Pharmacies, etc near Port Orleans FQ?

[Sara G]

Hi there! My family and I are planning a trip to WDW staying INSIDE the park (have been but not stayed in the park) for the very 1st time (SOOOO excited!!!). I have 3 young boys 1, 3, &5 and I am very nervous about not renting a car. Are there pharmacies or stores walking distance should we have the need? What about if I would like a bottle of wine to enjoy in my room (we are on vacation after all!)? Or I forget something like tylenol, etc.? Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Allygator]

They have Tylenol etc in the gift shop at the resort. I know thy have beer and liquor I don't recall if they have wine.

 

[Figgy1]

I don't know about anything with in walking distance but you can order from garden grocer and they will deliver. And a most magical welcome to the wdwmagic family!

 

[real mad hatter]

Hess supermarket at downtown for your wine,and depending what medicines you require,I reckon they may have a few things in the shop..

 

[littleroo]

Whenever I leave with my boys anywhere, I pack childrens ibuprofen and tyelnol. I also bring bandaids, aloe vera, sunscreen, and extra desitin. We wrap a bottle of stoli and Jameson in bubble wrap and put one in each of our two checked bags. We also order beer, diapers, wipes, baby ood, fruit snacks, water, etc from Garden Grocer.

Everything I listed above in the first aid area per say can be bought at the gift shop but for a shocking rate. Enjoy and be prepared and you will love POFQ as much as our family!! Much pixie dust heading your way!!!

 

[sweetpee_1993]

You can order from Garden Grocer or other grocery delivery services for food/alcohol.

If you need things found in a pharmacy or drug store that are not sold in the resort shops there is a drug store that Disney uses that delivers to the resorts. It's Turner Drugs. We've had to get Dove bar soap delivered (I ran out & have sensitive skin so it was not optional). Also, hubby forgot to bring enough of his blood pressure meds on one trip. We called our doctor at home, he called in a prescription to Turner, and the meds were at the resort waiting for us within 2 hours. In fact, I recall telling the old man he wasn't leaving the front desk until he'd taken a pill. His BP was waaaaay too high. So, if you need OTC meds, toiletries typically found at a Walgreens or CVS, or even prescriptions there are delivery options for that as well.

Happy travels!

 

[DizneyPryncess]

You can order from Garden Grocer or other grocery delivery services for food/alcohol.

If you need things found in a pharmacy or drug store that are not sold in the resort shops there is a drug store that Disney uses that delivers to the resorts. It's Turner Drugs. We've had to get Dove bar soap delivered (I ran out & have sensitive skin so it was not optional). Also, hubby forgot to bring enough of his blood pressure meds on one trip. We called our doctor at home, he called in a prescription to Turner, and the meds were at the resort waiting for us within 2 hours. In fact, I recall telling the old man he wasn't leaving the front desk until he'd taken a pill. His BP was waaaaay too high. So, if you need OTC meds, toiletries typically found at a Walgreens or CVS, or even prescriptions there are delivery options for that as well.

Happy travels!

This happened to us as well! I ended up needing a prescription during our trip, we were at POFQ. My doctor called the prescription in, and it was waiting at our room when we got back. I was shocked! I didn't realize that they did that until then.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

This happened to us as well! I ended up needing a prescription during our trip, we were at POFQ. My doctor called the prescription in, and it was waiting at our room when we got back. I was shocked! I didn't realize that they did that until then.

Come to think of it, we were also at POFQ! LOL!

 

[MinnieM123]

A few years ago, while staying on Disney property, I needed a bottle of contact lens cleaner and wetting solution. I didn't have a car (I always rely on Disney transportation for park hopping). However, I remembered that Turner Drug (over in Celebration, FL, I believe) delivered to Disney resorts. Voila. I called them and they were very pleasant and helpful. They delivered to my resort hotel for a nominal delivery fee. If that service was not available, I would have spent much more on a taxi going to a drug store, and returning back to the resort.

 

[NeedMoreMickey]

Sorry not any help with the drug store but you can buy wine by the bottle at most of the countries in Epcot. I think Germany, Italy and France have a thing where you pay around $10 and sample 3 different wines.

 

[JIMINYCR]

We bring assorted medicines and things we might need with us too. But on one trip I got a bad cold, went to the POFQ resort gift shop and found some Nyquil. I paid a lot more than I expected/wanted to. I quickly added that item to my next trips list of just in case things to pack.

 

[docdebbi]

I also pack a traveling drug store when we go. Adult and child ibuprofen and Tylenol, allergy meds Pepcid imodium exlax mylanta visine cough medicine decongestant, band aids neosporin topical anesthetic, you name it. Put it all in one little bag and we're golden.
Last trip however my daughter was rummaging around in the bag and found my surgical skin glue( I am a surgeon for Pete's sake) and was all mad that if she or her kids got cut badly enough to need stitches I wasn't even going to let them go the ER but glue them and make them keep going.
Well, yeah, duh..... Why waste valuable Disney time in an ER! Such a crank pot! ;-)

 

[sweetpee_1993]

I also pack a traveling drug store when we go. Adult and child ibuprofen and Tylenol, allergy meds Pepcid imodium exlax mylanta visine cough medicine decongestant, band aids neosporin topical anesthetic, you name it. Put it all in one little bag and we golden.
Last trip however my daughter was rummaging around I the bag and found my surgical skin glue( I am a surgeon for Pete's sake) and was all mad that if she or her kids got cut badly enough to need stitches I wasn't even going to let them go the ER but glue them and make them keep going.
Well, yeah, duh..... Why waste valuable Disney time in an ER! Such a crank pot! ;-)

Please travel with us! I could've used a doc that wouldn't quarantine me on our recent Disney Fantasy cruise. I know enough to stay away from medical on the ships until death is imminent. Judging by the blisters on my throat and night of chills then sweating at the beginning of the cruise I was sure I had strep. First stop in Mexico we bought antibiotics OTC (Kflex & Cipro). I'm 2 weeks from the onset of symptoms & still not entirely over whatever I had. Think I'll add a couple courses of Cipro to our cruise meds kit along with stomach, cold, flu, sinus, first aid, and motion sickness collection. LOL!

 

[sweetpee_1993]

We bring assorted medicines and things we might need with us too. But on one trip I got a bad cold, went to the POFQ resort gift shop and found some Nyquil. I paid a lot more than I expected/wanted to. I quickly added that item to my next trips list of just in case things to pack.

Yeah, I paid about $4 for 4 doses of Contac Cold & Flu onboard the Disney Fantasy. 4 doses. 4 doses would last a day, if that. Every time I went to buy more I was certain some purchase tracking trigger in the POS system would alert the medical police and I'd be accosted by a crew resembling the Monsters Inc CDA guys in their full germ-free suits before I could get back to the elevators. LOL!

 

[JIMINYCR]

Yeah, I paid about $4 for 4 doses of Contac Cold & Flu onboard the Disney Fantasy. 4 doses. 4 doses would last a day, if that. Every time I went to buy more I was certain some purchase tracking trigger in the POS system would alert the medical police and I'd be accosted by a crew resembling the Monsters Inc CDA guys in their full germ-free suits before I could get back to the elevators. LOL!

Imagine them locking you in your stateroom and putting a Quarantine notice on the door. And keep the ship from docking.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Imagine them locking you in your stateroom and putting a Quarantine notice on the door. And keep the ship from docking.

Not kidding, I laid in bed sweating like a pig calculating days/hours and how they relate to upcoming port days, planned activities/excursions, etc. It was like this constant calculating of time that I knew I'd be locked-down if I went to medical. Then I had visions of my poor family physically carrying me down. It's crazy!!! I've been sick at WDW before. Twice actually. The first time I kept going like a champ thru every bit of it. The main thing I remember was fighting to manage the body aches and wanting nothing but orange juice. A few days in my husband realized how much those bottles of juice cost (we were waaaaay more financially limited in those years) and I was like, "I do NOT care how much it is. Buy TWO!" LOL! The second time I pushed as much as I could but finally had a "crash" day when I let the others go to the parks without me while I slept. I was miserable and unwell but I wasn't as sick that time. Being sick on a cruise is a whooooole other ballgame because on a ship you can and WILL be quarantined if the medical staff deem it necessary. I wasn't out to make others sick and I was super conscientous about my cooties but I was determined NOT to have my wings clipped if I could avoid it. Plus, at WDW there's always the option to go out to a CentraCare or the Celebration ER. On the ship there's just the ship's medical facility. No clue exactly what their capabilities are as far as strep or flu tests, etc. I mean, what if they just look at your symptoms, decide it COULD be one of those things, and BAM! You're on lock-down until you get testing onshore somewhere...possibly and/or probably NOT even the United States!!!! It's veeeeery different. If I wasn't already convinced of the wisdom in travel insurance BEFORE this recent cruise (we had a big health scare that had potential to kill the whole trip well inside the penalty phase) I sure am now. Health insurance doesn't just get filed from the cruise ships. I hear you have to pay upfront if you don't have travel insurance and wait for reimbursement. I've also heard nightmares of trying to get medical care out of country...worse yet, emergency transport back to the states. AAAAAAnd, if you think for a moment that just because you're in Florida and all these medical costs are manageable because you have good health insurance you should read about the little 4 yro boy who drowned in a family pool on the Fantasy before the ship left port not that long ago. He was brought back from no heartbeat/no pulse but not before he suffered massive brain damage. Once he was stabilized he had to have very specialized medical transport to a medical facility closer to his hometown in like Minnesota or somewhere far like that. I'm sure any/all additional coverage via travel insurance is a Godsend for his family as they struggle to adjust to all of their new lives. It's hard to even wrap your brain around all that they face emotionally as well as financially and logistically. I'm sure if funds were out of the equation that would be one less big thing to factor, you know?

Sorry for the thread drift, y'all. Hope everyone thinks hard about being super prepared when they travel AND know all their options...including where to get meds in a pinch while at WDW!!!!

 

[JIMINYCR]

Being sick on a cruise is a whooooole other ballgame because on a ship you can and WILL be quarantined if the medical staff deem it necessary.

And paying for the cruise and unable to feast on ALL that GREAT food.... We had friends go on a different cruise ship to the Med. and both got sick enough that they couldnt eat much. Crackers & ginger ale was about it for the first several days.. They were devastated thinking about the buffets of food they couldn't eat.

 

[NeedMoreMickey]

Disney must have their reasons for not having some kind of drug store in DTD area but you think if they can put a Starbucks in all 4 parks they can put a Walgreens in DTD.

 

[minnielaw]

Disney must have their reasons for not having some kind of drug store in DTD area but you think if they can put a Starbucks in all 4 parks they can put a Walgreens in DTD.

But then we wouldn't be forced to buy their overpriced toiletries at the resort gift/sundry shops!