PrincessKyleigh
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2005
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- 70
We just got home from our first stay at POR and had a wonderful time.
First off, I want to thank everyone for all the information on this site and Andre for your wealth of information. I felt like I knew the resort before I even got there.
I had booked RGR - garden view and sent in a fax requesting upper floor and close to the foot bridge leading to the main building. Our requests were granted and we were in 9268 (Oak Manor) and had a pretty view of the river. If we walked outside of our room, we could look down and see the movie that was played nightly. It took us less than 5 minutes to walk to the South depot, and about the same amount of time to get to the east depot.
Our beds did not have the bed scarfs on them, but I did notice a few of the rooms around us did have them. Our mousekeepers were great. They always left extra towels and Mickey soaps and shampoo. We got towel animals three days, and the girls were so excited to come back to the room and find them.
We landed around 4:50 and got to the hotel a little after 6. The ME bus went to Saratoga Springs, French Quarter, and then POR. On the way to the airport, we were the first stop, then FQ, and then Saratoga Springs.
We checked in and were in the room by 6:15. We went out until about 9:30 and when we returned our bags hadn't arrived in our room yet. I tried to wait up for them, but ended up falling asleep around 11. I woke up at 1:10 and called bell services to see if our bags had arrived at the resort because I was nervous that they never made it. They were there and someone brought them right up. I never did ask how long they had been there because I was too tired. I figured maybe they just thought it was too late and were going to bring them in the morning.
I thought the bus service was great. I'm not sure if we just got lucky, or Disney was prepard for the holiday crowds. We were at the bus stop between 7 and 7:30 everyday as we like to do rope drop and pre park opening breakfasts. We came back for a mid-day break and usually went back between 4-5. We usually only had to wait 5-10 minutes for a bus both at POR and at the parks. Even if we had just missed a bus, another one seemed to come soon after. The longest we waited was 18 minutes for a bus to HS. There weren't many people on the bus that early so we always got a seat. A few times coming back at night we had to stand - but that was after Illuminations and the parade at MK so I expected that. If my 5 year old didn't get a seat, someone always gave up their seat so she could sit down. People were very friendly on the bus.
The MK bus always went to the west depot first and then around to the south depot last. All other buses stopped at south depot first. The only time any of our buses went to French Quarter .
The food court was good. My girls loved the pasta and my dh enjoyed the pizza. We were only there during peak breakfast time once, and there were tables available.
As has been mentioned, the resort is beautiful and very peaceful. We tried to do as many things as we could at the resort, but didn't have enough time. We went swimming on Saturday and the girls had a great time on the slide. We loved just sitting on the benches and watching the boats go by - so relaxing and peaceful. We also walked to FQ to try the beignets and I was surprised by how short the walk was.
I really wanted to see Yee-Haw Bob perform, but it didn't work out. The one night we were up in the main building, I saw him in the River Roost but he must have been taking a break. The other nights we weren't out late, he wasn't performing. Oh well, another reason to go back.
Now I have to figure out how long I have to wait to ask dh when we can go back.
First off, I want to thank everyone for all the information on this site and Andre for your wealth of information. I felt like I knew the resort before I even got there.
I had booked RGR - garden view and sent in a fax requesting upper floor and close to the foot bridge leading to the main building. Our requests were granted and we were in 9268 (Oak Manor) and had a pretty view of the river. If we walked outside of our room, we could look down and see the movie that was played nightly. It took us less than 5 minutes to walk to the South depot, and about the same amount of time to get to the east depot.
Our beds did not have the bed scarfs on them, but I did notice a few of the rooms around us did have them. Our mousekeepers were great. They always left extra towels and Mickey soaps and shampoo. We got towel animals three days, and the girls were so excited to come back to the room and find them.
We landed around 4:50 and got to the hotel a little after 6. The ME bus went to Saratoga Springs, French Quarter, and then POR. On the way to the airport, we were the first stop, then FQ, and then Saratoga Springs.
We checked in and were in the room by 6:15. We went out until about 9:30 and when we returned our bags hadn't arrived in our room yet. I tried to wait up for them, but ended up falling asleep around 11. I woke up at 1:10 and called bell services to see if our bags had arrived at the resort because I was nervous that they never made it. They were there and someone brought them right up. I never did ask how long they had been there because I was too tired. I figured maybe they just thought it was too late and were going to bring them in the morning.
I thought the bus service was great. I'm not sure if we just got lucky, or Disney was prepard for the holiday crowds. We were at the bus stop between 7 and 7:30 everyday as we like to do rope drop and pre park opening breakfasts. We came back for a mid-day break and usually went back between 4-5. We usually only had to wait 5-10 minutes for a bus both at POR and at the parks. Even if we had just missed a bus, another one seemed to come soon after. The longest we waited was 18 minutes for a bus to HS. There weren't many people on the bus that early so we always got a seat. A few times coming back at night we had to stand - but that was after Illuminations and the parade at MK so I expected that. If my 5 year old didn't get a seat, someone always gave up their seat so she could sit down. People were very friendly on the bus.
The MK bus always went to the west depot first and then around to the south depot last. All other buses stopped at south depot first. The only time any of our buses went to French Quarter .
The food court was good. My girls loved the pasta and my dh enjoyed the pizza. We were only there during peak breakfast time once, and there were tables available.
As has been mentioned, the resort is beautiful and very peaceful. We tried to do as many things as we could at the resort, but didn't have enough time. We went swimming on Saturday and the girls had a great time on the slide. We loved just sitting on the benches and watching the boats go by - so relaxing and peaceful. We also walked to FQ to try the beignets and I was surprised by how short the walk was.
I really wanted to see Yee-Haw Bob perform, but it didn't work out. The one night we were up in the main building, I saw him in the River Roost but he must have been taking a break. The other nights we weren't out late, he wasn't performing. Oh well, another reason to go back.
Now I have to figure out how long I have to wait to ask dh when we can go back.
