Hi,
I am REALLY late in posting my review but wanted to do it anyway since so many of you were so helpful before our stay! We were at POR for 4 days from May 5-May 9. We have never stayed there before, it was just my daughter and I celebrating our recent college graduations.
We booked a Standard View room, my requests were Ground Floor and Near Transportation, and we were upgraded to a Preferred River View room in Alligator Bayou. We were so surprised and the location was fantastic! We were in Building 27, room 2726 with a beautiful view of the River right outside our door and it was a very quick walk to the main pool and food court area. Our room was a Wheelchair Accessible room with a bathtub, and so the bathroom was very large. It only had a single sink and did not have the separate dressing area. It was separated from the rest of the room.
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This did not bother us at all. However, I would say that if I I did not require this type of room and had more than two people staying in it, this would not be my preferred set-up - I can see how this would make things difficult for getting ready in the morning with only the one sink and no separate dressing area. The wardrobe next to the bathroom was the closet/storage space, which again was OK for us, but it really was crammed with the ironing board, iron, extra pillows and blankets, etc. so it definitely did not supply as much hanging space as the rod in the other room type. The room was in good shape, everything worked fine. The lack of anything decorative on the beds is real bummer...I've never been to a hotel that had such drab bed coverings! Hoping Disney is planning something else. I don't know why this bothers me so much but it does.
Overall, we LOVED the resort - it really is as beautiful as everyone says. We took many walks around the river, strolled to POFQ for beignets, and used the main pool everyday. I wish the pool deck space was a bit larger to accommodate more chairs - again, we usually found two OK spaces but for bigger parties you might have to search a bit harder when the resort is busy. We had AMAZING weather - no rain at all, sunny and hot everyday with little humidity.
The bus service was pretty good - we used the South Depot for Pick-ups and the other one for drop-offs. It was never full. I would say the distance was about equal from our room. The only real issue we had was our Animal Kingdom EMH morning - no buses came at all...there were tons of people waiting and everyone at the stop was getting upset. We decided to call an Uber since we wanted to get there for rope drop - it came within two minutes, and our driver dropped us off right at the main entrance walkway. We definitely beat the bus. We have taken many, many Disney trips and always use the busses and I have to say this is the first time this has ever happened to us. Speaking of Uber, we used it 6 times during our trip, mostly for resort-resort trips, and one night we exited Epcot through the IG and took an Uber from the BC. We spent just under $50 all together which I think is a steal. We have used taxi's for many years in WDW and the prices are so much higher.
I would stay at POR again in a minute - highly recommend! We are heading to the BC for a big family trip in August, but thinking of staying once more at POR for a quick trip before Christmas. I'm sure this resort is lovely that time of year!
Thanks for reporting during your trip!
