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Your own Trip Reports are especially welcome, please drop by and tell us all about your stay.

Port Orleans News

04-Nov-09: The water-slide at Riverside’s Ol’ Man Island pool will be closed for maintenance from 19th October until 6th November. The dragon slide at French Quarter’s Doubloon Lagoon pool will be closed from 9th November until 20th November. [Full Story...]

27-Oct-09: Disney Advanced Dining Reservations (including for Boatwright’s Dining Hall) can now be made up to 180 days in advance. Disney Resort guests also get an extra 10-day booking window from their arrival date. [Full Story...]

13-Jul-09: A new General Manager is appointed for the Port Orleans resorts, Val Bunting, who was previously VP of Disney’s Animal Kingdom park. [Full Story...]

14-Jun-09: The river ferry service between the two Port Orleans resorts and Downtown Disney now operates from 10am until 11pm. The additional local service before 10am is no longer available. [Full Story...]

01-Jun-09: The evening horse-drawn carriage rides available at the Riverside marina area have recently increased in price to $45. [Full Story...]

17-May-09: The DVC Resort ferry boats now depart from the Pleasure Island dock at Downtown Disney, leaving just the Port Orleans ferries operating from the dock next to the Rainforest Cafe. The new Treehouse Villas dock is also open as part of the Saratoga Springs DVC route. [Full Story...]

26-Feb-09: Disney’s online resort checkin service is now available up to ten days prior to your arrival date — see www.mydisneyreservation.com. [Full Story...]

22-Feb-09: Boatwright’s Dining Hall no longer serves Breakfast as from Sunday 22nd February 2009. Dinner reservations are unaffected. [Full Story...]

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Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida is the world’s number one tourist destination, welcoming tens of millions of visitors every year. Many of those visitors wish to stay as close as possible to the heart of the magic and Disney provides more than twenty varied hotel complexes within the 47 square miles of its property. These range from economy venues such as the Value All Star Resorts right up to the deluxe (and expensive!) Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. Between these, the middle ground is covered by the ‘Moderate’ resorts which offer more comfort and facilities than the Values but still at a reasonably affordable price.

In this author’s opinion, easily the best of these Moderate resorts is the twin complex of Port Orleans French Quarter and Port Orleans Riverside. Nestled along the banks of the Disney-created Sassagoula River, these two resorts are probably the best themed, and certainly the most picturesque, places you can stay within Walt Disney World without breaking the bank.

After more than ten years of visiting Port Orleans, and continually finding myself answering the same questions on the online Disney discussion communities, I thought now might be a good time for someone to create a dedicated information guide to help out potential visitors and returning fans alike... and so here it finally is — welcome to PortOrleans.org!

So what can you expect to find here? Hopefully enough information to answer just about any questions you might have about these two resorts — the amenities, restaurants and bars, recreational facilities, transport, prices and even the theming & history — all in one convenient site. Please use the menus on the left to navigate around, but some of the more popular features are:

This site is still a “work in progress” and there will always be more to add, but I hope you find it useful and will bookmark it and return regularly to see it updated. Any questions, comments or suggestions are very welcome via the Visitor’s Forum, or if you’ve already written a trip report about a stay at Port Orleans in the past why not help out other visitors and post a copy here too? Thanks.

Please enjoy your visit to PortOrleans.org and I look forward to hearing from you. Have a magical day!

 
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