Just returned from a week stay at Port Orleans Riverside. We did our planning home work for everything BUT the resorts .... While we enjoyed our stay, there were a few bumps that we should have looked into when planning.
We were a family of 10. 3 families with one family having 5 members. This is what directed us to stay at POR. However, we also had 2 ECV's being used in our group. I asked for ground floor rooms, which we did receive. What we didnt know was that you still had to find the handicapped ramp to get up the 3 stairs to the rooms. This was the challenging part. We arrived early in the day and went right to the parks. We returned late in the evening and after finding our building, we then had to find the handicapped ramp and then follow it all the way around to our room. The ramp was not clearly marked.. especially at night. We were in building 36. We found that some other buildings had clearly marked ramps with rails. We had a standard view room and we had to go around what seemed like the entire building with tight turns to get to our room.
I had also asked to be in a building as close to the main area as possible. Well, we were in fact at the farthest point from the main area. I get it... not everyone can be up front and again, we paid for a standard view so way in the back we went. This did place us close to the first bus stop...which was very helpful with the scooters... but we were too tired to go to the main building for a drink in the evening when we returned from the parks.
Our room was very nice, clean and newly refurbished. We had plenty of towels and soap ( although I did have to call to get a new bottle of body wash the first night when our bottle was totally empty).
BUT.... WHY did they have to make the platform beds so HIGH!!!!????????? I am a shorter adult standing at 4 feet 10 inches and the top of the mattress came up to my belly button!!!!!!! I struggled to get into bed each night as I also have arthritis!!!! One night I even put the chair at the end of the bed to climb on the chair and then in to the bed. There was however, plenty of space under the bed for our luggage!!!!!!!
The grounds were very nice and the food court seemed to have nice meals. We only went a few times to fill our mugs and to pick up ready made sandwiches for our flight home on the last day.
Would I stay here again...
While it was nice, clean and beautiful to walk around.... needing handicapped accessible rooms, bed that I can get into and grounds that are not so large, I would have to say No for myself. But I would recommend it for others who do not have such needs. ( and those who need a room for 5) ( which BTW... I would have slept in the pull down bed but the mattress was not as comfortable as the main bed)
We were a family of 10. 3 families with one family having 5 members. This is what directed us to stay at POR. However, we also had 2 ECV's being used in our group. I asked for ground floor rooms, which we did receive. What we didnt know was that you still had to find the handicapped ramp to get up the 3 stairs to the rooms. This was the challenging part. We arrived early in the day and went right to the parks. We returned late in the evening and after finding our building, we then had to find the handicapped ramp and then follow it all the way around to our room. The ramp was not clearly marked.. especially at night. We were in building 36. We found that some other buildings had clearly marked ramps with rails. We had a standard view room and we had to go around what seemed like the entire building with tight turns to get to our room.
I had also asked to be in a building as close to the main area as possible. Well, we were in fact at the farthest point from the main area. I get it... not everyone can be up front and again, we paid for a standard view so way in the back we went. This did place us close to the first bus stop...which was very helpful with the scooters... but we were too tired to go to the main building for a drink in the evening when we returned from the parks.
Our room was very nice, clean and newly refurbished. We had plenty of towels and soap ( although I did have to call to get a new bottle of body wash the first night when our bottle was totally empty).
BUT.... WHY did they have to make the platform beds so HIGH!!!!????????? I am a shorter adult standing at 4 feet 10 inches and the top of the mattress came up to my belly button!!!!!!! I struggled to get into bed each night as I also have arthritis!!!! One night I even put the chair at the end of the bed to climb on the chair and then in to the bed. There was however, plenty of space under the bed for our luggage!!!!!!!
The grounds were very nice and the food court seemed to have nice meals. We only went a few times to fill our mugs and to pick up ready made sandwiches for our flight home on the last day.
Would I stay here again...
While it was nice, clean and beautiful to walk around.... needing handicapped accessible rooms, bed that I can get into and grounds that are not so large, I would have to say No for myself. But I would recommend it for others who do not have such needs. ( and those who need a room for 5) ( which BTW... I would have slept in the pull down bed but the mattress was not as comfortable as the main bed)
