Port Orleans Resort Room Rates (2024)
(To review an archive of older historical room rates, please click here)
Note: Room and Package rates for most of 2025 are now available on the Walt Disney World (USA) website, released at 6am ET on 27 February 2024. Bookings are available for start dates up to the end of October 2025, with prices continuing into November to allow for length-of-stay.
The USA ‘rack rates’ for Port Orleans Rooms and Packages in 2024 were released at 6am EDT on 31st May 2023. From that date it was possible to book rooms and packages with Walt Disney World online or via their USA telephone Reservations Center up to the end of 2024.
The following prices include 12.5% sales tax and would be the rate charged if you are not entitled to any special discounts. For many seasonal periods Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday are the cheapest nights, then Sunday & Thursday, and finally Friday & Saturday are the most expensive. The total cost of your stay would be calculated on a night-by-night basis. A spreadsheet of the daily room rates for all 16 room categories for 2024 can be DOWNLOADED HERE.
All Port Orleans rooms feature either two Queen-sized beds or one King-size bed. Riverside’s Alligator Bayou section also features an extra fold-down ‘Murphy’ bed (approx. 63" x 30") over the banquette bench seat, suitable for a child or small adult. Specially themed Royal Guest Rooms are available in the Oak Manor and Parterre Place buildings (90 and 95) at Port Orleans Riverside only. Please see the Guest Rooms page for further descriptions of the room amenities, photos and a detailed room plan layout.
Backgound: To try to recover some of the lost revenue, prices have increased fairly dramatically compared to pre-COVID levels, and a number of previously-included services were withdrawn. Perhaps the easiest way to fully compare the hugely complex Disney pricing structures is to work out the rack rate revenue for the entire Resort over a whole year. In 2019 (the last full year before COVID struck) 100% rack-rate occupancy at Port Orleans would have resulted in a total room revenue of $341.8m. In 2022, the first full year after reopening, that exact same calculation returned a result of $406.4m, and by 2024 that rose to $446.7m — a 29% increase on pre-COVID levels.
Riverside Regular Rooms | Standard | Standard 5th Sleeper | Woods View | Woods View 5th Sleeper | King Bed | Pool View | Preferred Location | River View |
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Lowest Daily Rate in 2024 | $289.13 | $302.63 | $304.88 | $321.75 | $342.00 | $310.50 | $353.25 | $353.25 |
Highest Daily Rate in 2024 | $475.88 | $500.63 | $504.00 | $517.50 | $525.38 | $506.25 | $547.88 | $547.88 |
Average Daily Rate for 2024 | $359.88 | $376.57 | $379.98 | $391.66 | $415.55 | $395.08 | $427.87 | $433.18 |
Average Daily Rate vs. 2023 | +3.70% | +3.59% | +3.57% | +3.56% | +3.47% | +3.52% | +3.50% | +3.50% |
Average vs. pre-COVID (2019) | +28.72% | +31.06% | +29.65% | +30.20% | +29.18% | +28.83% | +30.56% | +29.88% |
Riverside Royal Guest Rooms | Standard | Woods View | River View |
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Lowest Daily Rate in 2024 | $353.25 | $360.00 | $366.75 |
Highest Daily Rate in 2024 | $553.50 | $561.38 | $585.00 |
Average Daily Rate for 2024 | $443.58 | $453.11 | $461.05 |
Average Daily Rate vs. 2023 | +3.51% | +3.48% | +3.49% |
Average vs. pre-COVID (2019) | +28.59% | +29.10% | +30.78% |
French Quarter Rooms | Standard | Garden View | King Bed | Pool View | River View |
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Lowest Daily Rate in 2024 | $289.13 | $298.13 | $327.38 | $313.88 | $313.88 |
Highest Daily Rate in 2024 | $475.88 | $513.00 | $552.38 | $533.25 | $525.38 |
Average Daily Rate for 2024 | $359.88 | $380.85 | $421.89 | $405.34 | $395.72 |
Average Daily Rate vs. 2023 | +3.64% | +3.67% | +3.66% | +3.62% | +3.67% |
Average vs. pre-COVID (2019) | +28.72% | +32.91% | +31.44% | +30.02% | +31.74% |
(All prices include tax at 12.5%)
I’d love to know what is causing that random spike on 4/5/6 October 2024. Those three dates are in the middle of the traditionally lowest priced season, but are inexplicably more expensive than any other dates apart from Christmas. I can only assume something big is expected to be happening at Disney that weekend, but nothing has been announced as yet.
As of January 2024 — and despite of all the price increases that have occured over the past few years — not all of the resort’s originally complimentary services have returned to their pre-COVID levels, for example:
- ‘Extra Magic Hours’ (access to selected theme parks an hour before regular guest opening, or 2-3 hours after) has been replaced with 30 minutes of pre-opening access for all theme parks.
- Daily Housekeeping is now only provided every other day. Ironically, prior to 2020 guests could opt to decline housekeeping services completely for which they would receive a daily rebate credit.
- The free Disney’s Magical Express return bus transfer service from Orlando International Airport has been permanently discontinued, you now have to pay for a transfer via bus or taxi.
- The free Resort Airline Checkin service (which allowed you to drop off your hold baggage and check-in for your flight while still at the resort) has been permanently discontinued.
- Magic Bands are no longer provided as a complimentary perk to resort guests, but you can still purchase them if you wish.
- Theme park shopping package delivery back to the Resort is still not available.
- “Sassagoula Pizza Express” direct-to-room food delivery service.
- The free ‘FastPass+’ park ride reservation system was withdrawn, and when it returned it had been replaced with a less flexible paid service called Genie+, costing a variable daily amount starting at around $15/day per person.
- Non-dated tickets and Annual Passholders are still required to pre-book dates online for their theme park visits — other than for specified “Good to Go” dates announced periodically by Disney. After visiting their initially booked park (or freely if visiting after 2pm) park-hopping will be available for these guests.
Thankfully there are a few positive notes emerging among all this unfortunate nickel'n'diming:
- As from 9th January 2024, advance daily park reservations will NOT be required for guests holding fixed-date tickets or multi-day passes with specific commencement dates. Park hopping will also be available all day long.
- The popular Disney Dining Plan has finally returned (in a slightly modified from) as from 9th January 2024. There is still no indication of any free offer periods, but those may return in time.
- As from January 2023, the $20/night guest car parking fee which was introduced a few years prior to the COVID closures, has been withdrawn. Overight guest car parking is once again free for resort guests — and it still includes free parking at the theme parks.
- The “Minnie Van” transport service returned during 2023.
Notes:
- All of the above prices are based on Disney’s published “rack rates” — i.e. the rate you will be charged if you call the Reservation Center and are not entitled to any special discounts.
- Prices are quoted in US Dollars, including 12.5% Florida resort tax.
- The total cost of your stay is calculated on a night-by-night rate basis, not as a block based on your arrival date.
- For many seasonal blocks, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday are the cheapest nights, then Sunday & Thursday, and finally Friday & Saturday are the most expensive.
- All rooms located within the Alligator Bayou section of Riverside feature an extra fold-down ‘Murphy’ bed (child sized, approx. 63" x 30") located over the banquette bench seat and thus these rooms have a maximum occupancy of five people. These room types can be guaranteed by booking the ”5th Sleeper“ options that were introduced from 1st January 2019. No other areas within the resort have an extra person facility.
- The King Bed rooms within the Alligator Bayou section also feature the same extra fold-down ‘Murphy’ bed and thus these rooms (only) have a maximum occupancy of three people.
- The old Riverside ‘Garden View’ category has been renamed as Woods View. The Royal Room Pool View category has been permanently discontinued and all 36 rooms previously sold under that name were recategorised as Royal Room Woods View, like their near neighbours.
- Around 50% of the resort’s rooms feature internal connecting doorways and this can be requested when you make your booking, although it cannot be guaranteed (unless one of the rooms contains only unaccompanied minors). Check our Building Floorplans page for details of which rooms connect.
- Disney bases the room charge on up to two adults per room. For each additional adult (aged 18 or over) there is a $25 per night surcharge (plus tax). Additional children are free.
- Cots/cribs (Pack’n’Play) for the very young are available upon request. Children under the age of three do not count towards the maximum room occupancy, so technically you could have two adults, three children and an infant staying in an Alligator Bayou room — but it might be bit of a squeeze!
- Various types of Handicapped Accessible rooms are available throughout all sections of the resort, including some rooms modified for full wheelchair accessibility with a larger washroom area and a roll-in shower. See the Accessible Rooms page for more details.
- If you book directly with the Disney Reservation Center you will only pay a one-night deposit in advance, with the remaining balance due upon arrival. Cancellation for room-only bookings is normally available until six days before arrival (or 45 days for package bookings) but please check Disney’s Terms & Conditions for current details. Obviously if you make a travel agent reservation, or book via any other route such as Expedia, then their own payment/cancellation rules will apply.
- Some discounts on the rack rates may be available, it never hurts to ask. For example, you can often get a 15-20% discount for AAA membership, and Annual Passholder rates are also sometimes available (although they tend to sell out quickly once the dates are released by Disney).
- Some international booking agents, such as The Walt Disney Travel Company in the UK, may offer longer availability periods and different incentives and discounts — for example in the UK, annual availability may be released starting the previous April.
- Resort guest self-parking is free, there is no valet parking service. Theme park parking is also included as a perk for all Disney Resort guests. Self-parking at the water parks, Disney Springs and the ESPN Wide World of Sports remains free for everyone.
- Pre-COVID, Disney would sometimes offer one of their Dining Plans for free for each person staying in the room, but only with full-price room bookings that also include theme park tickets. These offers tended to be extremely limited for the Port Orleans resorts.
- For details of some current offers, please see our Discounts and Special Offers page.
- For further enquiries or to make bookings, please call 1-407-WDISNEY (1-407-934-7639) or book online via the Walt Disney World website.
To review an archive of older historical room rates, please click here.