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What is your favorite "moderate"
resort to stay at in Disney World (Port Orleans Riverside,
PO French Quarter, Coronado Springs, or Caribbean Beach)?
What about this resort makes it a good place to stay for
you? Are there any of the moderate resorts that you avoid
staying at?
Answers posted to the list:
Our favorite is Riverside (nee Dixie Landings). We've
stayed there
something like 8 or 9 times now. We love it. Of course
we've never
stayed at another resort so we can't truly compare, but DL
is really
nice. We did stay three days at a value resort this last
trip (AS
Movies) which was also nice. We wouldn't spend an entire
trip at a value resort, but for a night or two it was fine.
Joey
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My favorite is Port Orleans
Riverside. I like how the resort is spread out among
several smaller buildings, the boat ride to downtown disney,
the horse drawn carriage rides at night, Boatwright's for a
sit down breakfast, and I thought the bus service has been
good in the times I have stayed there. I have also stayed
at Caribbean Beach and Coronado Springs among the moderates
and they are also nice resorts with their strong points, but
Riverside still is tops for me and my family.
Tim
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For us, Port Orleans (either French Quarter or Riverside)
is the best. The ambience is wonderful and the dragon slide
is great for the kids. Riverside had the pull out bed which
was also a hit. Walking around the grounds at night is also
lovely.
Michele
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Port Orleans French Quarter is
my number one. It's not too big, the atmosphere is fun, the
bus service is good. Number two would be Port Orleans
Riverside. Atomosphere is great here as well. The only
drawback was the size of the resort.
I've not stayed at the CB so I do not know, but I have
stayed at CS. It was okay, but not as nice as FQ or R. Too
large and the bus service wasn't as good as the other two
while I was there.
lkw
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We've stayed at The Carribean
Beach Resort for the past 2 years and we absolutely love it
there! The rooms are great, I love the walk to Old Port
Royale...the beaches are very pretty. We really like the
variety of foods that the food court has there and the main
pool is great! Its a great hotel for the $$!
Stacey
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My DD and I love Riverside and
we have stayed at all the moderates. The next one would be
FQ, then CB and last CS. We just like the laid back feel of
Riverside and the food court.
Karen
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Well let's see - I've stayed
at all except for CS which I will stay at in Oct. for 4
days before going to WL. I like them all cuz they each have
their own specialness about it. But if I HAD to pick one I
think it would be POFQ. I just like the New Orleans flavor
of it. Very relaxing.
Pam
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We have stayed at POFQ and
Coronado Springs. Of the two, I like CS the best. We stayed
in the Casitas and the Cabanas, but I liked the Casitas
best. We were closer to the larger quiet pool and it was
very convenient. We really liked the Maya Grill for the
breakfast buffet and the Dig Site was loads of fun.
Deborah
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Port Orleans Riverside is my
favorite Moderate.
Its just so relaxed and cozy. We like the boat service to
Downtown Disney
and short bus rides to the Parks
Dennis
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We have stayed at all of them.
Our hands down favorite was Riverside. We like the layout
(didn't feel like hotel) and loved Boatwrights. Except for
AKL we liked it better than the deluxe
hotels as well. CB would be next because of layout and
beach. Then French Quarter and last CS-just didn't like
food court or so many conventions going on when we were
there. We're DVC now and OKW is a favorite because of the
spread out and laid back atmosphere much
like Riverside, and we still go to Boatwrights occaisonally
for breakfast.
John
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We have stayed several times
in the past at Riverside when it was Dixie Landings and we
have always loved it! The trouble became our kids got to
growing up and those little rooms just couldn't work out,
or we'd need to get two side by side. Since we have been
DVC at OKW for several years, we have occasionally stayed
for a night or two at Riverside since, or have gone over to
use their food court for lunch or quick dinner after a day
of parks. We even pool-hopped once or twice over there
because of the slide. We still love it there and going back
in brings back lots of very nice memories! I miss it. To be
very honest, I am happy to report that I would stay at any
one of these moderate resorts any time - I have a very good
feeling about all of them, having resort hopped on non-park
days in the past.
Kathy
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We've stayed at the Port
Orleans once - before it joined up with Dixie Landings -
Riverside now? We liked it there. We had a great room - on
a corner - down by the canal. It was quite relaxing. We
liked that Port Orleans was small (for WDW) not a long walk
to the main building or pool.
Brenda
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I liked the Caribbean Beach
resort better than the Port Orleans. The Caribbean
Beach seemed more "laid back"....more "cartooney". Port
Orleans was ok, just seemed like it was meant more for
adults or adults with older kids. But we still had a ball
staying at both of these resorts.
Willie
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