Walt Disney World Resorts - Port Orleans

Disney's Port Orleans - Riverside

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Port Orleans Riverside is another huge resort, with 2048 rooms. I was there in October 2003, ostensibly for the Food and Wine show at Epcot, and attend a Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. Learning my lesson from Caribbean Beach Resort, I asked for a standard room, close to the parking lot. And I got one. Less than 50 yards from my car. It was an excellent room.

This was my seventh trip to Disneyworld in four years, and I found myself treating Disneyworld with a different set of priorities. I no longer had to storm the parks to see everything I could see. I had a mental list of those attractions I want to see every time I'm there, but there are those I could walk by, too. I've also been all over Downtown Disney and the Boardwalk, and I figured I could cover all the resorts as I stayed at 'em. So a trip to Disney doesn't have to be an all consuming, have to be doing something all the time type of trip.

And as I've said a few times before, I really like the parks at night. So unless one of those things on the list of things to do is a new E-ticket ride (like Mission Space was, that trip) I'm up a little later, and I'm in no hurry to rush into the parks.

Map of Disney's Port Orleans Riverside Resort. Click on the map for a larger view... Map ©Disney

I returned to Port Orleans - Riverside in December 2011, and stayed there for a week. Most of the images have been updated.

It should be noted Building 14 was being rennovated while I was there. If they're re-habbing buildings in order, Building 15 (the one I was in) would have been next, and the room pictures could very well be obsolete already. sigh...

This trip was also to be a sort-of-a-road-trip, since after leaving Port Orleans, I was headed to Universal Orlando, the long way. Thru Key West. But that's a Road Trip.

Port Orleans Riverside, Sassagoula Steamboat Co. - Registration and other interiors