Port Orleans Riverside Q&A Thread 2013, Part Two [Thread now FULL and closed]

[nannye]

Fellow Canadian here--well I did an online check-in At least I think I did lol
Click on My reservations and then "view details" then Under Accommodations click on "check in Online" you can link your credit card etc. However from what I read here "room requests" is different and looks like it really didn't get you any options. You can take a loon anyways

Yes you can do tat but it doesn't give you any room options like it does for us. I really don't understand why there can't just be one site for everyone. It's not like prices are given in Chen currency or anything.

 

[zabache]

I need some mail sent to me while at POR. Can I receive mail there? How should it be addressed? We're checking in Thursday and were leaving tomorrow to Florida. We're so excited.

 

[andrewilley]

I need some mail sent to me while at POR. Can I receive mail there?

Yes, see www.portorleans.org/services.php#Mail

Andre

 

[zabache]

Yes, see www.portorleans.org/services.php#Mail

Andre

Awesome! Will they accept overnight or priority mail as well?

 

[andrewilley]

Awesome! Will they accept overnight or priority mail as well?

I assume so, but postal mail (as opposed to courier deliveries) goes to a central PO Box so not sure how that works in terms of priority mail?

Andre

 

[andrewilley]

The August 2013 Recreation Activities and Movie Schedules for Port Orleans Riverside are now available. See the main Recreation Activities Schedule page for full-size PDF version, or click on the image below.

The outdoor movies will start at 9pm and the daily campfires commence at 7pm this month.

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Andre

 

[ekendall2]

Just booked Riverside for June 2014. SO PUMPED!!!!

 

[rosie49ers80]

Thank you so much! We have been eagerly anticipating this! We check in 2 weeks from today!

 

[merentha]

Long time lurker, first time poster. We are heading down to POR the September [19-27]. IT's our first time at WDW, the wife and I grew up in Orange County, CA and have been to Disneyland over 100x. Looking forward to our first trip to the world! Im just a little obsessed with Disney and listen to all the podcasts.

We booked a Garden view room, was wondering is anyone had any recommendation for room requests. We would like something ground floor, in a mansion building, and close to pool.

Ive been to portorleans.org and just cant decide!

 

[siskaren]

We booked a Garden view room, was wondering is anyone had any recommendation for room requests. We would like something ground floor, in a mansion building, and close to pool.

I would just say that. It's much better to make your requests general rather than trying to request a specific room number.

 

[zabache]

The August 2013 Recreation Activities and Movie Schedules for Port Orleans Riverside are now available. See the main Recreation Activities Schedule page for full-size PDF version, or click on the image below.

The outdoor movies will start at 9pm and the daily campfires commence at 7pm this month.

http://www.portorleans.org/images/recreation/POR-Rec-2013-08.pdf

Andre

Thanks for the link

Super excited. We leave for Florida in the morning.

 

[andrewilley]

Super excited. We leave for Florida in the morning.

Me too. Online checkin for the airline opens in 50 minutes! (I doubt I'll be able to get our boarding cards today though due to US travel rules - I get them for internal US flights, but not for the transatlantic flights)

Andre

 

[bdink921]

We still have 2 weeks to wait. We are so excited to be staying at POR!! Have a great trip

 

[merdie]

We just booked for February and are staying at POR for our first on-site stay.....I'm so excited!!

 

[DisneyFive]

For those who have arrived to find no refrigerator, or it unplugged...

Were you given any kind of notice prior to your arrival that you wouldn't have a refrigerator available in your room?

Dan

 

[kandb]

We are arriving at POR on 9/1, we are super excited. Can anyone tell me if they sell boxes of donuts in the gift shop? I am wondering if we should just purchase a few breakfast items (we always have an early lunch) and just need to put something in our stomachs in the am. Do they also have 1/2 gal. of milk in the gift shop? Thanks for any help.

 

[stef12280]

So excited 60 days till we are in Disney staying for our first time at POR with my 2 kids and other family members. Looking forward to staying at this resort

 

[Cinderumbrella]

We are arriving at POR on 9/1, we are super excited. Can anyone tell me if they sell boxes of donuts in the gift shop? I am wondering if we should just purchase a few breakfast items (we always have an early lunch) and just need to put something in our stomachs in the am. Do they also have 1/2 gal. of milk in the gift shop? Thanks for any help.

Yes, they sell boxes of doughnuts in the gift shop. I can't help with the milk sizes though.

 

[bookgirl]

We are arriving at POR on 9/1, we are super excited. Can anyone tell me if they sell boxes of donuts in the gift shop? I am wondering if we should just purchase a few breakfast items (we always have an early lunch) and just need to put something in our stomachs in the am. Do they also have 1/2 gal. of milk in the gift shop? Thanks for any help.

Single serves, quarts, half gallons. The quarts and the half gallons were both slightly under $3.

 

[emsmommy323]

Hey all! We're going to POR for our first stay in November and are super excited! The kids want to know all about the waterside, but I can't seem to find any pictures of the layout or photos from the top looking down at all. The only view I can find is the mouth of the slide and the kids are slightly underwhelmed with my lack of better info! LOL. I've scoured the photo thread and thought I'd as here I anyone knows of a better picture or if you're there could snap a picture for me? I would greatly appreciate it!