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

[teeki]

I will be taking a last minute trip to WDW next month and I am trying to decide on what room requests would be best. I have read through most of the posts here and it has been very helpful, thank you!

I have decided on a Royal room as I have 4yr and 18mo old daughters. I am trying to decide if the garden view is worth the upgrade and what requests to make (corner, top or ground level, which building, etc). My goals are to be as close to the main areas and bus as possible due to a chronic health condition. Also, I read that construction will be starting in January and we will be there 17th to the 24th.

I really appreciate any advice you can give. This is our first trip as a family and I haven't been to WDW in 20 years. It is overwhelming trying to make sure I have all the details figured out in such a short time. Thank goodness for wonderful resources such as this!

 

[Venomhatch]

I will be taking a last minute trip to WDW next month and I am trying to decide on what room requests would be best. I have read through most of the posts here and it has been very helpful, thank you!

I have decided on a Royal room as I have 4yr and 18mo old daughters. I am trying to decide if the garden view is worth the upgrade and what requests to make (corner, top or ground level, which building, etc). My goals are to be as close to the main areas and bus as possible due to a chronic health condition. Also, I read that construction will be starting in January and we will be there 17th to the 24th.

I really appreciate any advice you can give. This is our first trip as a family and I haven't been to WDW in 20 years. It is overwhelming trying to make sure I have all the details figured out in such a short time. Thank goodness for wonderful resources such as this!

I'll pm you in the morning and see what we can do.

 

[teeki]

I'll pm you in the morning and see what we can do.

Thank you so much!

 

[princess@heart]

Venomhatch... I just saw that you are from NN, VA!! I'm in Norfolk right on the Chesapeake Bay!

 

[Venomhatch]

Venomhatch... I just saw that you are from NN, VA!! I'm in Norfolk right on the Chesapeake Bay!

Yeah My Parents live in Chesapeake near the NC line. Nice state but I had my fill of VA.

 

[Sue M]

I will be taking a last minute trip to WDW next month and I am trying to decide on what room requests would be best. I have read through most of the posts here and it has been very helpful, thank you!

I have decided on a Royal room as I have 4yr and 18mo old daughters. I am trying to decide if the garden view is worth the upgrade and what requests to make (corner, top or ground level, which building, etc). My goals are to be as close to the main areas and bus as possible due to a chronic health condition. Also, I read that construction will be starting in January and we will be there 17th to the 24th.

I really appreciate any advice you can give. This is our first trip as a family and I haven't been to WDW in 20 years. It is overwhelming trying to make sure I have all the details figured out in such a short time. Thank goodness for wonderful resources such as this!

I would as for a location close to a bridge to main areas and state why. The more the room assignors know why you need a certain location the better chance you'll have of getting it, esp if it's a medical issue.
I've found the room assignors at POR try hard to give you your requests.

And with young ones in strollers, ground floor would prob be easiest for you. The mansions only have 1 elevator, and location may be far from your room.

 

[teeki]

I would as for a location close to a bridge to main areas and state why. The more the room assignors know why you need a certain location the better chance you'll have of getting it, esp if it's a medical issue.
I've found the room assignors at POR try hard to give you your requests.

And with young ones in strollers, ground floor would prob be easiest for you. The mansions only have 1 elevator, and location may be far from your room.

That's what I was wondering, also...it may be better to be closer on the ground floor with a stroller than have to walk further to the elevator and an upper level room. There are standard and garden Royal Rooms available right now and I think I'm going with the garden for a better chance of getting closer.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Sue M]

That's what I was wondering, also...it may be better to be closer on the ground floor with a stroller than have to walk further to the elevator and an upper level room. There are standard and garden Royal Rooms available right now and I think I'm going with the garden for a better chance of getting closer.

Thanks for the help!

I always book a garden view, because most standard views are at the back. But, you'd be closer to bus stop in the back. I just don't like facing the parking lot.
We prefer using the bus stop behind Magnolia Terrace. It's quieter and less chaotic then main depot.

 

[Venomhatch]

Good morning POR fans! I hope no feels like I do waking up this morning. Downed the biggest redbull I could find last night to wrap presents then went to bed and woke up not feeling rested lol. I wonder why! Hope everyone has a Magical Day and safe Holidays!!!

 

[Canooknic]

Hope you feel better soon! I would love a Redbull right now after a night with 2 coughing 5 year olds!!!

 

[Venomhatch]

Hope you feel better soon! I would love a Redbull right now after a night with 2 coughing 5 year olds!!!

Thanks. I can operate with a few hours of sleep, lol. Well I do hope everyone is feeling well before Feb!!!

 

[Sue M]

Good morning POR fans! I hope no feels like I do waking up this morning. Downed the biggest redbull I could find last night to wrap presents then went to bed and woke up not feeling rested lol. I wonder why! Hope everyone has a Magical Day and safe Holidays!!!

Hope your day gets better! That's what I have to do today, wrap!

 

[jcyoung]

I am officially UNDER 300 days!!! In 299 more days, we will be at POR for our first time at the resort!

Just thought I'd pop on here and share my excitement!

 

[Gorechick]

I will be taking a last minute trip to WDW next month and I am trying to decide on what room requests would be best. I have read through most of the posts here and it has been very helpful, thank you!

I have decided on a Royal room as I have 4yr and 18mo old daughters. I am trying to decide if the garden view is worth the upgrade and what requests to make (corner, top or ground level, which building, etc). My goals are to be as close to the main areas and bus as possible due to a chronic health condition. Also, I read that construction will be starting in January and we will be there 17th to the 24th.

I really appreciate any advice you can give. This is our first trip as a family and I haven't been to WDW in 20 years. It is overwhelming trying to make sure I have all the details figured out in such a short time. Thank goodness for wonderful resources such as this!

If you request a room in the center of either RR building it's convenient to the elevator and a lovely walk past the fountains and through the courtyards to the bridge to main buildings and south depot.

 

[alan_renfroe]

I am officially UNDER 300 days!!! In 299 more days, we will be at POR for our first time at the resort!

Just thought I'd pop on here and share my excitement!

Woohooo! I love celebrating milestones! We will be at POR for the first time in 159 days....so our milestone today is that we are now double digits (99) until we can make our FP+ selections!

 

[Mama Steph]

56 days til we arrive at POR! The kids find out tomorrow and I can't wait for them to start planning with me!

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[Sue M]

36 days

 

[hippsmom]

Just back from our first stay at POR and we loved it. This place is truly beautiful and the staff helpful and friendly. It was so nice to come back to the serenity of POR after a busy day at the parks. Food court was so much better than expected, tasty make your own pasta! Buses service while not perfect was pretty good too.

While I had booked a RR std view to get free dining I was hoping to be not horribly far from the main lobby due to dd golfing. So thanks to this thread I sent a fax request for ground floor, close to lobby and explained why. Well, I could kiss whoever assigned us our room. We were given a corner room, 9529, which when I looked at Andre's map was a upgrade to river view. The room location could not have been better for us and made our trip truly magical!!

I cannot say enough about our stay here. It would make it very hard to stay anywhere else!

 

[Evangeline76]

Just back from our first stay at POR and we loved it. This place is truly beautiful and the staff helpful and friendly. It was so nice to come back to the serenity of POR after a busy day at the parks. Food court was so much better than expected, tasty make your own pasta! Buses service while not perfect was pretty good too.

While I had booked a RR std view to get free dining I was hoping to be not horribly far from the main lobby due to dd golfing. So thanks to this thread I sent a fax request for ground floor, close to lobby and explained why. Well, I could kiss whoever assigned us our room. We were given a corner room, 9529, which when I looked at Andre's map was a upgrade to river view. The room location could not have been better for us and made our trip truly magical!!

I cannot say enough about our stay here. It would make it very hard to stay anywhere else!

Thanks so much for the great review and glad you had such an excellent trip!!! We leave in 14 days for our first stay at POR...yay!!! I get so excited hearing about everybody's trips. Happy Christmas!

 

[alan_renfroe]

Just back from our first stay at POR and we loved it. This place is truly beautiful and the staff helpful and friendly. It was so nice to come back to the serenity of POR after a busy day at the parks. Food court was so much better than expected, tasty make your own pasta! Buses service while not perfect was pretty good too.

While I had booked a RR std view to get free dining I was hoping to be not horribly far from the main lobby due to dd golfing. So thanks to this thread I sent a fax request for ground floor, close to lobby and explained why. Well, I could kiss whoever assigned us our room. We were given a corner room, 9529, which when I looked at Andre's map was a upgrade to river view. The room location could not have been better for us and made our trip truly magical!!

I cannot say enough about our stay here. It would make it very hard to stay anywhere else!

Awesome review! Now you've really got me excited!