On February 2, 2012, Disney's Port Orleans Riverside celebrated 20 years. In 1992 the brand new section of Dixie Landings resort, now the 1,024 rooms of the Alligator Bayou lodges, opened to the public, the first of two distinct areas which would include the Magnolia Bend mansions. The resort underwent a name change and merged with its sister hotel, Port Orleans, in 2001. The original Port Orleans Resort became what we now know as Port Orleans French Quarter and Dixie Landings became what we now know as Port Orleans Riverside.
