Has anyone been recently? I know last trip we got life vests for the pool at the boat dock and they had us keep them for the trip. I remember someone said they are now at the pool?
Correct, life vests for kids are available free of charge at all of the pools. You should not keep them for your whole stay, just return them to the storage bin and pick up a new one next time.
. Does anyone know how many standard rooms there are compared to Gardenview rooms and Pool view rooms.
There's a complete breakdown of all room types in
www.portorleans.org/images/buildingmaps/Floorplan-POR-MagnoliaBend.pdf, but for POR regular (i.e. non-Royal) rooms there are 259 Standard View rooms compared to 768 Garden Views.
Is there a dresser /bureau in the preferred rooms?
There is no dresser in any of the Alligator Bayou room (which is where the Preferred Location rooms are situated). Instead there is a bench seat with a fold-down murphy bed. There is a small shelf along the top of this, and also some countertop area and a few tiny shelves by the fridge.
I thought I read that you could refill your mug at the main pool snack bar ?
Sorry, you were misled, as far as Port Orleans is concerned anyway. The only beverage refill stations are in the two food courts (you can fill up at both POR and POFQ).
Is there a better building? I have read there is roof construction going on. Are there only certain sections with connecting rooms??
Connecting rooms are in all sections. Roof construction work is going on at Oak Manor for the next couple of months, mostly on the parking-lot side of the building by the time you get there.
In general terms, Oak Manor probably has the better selection of convenient rooms for accessing the main buildings, but the very best ones of all are in the northern wing of Parterre Place. Probably best not to second-guess what might be available on your dates and just let them know WHAT you want rather than a particular building (e.g. "connecting rooms with easy access to the main building, but away from daytime construction noise please").
Hi. Sorry if this has been asked many times. I did a google search but see different answers. Are towels provided at the pools? Thanks so much.
Yes, but at the main feature pools only. There are towel-drop locations at the quiet pools though, so either collect a few from the main pool area first, or take your room towels to the pool and request some extras from housekeeping.
Andre
Glad you enjoyed it so much!
