WDW Magazine April 2018: Beaches and Bayous | Page 23

PHOTO BY MIKE BILLICK
If you are looking for something a little more low-key, but still very entertaining, just down
the path at the French Quarter, groove to sweet jazz at Scat Cat’s Club. Here you’re
surrounded by music memorabilia while you grab an appetizer and cocktail and listen to live
music on select evenings.
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
There is so much to do at Disney’s Port Orleans, you don’t need to leave the resorts
to enjoy yourself. Both resorts have unique pool areas. French Quarter has Doubloon
Lagoon with a water slide disguised as a Mardi-Gras themed giant sea serpent and
Riverside has Ol’ Man Island complete with wooden bridges and a rural waterslide built
into an “abandoned sawmill.”
There are five leisure pools at Riverside for those who like a little more peace and
quiet. Normally Disney frowns on pool hopping at the resorts, but when you stay at Port
Orleans, you have access to the pools at Riverside and French Quarter! It’s like two for
the price of one!