Stayed at POR Nov 18-23rd. Didnt have a fridge the 18th or 19th but on the 20th one was there and cold when we got back from the parks. It was neat to get there with no decorations and one day they just magically appeared (like the fridge!). We booked a standard mansion room and got a corner room in Magnolia Terrace (8778) facing a courtyard, which we considered an upgrade. The white bed looked fine but will look even better with the runner if it looks anything like the pillow. We had no problems with the bands or the refillable cups (we were on the dining plan); in fact, we loved them both! My parents loved the coffee in the food court; I liked the hot chocolate and the multiple tea flavors. FYI, apparently there is a glitch in the system because on our Epcot day I noticed that the fastpass+ times that I had previously cancelled remained on there (which means that day we got multiple fastpass+ for multiple rides!). As for the buses, they were hit or miss. Sometimes the service was great (multiple buses at once) and other times we had to wait a while(30 minutes once but more like 10 minutes the other times). The MK and Epcot buses were often full but the DHS and Animal Kingdom buses werent. Maybe that was because it seemed that the buses went to POFQ
after POR for those two parks, whereas the POFQ ppl already seemed to be on the buses for MK and Epcot? Dunno. Also, something weird...we were at the bus stop between Oak Manor and Magnolia Terrace (east?) and it did not show Epcot in the list of buses that would come to the bus stop. I had to assure multiple ppl multiple times that an Epcot bus would definitely stop there. They did not believe me until the bus actually did, lol. As for the boats to DTD, those were great; definitely a plus. The grounds were very pretty also.
Other than the fact that it was too hot (85!) and rained a couple of days off and on, it was great.
The tree in the lobby:
The gazebo and lantern lane which faced the river (loved the pot of poinsettas):
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