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VIDEO: Tour the Gorgeous Royal Guest Rooms at Disney’s Port Orleans

21 March 2012 by Suzannah Otis 6 Comments

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Royal Guest RoomsI was given an amazing opportunity to stay at one of the brand new Royal Guest Rooms at Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside Resort. I had a sneak preview of a room mock-up last June, when I also saw the refurbished Port Orleans French Quarter rooms, so I was thrilled to see the finished product in person. To sum up the experience, I was blown away. The rooms are SO gorgeous. After having seen the Cinderella Suite inside Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom last December, I can say that staying in this room would be the next best thing for me. I love all the little details and touches which make it a truly special experience. Rather than just talk about what I loved, I thought I’d create a video highlighting some of the magical embellishments that await guests.

First, let’s go over the back story of the room designs. Princess Tiana, hailing from New Orleans, has invited her royal friends to visit her home. As royalty often do, Tiana’s guests have left behind gifts for her over the years, which she has incorporated into these guest rooms. I’ve captured these gifts and nods to other royal guests in the video. Let’s see if you can find them all!

In addition, things like the wallpaper border in the main room and bathroom area pay homage to the little animal helpers featured in each Princess’s story, the bedspread features their crowns, and of course, some hidden Mickeys can be found here and there. My favorite part by far, is the dazzling fiber-optic effects on each headboard. I am not joking when I say I pressed the button to make it light up all night. I have a soft spot for fiber-optics, going back to the sparkling tiles over at Epcot, so this fun surprise made me insanely happy. I captured the effect on video too, so let’s watch!


The Royal Guest Rooms are now available for booking at only $189 per night, sleeping four. The brand new mattresses were super comfy too, not to mention the delightful “new hotel room scent,” we loved being there! There are 512 Royal Guest themed rooms at Port Orleans Riverside, which join the 384 Pirate Rooms over at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, featuring swashbuckling details including pirate ship beds and buccaneer accessories. Rooms may be booked by calling 407-W-DISNEY. I cannot wait to stay there again!

Special thanks to the folks at Disney Destinations and Laura Spencer for this opportunity. My family and I were truly grateful! Review of our dinner at Boatwright’s Dining Hall coming soon!

 

*If you’d like the run-down of the gifts from other princesses, here you go: Wooden carved frame from Snow White, Magic Carpet from Jasmine, Pumpkin Coach coat rack from Cinderella, Pooch foot rest/ottoman from Belle, Genie’s Magic Lamp is the faucet, look for the dinglehopper and snarfblatt from Ariel on the shower curtain…those are the ones I found anyway!

Fiber Optics in Royal Guest Room
Magical Fiber-optics in Royal Guest Room
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Filed Under: Commentary Land, Disney Movie News & Reviews, Disney Resorts, Reviews, Walt Disney World Tagged With: caribbean beach resort, cinderella suite, Disney princesses, Disney Royal Guest Rooms, fiber optics, headboard, Hidden Mickeys, Port Orleans French Quarter, port orleans riverside, port orleans riverside resort, Port Orleans Royal Guest Rooms, Princess and the Frog, princess themed rooms, Princess Tiana, royal friends, Royal Guest Rooms, sneak preview, themed hotel rooms, video, video tour

What Would Historically Accurate Disney Princesses Look Like?

23 June 2011 by Suzannah Otis 13 Comments

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One artist, Claire Hummel has taken it upon herself to answer this question. She shares her creations at her Tumblr blog and her DeviantArt page. Claire has been sharing these visions since March of this year and according to her FAQ, plans to continue giving more Disney characters a fashionistically (yes, I just made that word up) accurate twist. I encourage you to visit her blog and seek out each original posting, as she goes into detail about the process behind her decisions for each look as well as sharing some videos of the process. In the meantime, I thought I’d post all of the current princesses she has shared to date – EDITED to add – she has now added Mulan, Tiana, and Rapunzel, which I’ve updated below. Check out her links above for more info and to purchase prints! (click to enlarge)

Historically accurate Rapunzel
Rapunzel

 

Historically accurate Tiana
Love this Tiana

 

Historically accurate Mulan
Mulan

 

Historically Accurate Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty's Princess Aurora - my favorite

 

Historically Accurate Aurora pink
And the pink version. 😉

 

Historically Accurate Cinderella
Cinderella

 

Historically Accurate Pocahontas
Pocahontas

 

 

Historically Accurate Jasmine
Jasmine - with a historically accurate Rajah too! 😉

 

 

Historically Accurate Snow White
Snow White - this is another of my favorites. Love this dress!

 

 

Historically Accurate Ariel
The Little Mermaid, Ariel - as a human of course

 

 

Historically Accurate Belle
Belle - this certainly gives a different first impression of Belle, no?

 

 

What are your thoughts? Which is your favorite? Which character would you like to see represented next?

 

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Filed Under: Walt Disney World Tagged With: ariel, Cinderella, Claire Hummel, DeviantArt, Disney, Disney characters, fan art, Historical fashion, historically accurate Disney princesses, Historically Accurate Princesses, jasmine, little mermaid, Mulan, pocahontas, Princess and the Frog, princess aurora, Princess Tiana, princesses, rajah, Rapunzel, Shoomla, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Tangled, Tiana, unofficial Disney fun

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