Our Walt Disney World Vacation: Port Orleans Riverside Resort

Disney Port Orleans Riverside resort

We planned for our WDW vacation for months and decided to stay in Port Orleans Riverside Resort as it was one of the few resorts which can sleep 5 in a room. WDW has several tiers of resorts ranging from value to deluxe. They also have campgrounds. The value resorts would have roomed our party of 5 in a suite which would end up costing more than our chosen moderate resort. We also chose Port Orleans Riverside over Caribbean Beach Resort as it had water transportation as well as the bus.

We arrived in Orlando on a hot and humid July morning and the Disney Magical Express shuttle took us to our hotel. The special luggage tags were mailed weeks before and got our checked in luggage straight to the room—we didn’t even have to worry about it!

Disney's Magical Express: Airport shuttle

The Disney Port Orleans Riverside resort was just awesome—a wonderful resort which made you feel like you were in Louisiana! There were two sections of rooms—Magnolia Bend and Alligator Bayou. The Magnolia Bend area was just beautiful with its colonial style mansions, but only in Alligator Bayou did they have the rooms which could sleep all of us. If you are willing to pay extra, they have themed rooms just like in the other Disney resorts. In Port Orleans Riverside, the themed rooms were of the Princess and the Frog.

Alligator Bayou rooms: Disney Port Orleans Riverside resort

Alligator Bayou rooms: Disney Port Orleans Riverside resort

The kids enjoyed swimming in the pools and they even had a daily party at the main pool, Ol’ Man Island. We only got to check out 3 out of the 5 pools in the resort. Apart from swimming, there were tons of activities within the resort—you can go fishing, biking, and ride on horse-drawn carriages. In the evenings, there were bonfires and movies. You can’t get bored in this place!

For meals, you can get pizza delivered to your room, lounge in Muddy Rivers pool bar, have a table service dinner at Boatwright’s Dining Hall, or just do quick service meals (like what we did the whole time here) at the Riverside Mill food court.

Mickey waffles for breakfast! Disney Port Orleans Riverside resort

From this resort, you can access the water taxi to get to Downtown Disney or take the bus to the parks. Service was superb and we felt that the cast members really went out of their way to make our vacation enjoyable! Would not hesitate to go here again!

Disney transport to the parks