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What’s better than a fun Disney souvenir? A fun FREE Disney souvenir!
Jackson Square Gifts & Desires
During a recent visit to Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter Resort, we stumbled across a fun trivia game that ended with a prize! We’ve seen all kinds of fun souvenirs at Disney World, but this might be a new favorite.
Disney World can be an overwhelming place for introverts, with the resort’s theme parks and water parks often teeming with people in all corners. Which can make it even more important to have a peaceful hotel to return to after an overwhelming day.
Crowds
However, there are some Walt Disney World hotels that – – whether due to layout, popularity, or geographic location – – are better suited for introverted guests than others.
Meeting Disney characters has always been one of the most important, and magical parts of a visit to Disney property. In addition to meeting characters in the Disney World theme parks, you can also meet them at the hotels!
Hello, Ariel and Eric!
However, those visits are sporadic, and they are a surprise. There’s no schedule for when the Character Caravan, as it’s called, will pop up at your resort. But we have big news! Recently, Disney has begun offering scheduled character meet & greets at at least two of Walt Disney World’s hotel properties: The Port Orleans French Quarter Resort and the Wilderness Lodge Resort.
Disney World parades aren’t necessarily hard to come by, but every once in a while an ultra-rare parade happens that we can’t wait to see.
Port Orleans French Quarter
And, the best part is that you don’t even need a park ticket for this parade! That’s right — the Port Orleans Mardi Gras Parade is BACK and it’s better than ever this year. Check out all the incredible floats right here!
Your Mickey ears are packed, and your plane ticket is booked. Now, all you need to worry about is your hotel’s pool closure. Wait — our hotel pool is closed??
The Monorail at EPCOT
There are so many details that go into a Disney World trip. Let us help and give you a little preview as to what’s happening at your resort before your next trip.
Greetings from Louisiana!
Port Orleans Resort — French Quarter
And by Louisiana, we mean Disney’s Port Orleans – French Quarter and Riverside Resorts! These two resorts are part of Disney’s Moderate tier resorts, which land right in the middle between Value and Deluxe. Both resorts offer great perks to guests, including free transportation, a complimentary water park visit on the day of check-in, Early Theme Park Entry, and advance Lightning Lane booking!
While we love both of these resorts, they are not perfect, as these six unfortunate things happen every time we stay there.
There is something special about getting to your hotel room and finding out you are staying in a brand-new hotel room. Or at least a recently remodeled room. Everything looks fresh, and the room still has that “new room” smell.
New room at Port Orleans Resort — French Quarter
There is A LOT of construction work going on at Disney World, and some of that construction work involves remodeling rooms across numerous Disney World hotels. If you hope to find yourself staying in a recently refurbished hotel room, then we are rounding up the Disney World hotels with brand-new rooms in 2025.
This could be a big damper on your Disney vacation!
Spaceship Earth
Disney is constantly changing with major updates like the Test Track Refurbishment, the impending end of DinoLand, U.S.A. and the upcoming Monsters, Inc. Land! While these are all major changes to expect soon on your Disney vacation, there’s one refurbishment that might impact you right now.
Disney World has been a constant hive of activity for a while now.
Walt Disney World Swan
We’ve seen attractions open, a bunch of major park expansions coming over the next few years, and even new hotel additions. So, needless to say, there are a whole host of things to look forward to on your next trip to Disney World. Speaking of something to look forward to, if you’re going to be staying at a Disney World hotel in December, you’re in luck because there are 3 hotels that will have brand new rooms you can stay in!
Disney’s Port Orleans Resort — French Quarter has been getting a bit of a refresh recently, and these changes have been a long time coming.
Port Orleans French Quarter
The room refurbishments currently going on at this hotel have been happening since May, and we’ve slowly seen the new rooms open back up to guests (you can check out a full room tour here!). But, just when we thought this project was close to being completed, Disney goes and delays the completion.
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