Hello all! I recently attended WDW a few weeks ago. I am new to the boards, so I thought it would be fun to share my trip with you all. This was also my very first time staying on Disney property, so it was a totally different perspective for me this time. I went with my wife (kind of a 5 year anniversary present for the two of us), and my mother-in-law was to join us for the first few days (mainly to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which I will also be reviewing). A couple of notes before I get started: First, although we took a ton of pictures, in compiling this report I've realized we didn't take enough, so I may gloss over some things briefly; Second, although I was intent on taking pictures of everywhere we dined on this trip, I did not take pictures of any of the food we ate (sorry, but this was a vacation afterall, even with all of the planning I had done leading up to it). On with the report....We were staying at the Port Orleans Riverside, and had done online check-in prior to our arrival. I was not impressed with the process of checking in. In fact, it seemed that the regular check-in line was moving faster than our own. I did appreciate the numerous CM's that came and addressed us while we were in line to answer any questions we had, and to tell us more about the resort. Once we got to the counter, it was actually very easy, and I was pleased to discover that my DW's and my room was all ready. My Mother-in-Law, not so much. In fact, we had requested adjoining rooms only to find out that she was in a completely different building. After quite some time and mauevering, the CM was finally able to get her in the same building (Alligator Bayou Building 18). Of course, her room was not ready. We didn't have any immediate plans, so we decided to head to our room while we waited for her room to be ready.
Our building was very convenient to the entrance, and the parking was not a far walk. Our room was located directly in front of one of the quiet pools:
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Our building was very convenient to the entrance, and the parking was not a far walk. Our room was located directly in front of one of the quiet pools:
![385126_2811978587379_1496191761_3105767_80300579_n.jpg](http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/385126_2811978587379_1496191761_3105767_80300579_n.jpg)