Port Orleans Riverside Q&A Thread 2013, Part Three (NOW CLOSED, see 2014 thread)

[jimmiej]

Just booked a surprise trip for my wife's birthday. Shhh! Don't tell!

2nd stay at POR. 2 adults, no kids. King room-standard view. Feb. 7-10, 2014.

Yippee!!!

 

[tazmanrmv]

Good Day to all of you POR fans! Hope you have a very magical day!

Oh Andre, I think tat direct to room idea would be bad for the fact I have heard of many guests getting sent to a room and there is already someone in that room checked in!?!?!? Also Storage behind the wall for the MBs isn't big enough for all of them so that isnt the best either. So in my opinion I believe they are in the right course the way they are sending them. I don't foresee too many forgetting their "Keys to the World" Magic Bands!!!

Playing devils advocate, what happens if someone forgets to bring the bands with them on their trip?

 

[Yellowstonetim]

Playing devils advocate, what happens if someone forgets to bring the bands with them on their trip?

They would issue cards or magic bands. If I understand correctly, the bands are very easy to attach to an account so you would probably be able to get a set of uncustomized bands. For a small fee of course.

 

[Venomhatch]

Playing devils advocate, what happens if someone forgets to bring the bands with them on their trip?

They would issue cards or magic bands. If I understand correctly, the bands are very easy to attach to an account so you would probably be able to get a set of uncustomized bands. For a small fee of course.

Yeah I haven't seen this happen yet, but I could imagine they would get KTTW Cards with RFID chips instead.

 

[AmyKat]

According to Josh, KTTW cards are being phased out at the end of this month so they would most likely get an uncustomized MB.

 

[andrewilley]

No Royal Preferred sorry. You best ones of those are River View. They can have the best view and quick access usually to main building, main bus depot and food court.

I think the very best guarantee of a nicely located Royal Room would be a Pool View one, which are all close to the footbridge and also to the East Depot. Many of River View rooms are great too, but some can be quite a walk away so it's a bit more of a risk.

Andre

 

[Venomhatch]

According to Josh, KTTW cards are being phased out at the end of this month so they would most likely get an uncustomized MB.

We still have plenty of Blank KTTW cards. They haven't said anything about phasing them out here.

 

[delilah18]

Getting nervous and excited packing up the van
Leaving at 230 in the morning and will spend the night in Atlanta
Then will be in Orlando hopefully sometime Friday afternoon


Does anyone else get the mixed feeling of bring nervous and excited?
Or am I just crazy lol

 

[AmyKat]

The mouse for less is reporting the same thing - both with the specific date of October 27.

http://www.themouseforless.com/tripplanning/wdwparks/MyMagicInfo.shtml

You are obviously much closer to the source than I am, though.

 

[sunset7132]

Getting nervous and excited packing up the van
Leaving at 230 in the morning and will spend the night in Atlanta
Then will be in Orlando hopefully sometime Friday afternoon


Does anyone else get the mixed feeling of bring nervous and excited?
Or am I just crazy lol

Every single time we go i feel like that the day before, until we actually land and then it all goes away. Have a great vacation

 

[Venomhatch]

The mouse for less is reporting the same thing - both with the specific date of October 27.

http://www.themouseforless.com/tripplanning/wdwparks/MyMagicInfo.shtml

You are obviously much closer to the source than I am, though.

Yeah I just asked my supervisor and they hadn't heard anything either.

 

[SLPCheryl]

Ok question... I've read all there seems to be on the room selection issue but still have questions. Our family has been used to the smallness of POFQ but we want to try out POR since it is our last mod to try. If we were wanting the closest to the main bldg and closest to the bus stop-that would mean the AB section in 14 and 15 right? It is myself, DH and DD8. We thought we wanted RRooms but now I'm not so sure. We loved being so close to the main bldg at FQ but we did have a small walk to the bus.
My DH doesn't like to spend more money with a view but we really wanted the Royal Room as we've never experienced it before. So he was wanting to do RRoom standard view. Should I try for RRoom pool view/river view due to proximity or try for preferred? I'm not a real big fan of the look of the AB rooms but I could be if it meant to be closer.

If we only got RRoom standard view, would we be disappointed with the walk time to the main bldg? Thanks so much!

 

[Gorechick]

Ok question... I've read all there seems to be on the room selection issue but still have questions. Our family has been used to the smallness of POFQ but we want to try out POR since it is our last mod to try. If we were wanting the closest to the main bldg and closest to the bus stop-that would mean the AB section in 14 and 15 right? It is myself, DH and DD8. We thought we wanted RRooms but now I'm not so sure. We loved being so close to the main bldg at FQ but we did have a small walk to the bus.
My DH doesn't like to spend more money with a view but we really wanted the Royal Room as we've never experienced it before. So he was wanting to do RRoom standard view. Should I try for RRoom pool view/river view due to proximity or try for preferred? I'm not a real big fan of the look of the AB rooms but I could be if it meant to be closer.

If we only got RRoom standard view, would we be disappointed with the walk time to the main bldg? Thanks so much!

We stayed in Parterre Place in the center of the building in 2012. We loved the location and did not feel that the walk was too far to the main building. Standard view will put you on the parking lot side, but if you can request center of either RR building that will give you closer access to the central walkway.

 

[Peaseblossom]

Just booked a surprise trip for my wife's birthday. Shhh! Don't tell! 2nd stay at POR. 2 adults, no kids. King room-standard view. Feb. 7-10, 2014. Yippee!!!

Cool!

So it's your 2nd stay - were you Mansion or AB the first time and what are you hoping for this time? The rooms in the mansion look prettier IMO, but the landscaping in AB looks so beautiful, very lush and overgrown. We just requested close to the fishing hole, as we'll be doing as much fishing as we can afford at Disney prices!

 

[ILoveMMouse]

Hello everyone!

Pixie dust to all

Due to medication I'm on, my immune system is extremely low Reading through the threads, I saw mention of a VIP cleaning Can someone please share details of what takes place during a VIP cleaning?

Thanks much,
Joy

We've had a VIP cleaning done for our rooms before. It is essentially a deep clean for the room. The rugs are shampooed, they replace the air vent filters and do not use harsh chemicals.

 

[BebopBaloo]

It would seem odd to completely get rid of the KTTW cards when supposedly opting out of the magic bands was going to be an option. Hopefully, they aren't really going away, or will at least be given to those that really do not want a band.

 

[jrj]

We've had a VIP cleaning done for our rooms before. It is essentially a deep clean for the room. The rugs are shampooed, they replace the air vent filters and do not use harsh chemicals.

Hi ILoveMMouse

Thanks so much for responding... This is exactly what we needed to know...

Have a great evening!

 

[Venomhatch]

Hope everyone is having a great night!

 

[jrj]

Hope everyone is having a great night!

Thanks much... Hope you are having a great night as well...

 

[bombon]

I think the very best guarantee of a nicely located Royal Room would be a Pool View one, which are all close to the footbridge and also to the East Depot. Many of River View rooms are great too, but some can be quite a walk away so it's a bit more of a risk. Andre

I was just playing around the new touring plan's page to see the rooms in each building and I see they have royal rooms listed in building 14. Is this a mistake or could they possibly be adding some royal rooms in these buildings? We stayed in building 15 during our Sept trip and were thinking about requesting building 14 for our next trip. I loved our room how it was but a royal room would be nice too