fizz13
<font color=33cc99>Dreams about being stuck on Spa
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Thought I would give you a brief review of our lovely hotel Port Orleans french Quarter. As soon as we pulled up in the towncar i knew i would love it here
It was so pretty, full of charm and character. Lots of brickwork and dark green wrought iron, fountains, courtyards, so clean and tidy, an intimate vibe, and nothing was too far away from anywhere. The CMs were all friendly and helpful, the shop had everything you could possibly want, from park merchandise, hotel merchandise, plenty of snack foods, wines, beers, and those crucial extras like asprin etc.
While the food court wasn't huge, we never had a probelm finding somewhere to sit, and the choice of food suited me fine. what i sampled i loved including taco salad, cooked breakfast, and burgers. The bar next door had some great cocktails and the bartender would have been happy to chat for hours.
The pool was a moderate size and i think on a busy day may have got quite full but we were lucky again and managed to get loungers the one time we made it there. carly was the only one brave enough to review the pool slide
and gave this the thumbs up too. Behind the pool we could see the sassagoula river and this was truly beautiful scenery. I saw a couple of boats pull in to go to Downtown Disney but sadly we never took advantage of these.
Room wise I was very impressed. I much preferred the decor here to Coronado Springs, more classy, dark blues and creams, and there was plnty of room for 3 adults, the dual sinks were vital though as we took up every inch of counter space, 3 girls= many containers and hair bits the dividing curtain was a blessing too as it allowed us all some privacy for changing or just to have a bit of light at night without keeping others awake.
The only possible negative here concerns bus transport. Buses were always prompt, we never waited very long, nor were they really overcrowded (apart from coming back from Magic kingdom a couple of times) but the loop to go round PO Riverside was annoying at times. It did add time to the journey and sometimes we just wanted to get there or get home. It wouldn't put me off though, although it certainly put Michelle off POR, as sometimes the buses got so full when they got there, that they didn't bother going to all the stops, and it made us realise how big POR was in comparison to POFQ. I liked the size a lot of POFQ. Some pics for you:
It was so pretty, full of charm and character. Lots of brickwork and dark green wrought iron, fountains, courtyards, so clean and tidy, an intimate vibe, and nothing was too far away from anywhere. The CMs were all friendly and helpful, the shop had everything you could possibly want, from park merchandise, hotel merchandise, plenty of snack foods, wines, beers, and those crucial extras like asprin etc. While the food court wasn't huge, we never had a probelm finding somewhere to sit, and the choice of food suited me fine. what i sampled i loved including taco salad, cooked breakfast, and burgers. The bar next door had some great cocktails and the bartender would have been happy to chat for hours.
The pool was a moderate size and i think on a busy day may have got quite full but we were lucky again and managed to get loungers the one time we made it there. carly was the only one brave enough to review the pool slide
and gave this the thumbs up too. Behind the pool we could see the sassagoula river and this was truly beautiful scenery. I saw a couple of boats pull in to go to Downtown Disney but sadly we never took advantage of these.Room wise I was very impressed. I much preferred the decor here to Coronado Springs, more classy, dark blues and creams, and there was plnty of room for 3 adults, the dual sinks were vital though as we took up every inch of counter space, 3 girls= many containers and hair bits
the dividing curtain was a blessing too as it allowed us all some privacy for changing or just to have a bit of light at night without keeping others awake.The only possible negative here concerns bus transport. Buses were always prompt, we never waited very long, nor were they really overcrowded (apart from coming back from Magic kingdom a couple of times) but the loop to go round PO Riverside was annoying at times. It did add time to the journey and sometimes we just wanted to get there or get home. It wouldn't put me off though, although it certainly put Michelle off POR, as sometimes the buses got so full when they got there, that they didn't bother going to all the stops, and it made us realise how big POR was in comparison to POFQ. I liked the size a lot of POFQ. Some pics for you:
my ds would love that slide !!
