure what to do Thank you for any input I can be given

The resort and parks were decorated. I believe by Nov. 3rd we started seeing christmas decorations. The parks and resorts were decorated for fall and Halloween the end of Oct. and until the 2nd of Nov. We had great weather the beginning of Nov. even thought they say we had a cold front come in. I think if was low 80's in the day and cool at night. I normally a little warmer in Oct.

 

[maryanna&dave]

We loved POR, what a Beautiful Resort.


I agree, POR is a beautiful resort!



Really loved the FC with the Create your own Pasta.
Now, once a Week I recreate the Make your Own Pasta
at home, using the same ingredents and my DS (11 yrs.)
calls it "Port Orleans Pasta".

That's too cute!

 

[byoung]

Thanks for reporting!

 

[jwwi]

Just wondering what the weather was like? We are going in 1 month, I'm wondering what to pack.
Also, did you take a bus to EPCOT in the morning? My hubby is a late riser and I'm an early riser, and I want to ride Soarin while he's still in bed, since he won't (or SAYS he won't ride it. So I'm wondering about taking the bus by myself one morning for EMH, and I wondered if it's a hassle or not.
Thanks!

Just wanted to comment on your Soarin question. We went to Epcot twice in the morning. Once on Nov 11 and again on the 13th. Both days we went directly to Soarin, picked up a FP then waited in the standby line. The first day we road the land boat ride and had a quick breakfast before using our FP. The second day was much less crowded, a Tuesday, so we had a very short
wait before using our FP. This worked great for us, we rode the ride 4 times this trip and had very little running around. We do not feel the need to see/do everything on each trip.

We had days in 70-low 80's, sunny and perfect. Nights were 50-60, we needed a sweatshirt or sweater at night. Not sure about your weather, but you will love POR.

Our recent 5 night stay was wonderful. We were in bldg 28, quiet and lovely. We were close to a quiet pool, and a short walk to West bus stop. We requested AB, connecting rooms but no connecting rooms were available at 8pm. We stayed the first night in 2 second floor non connecting rooms, so we had bell services pick up our luggage in the am. When we returned at 6pm we checked into first floor rooms in the same bldg. Bell services delivered our luggage, we unpacked, then back to the park. We were so happy we did this. Four adult- sister/sister in law trip. So it was nice to socialize and relax with our cocktails in our rooms after our commando park days.

We had great bus service, really no issues at all. We did take the boat to DTD twice, what a great way to travel. We also watched Bob perform one night, the crowd really got into his show. I called one morning for PS at Boatrights for the same day, had no trouble getting a PS within 40 minutes of my call. We were seated ahead of many waiting families, always call to get PS if you can, it really helps! The sweet potato pancakes are so good. We spend so much time in the parks so I never ate at the food court.

We also received towel animals from Mousekeeping twice during our trip, I guess it helped to have Disney window clings on our windows, and our Mickey in turkey costume probably helped too. All of the CM's at POR were so great. I will definately be back to stay again..............