Disney's Port Orleans Resort

Walt Disney World, Orlando

Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory
Port Orleans French Quarter Pool View Room
Riverside Mill Food Court
River Roost
Port Orleans French Quarter Standard Room
Muddy Rivers
Riverside Royal Guest Room
Mardi Grogs
Boatwright’s Dining Hall
Port Orleans Riverside Standard Room
Port Orleans Riverside
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Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory
Port Orleans French Quarter Pool View Room
Riverside Mill Food Court
River Roost
Port Orleans French Quarter Standard Room
Muddy Rivers
Riverside Royal Guest Room
Mardi Grogs
Boatwright’s Dining Hall
Port Orleans Riverside Standard Room
Port Orleans Riverside

The hotel

Enjoy good old-fashioned Southern hospitality at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter & Riverside. Every member of the family, from the very young to the very old, will love the relaxing vibes, as well as taking a ride on the riverboats along Mississippi-style waterways. Down at the French Quarter, the ornate architecture of New Orleans comes alive with intricate railings, cobblestone streets and courtyards filled with flowers. Mardi Gras festive fun can be had at the Scat Cat's Club, serving Creole delicacies and colourful cocktails. After a day at the parks (or a day off from the parks), there's swimming pools and activities for little ones galore.

Amenities

  • Bar
  • Swimming Pool
  • Families
  • Theme Parks
  • Children’s Playground
  • Children's Pool
  • Close to Walt Disney World Resort
  • Babysitting service
  • Safety Deposit Box
  • Wheelchair access
  • Laundry Service
  • Games Room

Where is it

In the Disney Springs Resort area, with direct access to the waterways for water taxi transportation. Disney Springs is full of restaurants, entertainment venues and shopping. Transfer time from Orlando International Airport: 30 minutes.

Hotel information

3,056 rooms on 3 floors in 27 buildings. All have air-conditioning, cable TV with Disney Channel, safe, mini-fridge, hairdryer, iron and board. Port Orleans French Quarter Standard Rooms and Port Orleans Riverside Standard Rooms feature 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 children. Port Orleans French Quarter Standard Rooms also allow one child under 3 years in a cot.

Port Orleans Riverside and Port Orleans French Quarter Pool View Rooms feature 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults, or 2 adults and 2 children, plus a child under 3 years in a cot.

Port Orleans Riverside and Port Orleans French Quarter Garden View and River View Rooms feature 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults, or 2 adults and 2 children, plus a child under 3 years in a cot.

Port Orleans Royal Guest Rooms Standard View and Port Orleans Royal Guest Rooms Garden View offer special headboards that create a 'firework' display, feature 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults, or 2 adults and 2 children, plus a child under 3 years in a cot.

Port Orleans Riverside Preferred Rooms are in a preferred location, close to dining, shopping and transportation, with 2 queen-size beds and 1 pull-down bed (for children 3–9), sleeping maximum 4 adults, or 2 adults and 2 children, plus a child under 3 years in a cot.

Port Orleans Riverside Standard 5th Sleeper Rooms and Port Orleans Riverside Garden view 5th Sleeper Rooms, are as per Standard Rooms, but sleep an additional child under the age of 9.

Please note: cots must be requested at time of booking.

Use of the Walt Disney World Resort Transportation System is included in your stay, including shuttle buses and water taxis. Self-parking available approx $20 including tax, per night (payable locally, subject to change).

Riverside: Boatwright’s Dining Hall (southern cuisine, open for dinner). Riverside Mill Food Court (grab 'n' go food, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner). River Roost (bar with light bites). Muddy Rivers (poolside bar). French Quarter: Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory (food court, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner). Scat Cat's Club (bar). Mardi Grogs (bar with specialty frozen drinks). Pizza delivery service to your room*.

Movies under the stars (selected evenings). Evening campfires poolside.

Riverside: Ol' Man Island with swimming pool, 95-foot long waterslide, whirlpool, kids' pool, daily pool party, evening campfires and movie screening (selected nights). 5 pools including 3 in Alligator Bayou and 2 in Magnolia Bend. French Quarter: Doubloon Lagoon with lagoon pool, 51-foot long sea serpent slide, water play area and whirlpool. Games arcades* in both Riverside and French Quarter. Children's playground. Jogging trail. Bike rentals*. Fishing*. Horse-drawn carriage rides*.

Disney-themed shop. Complimentary WiFi. Disney Water Transportation to Disney Springs. Disney bus transportation. Disney Minnie Van™ service*. Laundry and dry-cleaning services*. Babysitting service*.

Wheelchair accessible rooms available on request. Please note that these rooms are subject to availability and may be restricted to specific room categories and bedding arrangements. Rooms and facilities vary between hotels so please check at the time of booking. For more information and contact details please check out our Special Assistance page

Minimum stay 5 nights at all times.

Maximum stay 21 nights.

*Denotes local charge. 

Please note: rollaway beds are no longer available.

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Jan 27, 2020 RICART75 Peru, Indiana

Once again, we stopped by this resort to further enhance our Disney Xmas experience. Visiting the resorts during the holidays, allows one to enjoy the variety of Disney World's creativity. Though we're a bit more partial to the French Quarter section, both parts of the Port of Orleans are a treat to wander. For a laid-back taste of the Disney… Read more
Once again, we stopped by this resort to further enhance our Disney Xmas experience. Visiting the resorts during the holidays, allows one to enjoy the variety of Disney World's creativity. Though we're a bit more partial to the French Quarter section, both parts of the Port of Orleans are a treat to wander. For a laid-back taste of the Disney magic, this is a wonderful venue. Read less
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Jan 26, 2020 John H Fort Worth, Texas

We just got back from Disneyworld. Stayed within the park on the Port Orleans Riverside hotel. We have stayed there 3 times. Good varity food, easy bus transportation from airport on the Magical Express and to all the parks including Disney Springs (used to be Downtown Disney). You can even take a boat to Disney Springs. The last two times we… Read more
We just got back from Disneyworld. Stayed within the park on the Port Orleans Riverside hotel. We have stayed there 3 times. Good varity food, easy bus transportation from airport on the Magical Express and to all the parks including Disney Springs (used to be Downtown Disney). You can even take a boat to Disney Springs. The last two times we have purchased the Quick service dining plan. 2 quick service meals which are not sit down service and 2 snacks. For lunch and dinner I personally had bar-b-que chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable and corn bread with a dessert. Flank Steak, fettuccine with chicken. They also have pizza, burgers, etc. Breakfasts are good also variety. Kids menus as well. If you have meals and snacks left you can exchange for different types of candy and snacks before you leave. A dinner is worth 3 snacks such as Walker cookies, candy bars, suckers, gummies, etc. The hotel has 2 sections, the Magnolia which has a southern appearance and the Alligator Bayou more trees. Each section has numerous buildings with rooms. Each section has pools. Read less
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Jan 25, 2020 skyesheffield Beaumont, Mississippi

We loved our Royal Room at Port Orleans. It was a little on the small side, as we unpacked our clothes, there was no where to move them out of the way but the kids loved it. At night, before lights out, they would watch the tv, which would read them Disney stories. The grounds were beautiful, with lush green grass and the beautiful antebellum home… Read more
We loved our Royal Room at Port Orleans. It was a little on the small side, as we unpacked our clothes, there was no where to move them out of the way but the kids loved it. At night, before lights out, they would watch the tv, which would read them Disney stories. The grounds were beautiful, with lush green grass and the beautiful antebellum home type buildings. Read less
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Jan 25, 2020 CurrieD Leeds, United Kingdom

We stayed here for a fortnight when we visited Disney World for the first time this April. We had a wonderful 2 weeks, as you'd expect, but this hotel really was an idyllic retreat from the hustle and bustle of the parks. We chose a 'Royal Room' as we thought our daughters would like the theming. They are decorated beautifully with pictures of… Read more
We stayed here for a fortnight when we visited Disney World for the first time this April. We had a wonderful 2 weeks, as you'd expect, but this hotel really was an idyllic retreat from the hustle and bustle of the parks. We chose a 'Royal Room' as we thought our daughters would like the theming. They are decorated beautifully with pictures of Tiana and her princess friends as well as Aladdin's lamp taps and beautiful carpets adding to the atmosphere and make it feel really special. The little lightshow/led fireworks display in the headboards was a fab touch. The short walk round to the lobby/food court area is extremely pleasant. I did this a number of times to refill my resort mug and loved looking across the water at the main building with its water tower, boat works and mill wheel. Also, the grounds are very large and you could make a lovely evening out of walking around the bayou section and down to the French Quarter and back (obviously stopping for some beignets at Sassagoula Floatworks!) Absolutely beautiful! Let me think of some negatives... Check in took a while and they hadn't taken any notice of my request for an upstairs room, but they did alter our room on request and gave us extra fastpasses to make up for the amount of time it had taken, so all forgiven. Also, Disney hotel rooms are small when compared to other hotels, so that is worth bearing in mind if that's important to you and, as with all hotels in my experience, there wasn't enough space to dry towels and swimming gear properly but in general we found there was just enough room and were extremely happy. Would I stay again? Yes please! If only I could afford to come back... Read less
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Jan 22, 2020 Jderoll1

I was really excited to stay at Port Orleans Riverside in the royal guest room. However, I was so disappointed with the lack of cleanliness of the room. The floor was dirty and old gum or candy was stuck to it. Other areas of the room were dirty and broken. The room was decorated with royal decor but it felt less than magical with how unclean and… Read more
I was really excited to stay at Port Orleans Riverside in the royal guest room. However, I was so disappointed with the lack of cleanliness of the room. The floor was dirty and old gum or candy was stuck to it. Other areas of the room were dirty and broken. The room was decorated with royal decor but it felt less than magical with how unclean and dingy the room was. The resort itself is gorgeous and the kids enjoyed both Riverside and French Quarter pools. The restaurant Boat Wrights Dining Hall was delicious and our waitress made it a magical experience. I plan to return to the restaurant but I do not think I'll be back to the resort to stay. Although Disney quickly addressed our concerns I feel the resort is not worth it. (Picture below is of the magic carpet with some sort of old gum or candy stuck to it) Read less