Port Orleans Resort
Photo Tour
Photos by Brian Bennett
French Quarter | Riverside
Landing | Riverside
Mansions | Riverside
Bayou | Pools | Restaurants
Port Orleans Resort boasts two themed pools and several
smaller quiet pools scattered about the Riverside area.
One of the most popular themed pools in all of Walt Disney
World is Doubloon Lagoon. Doubloon Lagoon is one of the reasons
why so many families with younger kids enjoy the French Quarter.
It's a great themed pool, very festive, but with a slide that's not too
intimidating even for the younger kids. Of course, the Mardi Gras
theme is all over the place here. The jester that greets you just
outside the pool area, the dragon- parade- float- themed pool slide, and
the other area decorations are all examples.
The Jester.
In the picture of Doubloon Lagoon to the below, you might
be able to see a band "shell," to the rear left, that contains
a group of alligators silently playing a bunch of jazz tunes (I would
presume) to entertain the swimmers.
Doubloon Lagoon.
The pool is a great attraction at night, too. In the
night time picture below, I'm actually standing in that band shell.
You can see some streams of water that are constantly squirting into the
pool to cool the folks in the lagoon below.
Doubloon Lagoon's sea serpent at night.
Obviously, even in the later evening, the pool is fairly
busy. Keep that fact in mind when you're trying to decide on your
room location requests. Although rooms at the Disney resorts tend
to be well sound-proofed, the noisy pool area may be a detriment if you
or anyone in your group is particularly sensitive to noise.
Over at Riverside, the rural area of Port Orleans Resort,
there is an Island in the Sassagoula River called, Ol' Man Island, which
has a great pool (personally I like it better than Doubloon Lagoon) as
well as a snack bar and playground area for the kids.
A couple of views of the
Waterin' Hole on Ol'
Man Island.
The slide is a lot of fun, too. The line isn't too
long, maybe it would take a couple minutes before it's your turn, but
it's a pretty long ride from the building at the top of the little hill
here, down to the water.
The
Waterin' Hole slide.
The Waterin' Hole is a great place to catch a swim, although
it does get very crowded during mid-day. As an alternative, you
might want to use one of the quieter pools that are scattered around the
bayou and mansion homes in Riverside.
Here, for example, is the quiet pool that is located between
Magnolia Terrace and Acadian House. By the way, that little white
building just beyond the pool is a full laundry room (you do have to pay
to use the machines) that can be very convenient during a longer trip.
The
Magnolia Bend quiet pool between Magnolia Terrace and Acadian House.
There are three quiet pools scattered around the bayou buildings
in Riverside.
One of the bayou quiet pools.
Another view of one of the bayou
quiet pools.
French Quarter | Riverside
Landing | Riverside
Mansions | Riverside
Bayou | Pools | Restaurants
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