Port Orleans News

Hurricane Ian is currently on course to make landfall at about 2pm today near Fort Myers on the Florida West Coast, as a life-threatening Category 4 event. The eye will continue to track inland over the next 24 hours getting to Orlando at a similar time tomorrow (Thursday), albeit with significantly reduced intensity due to its time over land. Expect extremely heavy stormy rain and winds, with possible flooding, before and after the eye arrives. Orlando International airport will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, so there will be no arrivals or departures possible by air. The theme parks will also be closed.

If you are staying at Port Orleans or any other resort hotel, please follow local advice and remain in your room if requested. Arrange to have your own stock of food, drink and snacks - meal kits will be made available in advance via the food court even if normal operations might be closed. Have all your electronics fully charged in advance (torch functions can be useful if the power goes out).

Be prepared, and don't make life more difficult than it needs to be for the ride-out crew. Stay safe everyone.

Fox 35 Orlando Weather

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With the tumultuous events of the past couple of years, the 30th Anniversary of the opening of the original Port Orleans Resort slipped by unheeded - sadly the COVID shutters were down and there was no one around to celebrate at the deserted Port Orleans French Quarter on 17th May last year.

However the world has now started getting back to normal, and the 30th Anniversary of the original Disney's Dixie Landings Resort - now known to all of us as Port Orleans Resort Riverside - is a different matter. Thirty years ago today, on 2nd February 1992, the first rustic lodges of Louisiana-themed Alligator Bayou section opened to the public, marking the beginning of a tradition of welcoming millions of guests to the resort's classic Southern Charms alongside the Sassagoula River. For more details of the resort background, please see our History page.

Although I can't be there in person today, I'd like to pass on my own grateful thanks to the current General Manager John Berko and his whole team for the hard work they put in to keeping the resort running smoothly and looking as picture-perfect as it did on opening day thirty years ago. Thank you everyone, and here's to the next thirty years - let's just hope they run a bit more smoothly than the last two!

Happy Birthday Dixie Landings / Port Orleans Riverside!

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Even though Port Orleans Resort Riverside reopened to guests on 14th October after an 18 month closure, the resort's table-service restaurant remained closed. The only option for hungry guests returning from a day at the parks was the quick service Riverside Mill food court. We were originally told that Boatwright's Dining Hall may not reopen until 2022, but it has today been revealed that the cajun-themed location will actually be opening on 14th December, just in time for the busy Christmas period. Nothing has been released in terms of booking availability as yet, but hopefully that will be made available soon.

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Members of our Facebook Group have been asking for printable posters for displaying in their guest room window during their visit, and now that Port Orleans is finally opening back up it seemed a good time to create some:




You can download high quality versions for printing using these links:
Port Orleans Riverside JPEG
Port Orleans Riverside PDF (for higher quality printing)
Port Orleans French Quarter JPEG
Port Orleans French Quarter PDF (for higher quality printing)

Hope you like them, and watch to see if any pop up around the resort during your stay.

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