Walt Disney World Hotel Guide: Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside

Hotels and Resorts — By rtribou on September 20, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Number of Rooms
2,048

Location
Downtown Disney Area
1251 Riverside Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

Transportation
By Disney’s Magical Express – Orlando International Airport

By bus – Magic Kingdom theme park, Epcot theme park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park, Downtown Disney Area, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park, Disney’s Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course, Disney’s Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course,  Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex

By walking path – Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter

Dining Options
Riverside Mill Food Court – Cuisine: American, Price Range: $ ($14.99 and under per person). Serves breakfast, lunch or dinner beside a 32-foot water wheel that powers a cotton press.

Boatwright’s Dining Hall – Cuisine: American, Price Range: $$ ($15-$35.99 per person). Serves Dinner

River Roost – Cuisine: American, Price Range: $ ($14.99 and under per person)

Features
Welcome back to a time and place where everything seems to move a little slower and simple pleasures flourish like magnolia blossoms in the springtime. Enjoy the tranquility of the Louisiana Bayou and the hospitality of a picturesque waterfront Resort hotel that embodies the traditions born of steamboat travel, formal garden parties, mint juleps on the front porch and life along the mighty Sassagoula River.

Recreation
Ol’ Fishin’ Hole – Ol’ Man Island features a wooded alcove that functions as an old-fashioned fishing hole with a catch and release policy.

Shopping, Jogging Trail, Medicine Show Arcade, Watercraft Rentals, Playground, Bike Rentals

6 Pools – Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside features 6 heated pools located throughout the Magnolia Bend and Alligator Bayou parishes—including a sprawling pool complex on Ol’ Man Island.

Carriage Rides – Intimate horse-drawn carriage rides depart from Boatwrights Dining Hall for a 30-minute trip up and down the scenic Sassagoula River. Each carriage can hold either 4 adults—or 2 adults and 3 small children.

Disney Web site
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/port-orleans-resort-riverside/

Hotel Rates
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/port-orleans-resort-riverside/rates-rooms/

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