WDW - Port Orleans Riverside

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My review of Disney's Port Orleans Riverside Resort:
This video was created with photos I shot at Riverside in September 2009 (and the music is from the 1959 classic film The Five Pennies, starring Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong, Susan Gordon and Tuesday Weld, among others). I can't say enough good things about the Port Orleans Riverside Resort. The lobby, restaurants, many pools, and incredible landscaping are first rate. There's a boat launch which will transport you directly to Downtown Disney, and bus service to the theme parks. There are 6 swimming pools at this resort - a central pool with a water-slide and 5 smaller pools located near the various sections of the resort. The water-slide at the central pool is short but fast - it's a lot of fun for visitors of all ages. We were fortunate to be able to dine at the Riverside Mill at 1:30, after the lunch crowd had thinned out. The food was excellent at this counter-service restaurant, and they served up great chocolate shakes (made with real ice cream) for dessert.

Port Orleans Riverside is a Disney Moderate resort, which means you're getting a themed resort on Disney property for less than you'd pay to stay at many ordinary chain hotels and motels across America. However, you will likely be paying a bit more than you'd pay at some of the off-Disney-property hotels in the Orlando and Kissimmee area. We stayed at Riverside when they were offering a 35% discount (we paid $96 per night). Port Orleans Riverside is the only Disney resort at the Value and Moderate levels which will accomodate a family of five in a single guest room (and this is limited to the Alligator Bayou section of Riverside & only accomodates the family if the youngest can still fit in a small trundle bed).

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[MintMickeyDotCom]

Port Orleans Riverside is mint!

[mamasuzie]

very good video,  Did the resort give you guys the ears or did you buy them at the park? My husband kids and I will be there this spring.

[yoyoskado]

Goin on 9th August for the 4th and last time! cant wait :D

[12780alex]

love this place

[MBYOBM]

How bike friendly is this resort? Are bikes good transportation or mainly for sight seeing? Great tour video and family!

[wdwmad]

@mamasuzie Must admit I don't really have any dislikes for either this resort or the delux one (Wilderness Lodge) we stayed at. The moderate resorts (port orleans) all have outside doors and you generally have a few mins walk to get to your room. But the main difference is that the delux resorts don't really have a decent food court as they concentrate on the restaurant side of things and Moderate resorts always have good, large food courts to get a quick bite to eat..

[mamasuzie]

@RsIBA how was your trip? Was the resort as nice as it looks?

[mamasuzie]

@wdwmad other than the price, what's the difference between the two you have stayed at. What wee your likes or dislikes?

[SophieeElizabethh95]

i've stayed here 3 times & in coronado springs 1 & i much prefer port orelans <3

[IxTRUECaMxI]

i love riverside rooms are really clean and luxury