Riviera is the nicest resort I've stayed at so far

[DisMomNCM]

That’s actually interesting I always felt like they were the most functional and spacious rooms out of most we’ve stayed in. Aren’t the RIV studios the 2nd or 3rd largest in the WDW system behind Poly longhouses and maybe BPK?

And as much as I love them, I actually find the longhouses to be a bit deceiving in size since they’re only slightly larger in sq footage but a-not-so- insignificant amount of the size is wasted in how unnecessarily large that full bathroom is. The living spaces feel more cramped to me than it does in BPK or RIV But we haven’t stayed in a studio in PIT yet, maybe they feel roomier. We’ve only stayed in a duo at the tower and those do feel spacious for what they are, especially in comparison to the tower studios at RIV.

What bothered me most about them I think was the width of the room. My daughter liked sleeping on the little pull out bed below the tv, but if that was down then the path between her bed and our bed was so narrow and tight. Between that and what I felt to be a logistical nightmare of a bathroom (there was no counter space and also no wall space because of the three doors), I just was not into that studio

 

[robinb]

I’m really not a fan. I like that it’s on the Skyliner and I like the restaurants but the hotel is boring. The pool is boring. The theme is boring. Yawn.

 

[DVCjj]

We visited to see if we’d like it and this is 100% what we felt. Very boxy closed off feeling. Slightly lost-ish navigating various hallways. We couldn’t understand why?

We stayed several times and did like it because we did feel upscale (and thought the DVC studios were lovely) as I mentioned but in the beginning, we did wander around several times and lost track what level we were on for Primo to eat and also which side the Skyliner was on. We kept making a mistake.

 

[MerlinandtheMouse]

What bothered me most about them I think was the width of the room. My daughter liked sleeping on the little pull out bed below the tv, but if that was down then the path between her bed and our bed was so narrow and tight. Between that and what I felt to be a logistical nightmare of a bathroom (there was no counter space and also no wall space because of the three doors), I just was not into that studio

Ahh that makes sense then. We never have that bed open so never noticed it being in the way. The bathrooms don’t bother me but I can see how they could be annoying. I find the 1bdrms+ in some of the older resorts to have the most insane door/bathroom situation. It makes the 3 doors at RIV seem rational lol