
Lets Visit… Port Orleans Resort: French Quarter
A walk around Disney’s Port Orleans: French Quarter
First, a brief background. French Quarter is one of four WDW “moderate” resorts (five if you count the cabins at Fort Wilderness). It is is the original Port Orleans resort, opening under that name in 1991. It was themed to the “French Quarter” section of New Orleans in terms of architecture and style. In 1992, Disney opened Disney’s Dixie Landings Resort adjacent to the original Port Orleans. Dixie Landings would later go on to be re-branded as part of Port Orleans Resort in the 2001. It was renamed to Port Orleans: Riverside, representing plantation and bayou areas of Louisiana. The original Port Orleans Resort would become Port Orleans: French Quarter. Continue reading “Lets Visit… Port Orleans Resort: French Quarter”