POFQ preferred room vs pool view

[EvilQueen-T]

Can someone tell me how they differentiate the preferred room vs pool at Port Orleans French Quarter? Which buildings house each? We love when we stay at Allstar Sports in building 1 or 6 (their category of preferred room) and we're super close to the main pool and the food court. Then we just make a 1st floor request and are happy as clams so we're trying to do basically the same thing at POFQ. I haven't stayed there in a few years and back then we'd stayed in either a standard room or a Royal room. Thanks.

 

[Tuvalu]

Pool view rooms are in buildings 2 and 5 and tend to be noisy in our experience. Preferred rooms are in building 4 but it is not necessary to pay the premium since the entire resort is compact (much smaller than the All Stars) and you can be at the pool/bus stop/food court from any building in less than 5 minutes. We have been super close to the food court/bus from rooms in building 2 (non pool view) and 3.

 

[KLeigh]

I agree with the previous post - don't pay for a preferred room at POFQ (if there even is that option), and avoid the pool room view because of the constant noise. This is the smallest resort on WDW property, and you can walk from one end of the resort to the other in less than 5 minutes.

 

[Herdman]

Totally agree with the previous posters. We love this resort and will be staying here on our next trip in November.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

+1 in agreement with everyone else. Preferred rooms are probably worth it at Riverside, but not French Quarter.

 

[EpcotCenter82]

There is not a preferred room category at French Quarter - the categories are standard, garden, pool, and river. The preferred rooms are only offered at Riverside.

 

[EvilQueen-T]

There is not a preferred room category at French Quarter - the categories are standard, garden, pool, and river. The preferred rooms are only offered at Riverside.

So a pool view room would likely be in buildings 2 or 5. Someone posted that the pool view rooms here were only for the 2nd and 3rd floors tho. Do you (or anyone else) know if that's true? I like a first floor room because of a physical disability in our group so we always request that and know it's just a request of course and my sister, whose traveling with us next trip wants a pool view.

 

[KLeigh]

So a pool view room would likely be in buildings 2 or 5. Someone posted that the pool view rooms here were only for the 2nd and 3rd floors tho. Do you (or anyone else) know if that's true? I like a first floor room because of a physical disability in our group so we always request that and know it's just a request of course and my sister, whose traveling with us next trip wants a pool view.

Check this out for more information: http://www.portorleans.org/frenchquarter-accommodation.php

They have great color-coded building maps letting you know which rooms in which buildings have a specific view.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Is there no option for standard or garden view? IMO, both preferred and pool views would be a waste of money at POFQ.

 

[EpcotCenter82]

So a pool view room would likely be in buildings 2 or 5. Someone posted that the pool view rooms here were only for the 2nd and 3rd floors tho. Do you (or anyone else) know if that's true? I like a first floor room because of a physical disability in our group so we always request that and know it's just a request of course and my sister, whose traveling with us next trip wants a pool view.

Yes, this is correct. The first floor rooms in buildings 2 and 5 have foliage between the rooms and the pool so they are classified as garden view not pool view. All of the building at POFQ have elevators.

 

[Belle_MTL]

When we stayed there (4 years ago) we had a ground level room in front of the parking lot. I remember walking around and feeling grateful that we weren't over looking the pool because of the noise. Surprisingly even though we were in front of the parking lot, we had absolutely no noise issues. We loved POFQ, and none of us had any complaints (party of 10, 3 rooms).

 

[CaptainAmerica]

The notion of a "view" at any moderate resort seems kind of silly to me. It's not like the deluxe resorts where you have a floor-to-ceiling sliding glass door an a balcony. No matter what "view" you're in, your actual view will be of a concrete walking path.

 

[draybook]

We had a pool room a couple of years ago. We didn't notice any noise and we were on the second floor. Hope that helps.

 

[Tinkerbella16]

I honestly don't think POFQ even needs a preferred category, since the resort is so small. I would not bother paying preferred at POFQ, but Riverside is a different story. All of the buildings at POFQ are great, and even the ones by the pool are quiet.

 

[JourneysEnd]

There is not a preferred room category at French Quarter - the categories are standard, garden, pool, and river. The preferred rooms are only offered at Riverside.

I was wondering where that was coming from. I'm booked at POFQ and I only had the options you show. Building 4 for example has both standard and garden rooms.