My family had the pleasure of going down to Disney World for a vacation in early December. I managed to sneak in a run, after my youngest child decided to wake up at 4:30 and then refuse to go back to sleep. She usually likes hopping in the stroller and going for a run with me, so my spouse and I hoped that she would be game. A mile or so in, however, she told me that she wanted to go back to the room. So, back we went, and then I managed to sneak out again, this time without the stroller. Needless to say I was slightly faster without it, though I missed having someone to talk to.
This blog post pretty much sums up the running paths at Port Orleans: http://blog.touringplans.com/2013/11/25/disney-world-running-resorts-port-orleans/
The only thing I feel like I should emphasize is that the surface is concrete and very hard, and full of pock marks, which didn't change the surface from a running perspective. The pock marks in it are probably there to ensure traction when the path is wet, and to that end, they seemed to work well enough. Everything was a bit damp with morning dew, but I really only felt myself slipping once, and that seemed to be due to the random landscaping liquid I had run through (pesticide, I think; it smelled like cloves).
On our first run, we only saw a couple of people out and about, but by the time I went out again, the sun was up, and there were dozens of people out. There were a handful of people walking or running for exercise, but the majority of them were walking around with the drinking troughs provided with the meal plan, headed to breakfast, or dragging their luggage behind them on their way to catch their ride back home.
Well, that's about it for the run. The kids enjoyed Disney well enough: our youngest loved meeting the princesses and other characters, and our oldest thoroughly enjoyed the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom game. As far as rides go, they really liked the flying carpet ride and Spaceship Earth.
Next stop... a frozen mountaintop.
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