Obviously not! Port Orleans — French Quarter is one of our favorite resorts. And they touched on the limited food options in the post. Just all so terrible compared to lesser priced off-property amenities.
For the price point, we do SO much better off property. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Read the Latest Posts. Looking for something? Follow DisneyFoodBlog. The Disney Food Blog. Coronado Springs. Port Orleans Riverside. The Chuck Wagon at Fort Wilderness. Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue. The River Roost. The pool at Port Orleans - Riverside — set on Ol' Man Island — has the feel of a swimmin' hole and includes a sawmill slide.
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort offers a pirate's paradise in Fuentes del Morro pool, with its colonial Spanish fortress theming, two slides and pirate ship water play area. The Dig Site at Disney's Coronado Springs is home to the Lost City of Cibola pool, with its foot pyramid and foot water slide, giant hot tub, sand volleyball court and sand play area.
Port Orleans - French Quarter is perhaps the least themed but includes a foot long sea serpent slide, hot tub and water play area. Because of its grand size and elaborate theming, we choose Disney's Coronado Springs as our top pool pick.
To see how it ranks against all of the other Disney Resort pools, check out our list of the top pools on Disney World property. With the exception of Port Orleans - French Quarter, which is the smallest resort on property, the Disney moderate hotels are among the largest on property in terms of sheer acreage and number of rooms.
This is an important consideration and makes room location a bigger deal. After a long day in the parks, do you potentially want to have to walk another 10 minutes to get to the main pool or to grab a bite to eat? In most cases, you will pay a premium for the rooms closest to the lobby, dining and feature pools.
Like the values, the moderates all offer bus transportation to the theme parks. They are all about the same distance to Magic Kingdom. All of them, except for Port Orleans - French Quarter, have multiple bus stops around the resort itself. French Quarter does, at times, share bus service with Riverside. Additionally, both of the Port Orleans resorts offer boat transportation to Disney Springs, which is a nice option for families who want to do more shopping and dining nothing gets Leap excited like a boat ride!
Because the station also acts as the main Skyliner hub, you could even use it to pop over to Disney's Riviera Resort or Disney's Pop Century and Art of Animation Resorts if you want a change of scenery or to take advantage of dining options at those hotels. Drumroll, please It's very close, but because of the latest refurbishments and its access to Disney Skyliner, Disney's Caribbean Beach is our overall favorite. It's centrally located, so it's a short distance away from all the theme parks and Disney Springs.
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Port Orleans - French Quarter is the smallest in size of the moderates and is absolutely beautiful If you do opt to stay at Riverside, French Quarter is a quick boat ride away if you would like to check out the atmosphere or grab a beignet; Disney Springs is also a quick boat ride away!
Caribbean Beach is the largest of the moderates, and while there's an internal bus loop to hop around, it can be a trek to the areas of interest around the resort and it doesn't have elevators.
When booking, you can also request a lower-level room or even a specific building if you know you'd like to be a comfortable distance from the lobby, pools, transportation or restaurants.
Hope this helps - have a wonderful trip! I've stayed at Caribbean Beach resort since and most recently earlier this month. I love this resort and the updates in check-in and food court are nice. My main disappointment this trip was lackluster housekeeping service. I was also unhappy with the island I would up in and the kids didn't want to change.
Apart from that I wish the guests themselves would be nicer and more aware if their treatment if others. Not all their buildings have elevators. And even in Coronado, the Casitas section has an elevator to the 2nd floor, but it doesn't go to the 3rd which makes no sense. So if you're disabled like I am and can't climb stairs, these are resorts to avoid. You can ask for a ground floor for medical reason when booking, but not all cast members seem to know how to do that.
Thanks for the reminder :. We want the decent resort, but want to be able to get to the parks easily. This is hard to say, but based on your timing and the expected launch of the gondolas in fall of , they may or may not be up during your visit, and if they are up they will likely be busy since they are new! Both of the resort hotels are toadally awesome and comparable in terms of amenities aside from the gondolas , so it's really up to you.
With CBR having multiple things closed old port, arcade, pool bar, and other food areas and construction, would you still recommend it as much as previously or go with another hotel?
We want the full Disney experience, and fell in love with this hotel, but am concerned now of construction. Has anyone stayed there since, what were your feelings?
This is our first time to Disney! We have still enjoyed our stays at Caribbean Beach during the construction, but the experience is certainly not quite the same as when the full resort accommodations are open. Especially for your first ever visit to Disney, we would hate for you to be disappointed! We welcome the Frog Pond to chime in on their experiences and any recommendations. Port Orleans both Riverside and French Quarter are our personal favorite moderate resorts!
If i book my hotel through disney but buy tickets through undercovertourist, do i still get complimentary magicbands sent to me? We stayed at Port Orleans last year.
They do not offer the Pirate Adventure cruise. I didn't realize that the resort would be hosting convention activities by the lake until late in the evening, and clean up would be very loud and noisy.
This wouldn't be a problem if I weren't getting up early with my young children to hit the parks early in the AM. Keep in mind, this is a convention resort. The food courts were packed during the times I happened to be there.
Seating was a problem when hitting the quick service court. For moderate, it will be Port Orleans Riverside, or we will splurge and go back to some of our deluxe favorites, where we felt like our needs mattered. Will everyone staying at CBR, starting in May, receive the 75 gift card? Or do you have to book before a certain date to be eligible for that? I just heard back from Disney and they said you had to book during a specific time frame in order to get the gift card.
Absolute favorite is Port Orleans French Quarter. We loved the theming of the resort. The food options were great! We are staying at Coronado Springs in 25 days. We have always avoided it, because of the Convention Center.
We love camping and I feel like this would the best of both worlds. Camping at Disney…fun! French Quarter is great. Small enough for 1 bus stop. Food was good. Pool is great and boats to Disney Springs. I think it is important to note that six can stay in a cabin at Fort Wilderness. It is the only moderate where our family of six can fit into one room. Port Orleans our overall favorite. Wish it had been open when we were there late December. Love the size, theming, and overall comfort we feel there.
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Erin lives near New York City, where she can often be found indulging in her other obsession - Broadway theater. Hi Erin, you are one of my favorite writers for Touring plans. I know you meant no harm but please say guests with disabilities instead of guests with medical issues.
As someone with physical disability, I can proudly say that disability is not a bad word. My wife had definite medical issues, but not what she considered a disability. If you want to be real picky, you could say medical problems but really what is the difference?
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