Walt Disney World Resort
Wednesday - January 7th 2014
The last time we had been to Disney World, we stayed at the Pop Century Resort, which we really liked, but this time we wanted to try a new Disney hotel and chose
Disney's Port Orleans Riverside Resort. The hotel was very beautiful and it was themed after the mansions that can be found in the Mississippi area. Our room was located in a building across the Old Man Island, which was home to the main pool of the resort. The main building of the hotel housed the reception, a shop, the food court, the
Boatwright's Dining Hall restaurant and the
River Roost bar. The walk took approximately five to ten minutes.
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside (copyright Disney) |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Smaller Pool near our Room |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Main Pool |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Main Pool |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Muddy Rivers Pool Bar |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Muddy Rivers Pool Bar |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Muddy Rivers Pool Bar |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Lobby |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Lobby |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Boatwright's Dining Hall Restaurant |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Riverside Mill Food Court |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - River Roost Bar |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Hotel Shop |
Our room was very nice, it seemed that it was renovated recently. It was very clean, which I expect from Disney, and quiet, although sometimes we could hear our neighbours. We booked a standard room, there were also garden view rooms available, but since we didn't plan to spend a lot of time in our room, we were fine with that choice and saved a couple of dollars. The room was equipped with a TV and a fridge, which was very convinient, because we used it for the bottled water we got at a supermarket.
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| Our Room |
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| Our Room |
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| Our Room |
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| Our Room |
Thanks to the jetlag we got up very early and so we walked over to the
Riverside Mill Food Court to grab breakfast. First we got the Rapid Fill Mug to have free coffee and soft drink refill at the hotel for the rest of our stay. For breakfast we both ordered a bagel with a spread and got coffee. Unfortunately the coffee offered at Disney World isn't very good, but luckily there are some Starbucks locations inside the parks. For today we hadn't planned anything, we just wanted to relax a bit from the flights. So after breakfast we decided to drive to
Downtown Disney. The shops weren't open yet, but we got a decent cup of coffee at Starbucks and had an avocado sandwich at
Earl of Sandwich. Since there wasn't anything else to do, we drove to
Disney's Boardwalk. There we just hang around, enjoyed the sun and got some vegan brownie bites at the Boardwalk Bakery.
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Food Court |
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| Disney's Port Orleans Riverside - Food Court |
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| Breakfast |
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| Downtown Disney - House of Blues |
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| Downtown Disney - Starbucks |
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| Downtown Disney - Fulton's Crab House |
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| Downtown Disney |
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| Downtown Disney |
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| Downtown Disney |
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| Downtown Disney |
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| Downtown Disney - Earl of Sandwich |
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| Avocado Sandwich |
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| Disney's Boardwalk |
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| Disney's Boardwalk |
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| Disney's Boardwalk |
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| Disney's Boardwalk |
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| Vegan Brownie Bites made by BabyCakes NY |
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| Disney's Boardwalk |
Later we headed to the
Fantasia Gardens Minigolf Course, because we got a coupon for a free game from the hotel. We did that during our last vacation at Disney World too, and I think it was also free. Minigolf was a lot of fun, since we were both very bad players. Later we went to the local
Whole Foods Market for a late lunch and we also bought some stuff, like bottled water and sweets.
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| Fantasia Gardens Minigolf |
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| Fantasia Gardens Minigolf |
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| Fantasia Gardens Minigolf |
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| Fantasia Gardens Minigolf |
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| Fantasia Gardens Minigolf |
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| Fantasia Gardens Minigolf |
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| Late Lunch at Whole Foods Market |
In the late afternoon, after we returned from the supermarket, we headed to the
Magic Kingdom park, because our ticket was already valid and we had some Fastpass reservations. Once inside the park we walked to the new Fantasyland and rode the new Little Mermaid ride. It was cute. Afterwards it was time for our Fastpass for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. This coaster is one of our favourite rides and of course we enjoyed it a lot.
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| Entrance to the Magic Kingdom |
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| Town Square |
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| Main Street USA |
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| Cinderella's Castle |
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| Fantasyland |
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| Fantasyland |
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| The Little Mermaid |
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| The Little Mermaid |
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| Liberty Square |
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| Frontierland |
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| Big Thunder Mountain Railroad |
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| Big Thunder Mountain Railroad |
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| Frontierland |
While we had to wait for our next Fastpass, we used it for Pirates of the Caribbean, we got a pineapple Dole Whip, which is basically a sorbet that comes in the flavours pineapple and orange. After Pirates of the Caribbean we walked back to Fantasyland to do the new Seven Swarfs Mine Train coaster. This attraction was also nice, but I wouldn't line up for it for more than thirty minutes.
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| Adventureland |
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| Adventureland |
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| Adventureland |
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| Pirates of the Caribbean |
Before we returned to the hotel, we had dinner at the Columbia Habour House. We both ordered the vegetable chili, which is vegan by the way, and I have to say it was delicious. Back at the hotel we enjoyed a couple of drinks at the hotel bar.
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| Columbia Harbour House |
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| Vegan Chili |
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| Cinderella's Castle by Night |
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| Our Hotel by Night |
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