If you are looking for good food fast, the Port Orleans Riverside food court is available all day long featuring fresh baked goods, pizza, pasta, hamburgers and some fantastic Southern specialties. The Riverside Mill also features a country market with prepackaged items to grab and go.

Soak up the scenery and the Cajun spices as you dine in this 450-seat food court near to the 35 (some sources say 32) foot water wheel that operates a working cotton press.

There are five serving stations which provide a variety of different food types — bakery/ice cream, grill, pasta, carved meats, pizza, etc — plus the Grab and Go refrigerator which contains chilled drinks and pre-packaged items. Once you’ve selected your food, you head over to one of the payment desks before collecting your cutlery, condiments and any dispensed drinks from the central island and finding a table. If your party needs items from different stations it’s usually easiest to split up, collect your food, and then all meet up back at the payment desk.

This all works pretty well at quieter times, but at peak breakfast hours (say between around 8.30am and 10am) it can get very hectic with the lines for the different stations intercrossing with the payment lines. If you can plan to get your breakfast at a time when everyone else is not doing so, you’ll have a much more relaxed experience! One time-saving tip, especially if you’re planning to hit the parks early, is to buy cereals, pastries, fruit, milk, etc. the night before and have breakfast in your room — the maids will collect your tray and trash when they clean the room. Lunchtime is rarely crowed at the food court unless the weather is awful, and evening meal times tend to spread out a lot more as people return from the parks at much more varied times.

The “Disney Dining Plan” discount programme is accepted at this location, but NOT the “Tables in Wonderland” discount card (however both types of discount are valid at Boatwright’s Dining Hall).

Refillable Mugs

All of the Walt Disney World resort food courts offer special refillable insulated mugs. These can be purchased for a one-off fee (currently $14.49 plus tax) and can then be refilled at the resort’s drinks fountain station as often as you like during your stay. For more information, please see the Refillable Mugs page.

Opening Hours: 6am — midnight (varies by serving counter, see below)

 
 

Beverage Options — these can be purchased separately or used with Refillable Mugs (Last Updated August 2012)

• Tea (Various Tea Bags, plus Hot Water Dispenser)
• Nescafe Coffee (or Decaf)
• Hot Chocolate
• Gold Peak Iced Tea: Sweetened Black Tea, Unsweetend Black Tea, White Tea with Citrus or Sweetened Green Tea
• Cold Drinks Fountain at the Riverside Mill:
  • Coca Cola
  • Diet Coke
  • Diet Coke, Caffine Free
  • Sprite
  • Fanta Orange
  • Coca Cola Cherry
  • Barq’s Root Beer
  • Hi-C Flashin’ Fruit Punch (still)
  • Minute Maid Light Lemonade (still)
  • Coca Cola Zero
  • Chilled Water

Special Dietary Requirements

You can contact Walt Disney World directly to check or make special arrangements for specific dietary needs by visiting their information website at www.disneyworld.com/specialdiets, phoning 1-407-824-5967, or emailing Special.Diets@disneyworld.com.

It is also advisable to contact individual restaurants in advance to discuss any specific dietary requirements you might have.