Port Orleans Resort
Photo Tour
Photos by Brian Bennett
French Quarter | Riverside
Landing | Riverside
Mansions | Riverside
Bayou | Pools |
Restaurants
Port Orleans Resort - French Quarter, without doubt, has
some of the most best themeing of any resort at Walt Disney World.
The time and place is the ante-bellum South. The time of year...
Mardi Gras.
Night time is a particularly lovely time to visit the French
Quarter. As you can see, as we approach the resort at twilight the
resort's lights are just starting to come on giving the area a special,
magical feeling.
Approaching the resort at twilight.
Inside the entryway at night.
During the day, the resort is still very nicely themed.
The portico during daylight hours.
The entryway during the day.
Of course, the main resort entryway provides access to the
whole "town" of Port Orleans. Located off off this fountain
and glass- roofed area is the check-in lobby. It's nicely decorated,
but not anything really special. One thing that the picture doesn't
capture is the fact that there is a small sitting area across from the
check-in desk with a TV and some small chairs. The TV has various
Disney films playing -- a great place for the kids to camp out during
the business part of any stay at a Disney resort.
The French Quarter's check-in lobby.
Directly behind us, as you view the picture of the lobby
here, is Jackson Square, the resorts shop. It's a pretty small store
for a Disney resort, and I don't have a picture of it. Jackson Square
is about half the size of Fulton's General Store, over at Riverside.
Outside the main resort building, though, is where Port
Orleans really shines. The whole resort is made up to look like
the French Quarter of New Orleans itself. Tree-lined "Streets"
make for easy pedestrian access to the various guest buildings (where
the resort rooms are located). There's some great details around
the resort, like the hitching posts, and the streetlights (which provide
much-needed illumination at night).
One of the French Quarter streets.
The buildings themselves are very nicely decorated, too.
Check out the ironwork that runs along the balconies. It's very
nice, and the coloring and the fact that the ironwork is different over
various parts of the building just adds to the authentic look. The
nicely trimmed hedges, the high iron fences (around the pool area, specifically),
and the architectural details of the rooflines add to the flavor even
more -- as if that's necessary.
Ironwork on the guest buildings.
There's really only one more thing I want to point out about
the French Quarter. The advantage of staying here is that this part
of the resort has a very intimate feeling to it. However, it also
means that there are fewer crowds than at Riverside. The drawback
to the smaller, more compact design here, is that there is only one bus
stop to service the whole place. You will almost certainly find that an
occasional bus wait is unavoidable here.
The French Quarter's bus stop.
The bus service, of course, is shared between all areas
of Port Orleans Resort.
French Quarter | Riverside
Landing | Riverside
Mansions | Riverside
Bayou | Pools |
Restaurants
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Resort French Quarter "Fast Facts" Page or click
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"Fast Facts" Page.
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