Club level

[hezell123]

Info posted by PBH official FB page regarding Club Level

 

[foolish-mortal]

Hi any recent reports on Royal Pacific CL? Do they have bottled water that you can take? Is there something available at all times or only at certain times? Thanks!

 

[macraven]

The club lounge does provide all with water if they want it

 

[melissa723]

Hi any recent reports on Royal Pacific CL? Do they have bottled water that you can take? Is there something available at all times or only at certain times? Thanks!

We were there the week of November 14th. They always have bottled water available, along with sodas and milk products. As for the food options, yes, there are certain things available only at certain times. Breakfast usually consisted of pastries, donuts, hard boiled eggs, cereals, pre-packaged oatmeal and fruit (bananas & apples). In the afternoon there were pre-packaged snacks like chips, cookies, lunchables, etc. Dinner was usually a meat/cheese box, hummus box and and then a meal in a box (chicken wings, beef, etc), along with beer and wine, and for desserts it was usually cookies and then brownies or something other type of sweet. There are times when the lounge is turning over for the next service, and nothing is available at those times.

Hope that helps!

 

[foolish-mortal]

We were there the week of November 14th. They always have bottled water available, along with sodas and milk products. As for the food options, yes, there are certain things available only at certain times. Breakfast usually consisted of pastries, donuts, hard boiled eggs, cereals, pre-packaged oatmeal and fruit (bananas & apples). In the afternoon there were pre-packaged snacks like chips, cookies, lunchables, etc. Dinner was usually a meat/cheese box, hummus box and and then a meal in a box (chicken wings, beef, etc), along with beer and wine, and for desserts it was usually cookies and then brownies or something other type of sweet. There are times when the lounge is turning over for the next service, and nothing is available at those times.

Hope that helps!

It does - thank you!!

 

[DisneyElite4]

Can you get real coffee in Club Level right now? (Versus making it from a pod in your hotel room.)

 

[schumigirl]

Can you get real coffee in Club Level right now? (Versus making it from a pod in your hotel room.)

Yes, you can.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

At HRH you checkin in the lobby. There is line for club level. No escort to room. Bell services will handle your luggage if necesary.

Club is different from Disney. The main job of CMs is food. They usually do not assist with other problems like room key doesn’t work and ADRs. They do not have desks outside the club lounge. I have never stayed club at RPR Or PBH.

Just to clarify for anyone else who might read this thread, the staff in the lounges at Universal are slightly different from CL at WDW, but mostly the same. They've generally been able to answer most questions for us. Each hotel is slightly different, and every staff member has a different personality. I've also experienced considerable variability at WDW CL as well; I think it is somewhat a reflection of people's personalities and somewhat a reflection of their experience level.

HRH staff tends towards just handling food, and I'd say personalities somewhat reflect the fun personality of the hotel.

Royal Pacific staff have trended friendly, and willing to answer questions if we had any, or at least quickly tell us where to go. I

At Portofino - at least before the pandemic- the lounge had a concierge desk located right in the lounge. It wasn't staffed 100% of the time though. They also had a help desk located just outside the lounge as well- but the one outside the lounge was mostly a place to buy park tickets. It has been a few years since I stayed CL there.

RPR is often my 1st choice of CL at Universal. I like Portofino, but it is a little further from the parks. IMO, the plus of Portofino is the larger hotel rooms.

 

[chris benton]

I'm just starting to research if Club Level at the premier hotels would be worth it for us. Is the food really decent most of the time?
Breakfast would be important. Our Universal days would probably play out like this:

Early Breakfast
Park for early entry
Light lunch in park - probably splitting a few meals at different places, just to try "Iconic" foods. Not expecting anything great - we know the drill.
Afternoon pool time - VERY important.
Dinner + park after, OR, Park + dinner after.

CL might be more appealing if anyone can give a thumbs up to the CL price vs buying food at restaurants if the CL quality is decent. Breakfast and lunch would probably be most important. I don't mind paying for meals at all, but lackluster, overpriced, park food, and my assumption of the food being kind of the same at Citywalk...The convenience of the CL lounges for food / snacks / drinks when we want it is kind of appealing - if the food is good. If the CL food is kinda "BLAH," then, I would be much happier skipping it and paying up for better while on vacation.

 

[melissa723]

I'm just starting to research if Club Level at the premier hotels would be worth it for us. Is the food really decent most of the time?
Breakfast would be important. Our Universal days would probably play out like this:

Early Breakfast
Park for early entry
Light lunch in park - probably splitting a few meals at different places, just to try "Iconic" foods. Not expecting anything great - we know the drill.
Afternoon pool time - VERY important.
Dinner + park after, OR, Park + dinner after.

CL might be more appealing if anyone can give a thumbs up to the CL price vs buying food at restaurants if the CL quality is decent. Breakfast and lunch would probably be most important. I don't mind paying for meals at all, but lackluster, overpriced, park food, and my assumption of the food being kind of the same at Citywalk...The convenience of the CL lounges for food / snacks / drinks when we want it is kind of appealing - if the food is good. If the CL food is kinda "BLAH," then, I would be much happier skipping it and paying up for better while on vacation.

We stayed at RPR, and to be completely honest, the CL offerings didn't wow me. This was also during COVID, so I can't speak to what it's like under normal circumstances, but if you've ever done CL at a WDW deluxe resort, then you'll probably be disappointed. We were able to book a CL room at for a great rate this past November, but if I was paying the prices I see now then I most likely wouldn't book the room again. Snacks and drinks hold the appeal if you just want to grab something and go, but there are no big breakfast items and lunch is just munchies for the most part.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

I'm just starting to research if Club Level at the premier hotels would be worth it for us. Is the food really decent most of the time?
Breakfast would be important. Our Universal days would probably play out like this:

Early Breakfast
Park for early entry
Light lunch in park - probably splitting a few meals at different places, just to try "Iconic" foods. Not expecting anything great - we know the drill.
Afternoon pool time - VERY important.
Dinner + park after, OR, Park + dinner after.

CL might be more appealing if anyone can give a thumbs up to the CL price vs buying food at restaurants if the CL quality is decent. Breakfast and lunch would probably be most important. I don't mind paying for meals at all, but lackluster, overpriced, park food, and my assumption of the food being kind of the same at Citywalk...The convenience of the CL lounges for food / snacks / drinks when we want it is kind of appealing - if the food is good. If the CL food is kinda "BLAH," then, I would be much happier skipping it and paying up for better while on vacation.

 

[hawktalksl]

I'm just starting to research if Club Level at the premier hotels would be worth it for us. Is the food really decent most of the time?
Breakfast would be important. Our Universal days would probably play out like this:

Early Breakfast
Park for early entry
Light lunch in park - probably splitting a few meals at different places, just to try "Iconic" foods. Not expecting anything great - we know the drill.
Afternoon pool time - VERY important.
Dinner + park after, OR, Park + dinner after.

CL might be more appealing if anyone can give a thumbs up to the CL price vs buying food at restaurants if the CL quality is decent. Breakfast and lunch would probably be most important. I don't mind paying for meals at all, but lackluster, overpriced, park food, and my assumption of the food being kind of the same at Citywalk...The convenience of the CL lounges for food / snacks / drinks when we want it is kind of appealing - if the food is good. If the CL food is kinda "BLAH," then, I would be much happier skipping it and paying up for better while on vacation.

Well...we stayed club at Portofino a couple of years ago (pre COVID and not sure if back to normal yet) and it was great for our family of 4. The convenience was awesome! We had breakfast and dinner every day at the lounge. There were hot breakfast items such as scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, potatoes and then also various other typical breakfast items (cereal, fruits, yogurt, et al), Dinner varied each night, (American, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Jamaican) They were more like heavy appetizers, but with the complimentary beer and & wine, we found it perfectly fine. Lunch offerings were basically snacks.. so we'd always have a sit down lunch somewhere in the park or City walk.

 

[CJGamer]

Hi all, this felt like the best spot to put this up.
We are staying at HRH for the first time ever. We are DVC disney people and I wanted to do this once to use express pass.
3 nights club level (then moving to disney), Universal and IOA, no volcano bay.
I want to get the most out of Club level. This is my thinking. 3 lunches in the parks. 3 Broomsticks, Mythos, Lombards.
Everything else food wise- breakfast, apps/dinner and desert should be taken care of by the CL offerings- with a little something at dinner time perhaps at a hotel restaurant to supplement.

Am I thinking correctly that this would be the best way to do it?

 

[barb969]

Hi all, this felt like the best spot to put this up.
We are staying at HRH for the first time ever. We are DVC disney people and I wanted to do this once to use express pass.
3 nights club level (then moving to disney), Universal and IOA, no volcano bay.
I want to get the most out of Club level. This is my thinking. 3 lunches in the parks. 3 Broomsticks, Mythos, Lombards.
Everything else food wise- breakfast, apps/dinner and desert should be taken care of by the CL offerings- with a little something at dinner time perhaps at a hotel restaurant to supplement.

Am I thinking correctly that this would be the best way to do it?

That is what we have done many times before COVID-19.

 

[lissiesmum]

Following this thread for more info we are staying club level at RP in two weeks!

 

[melissa723]

Following this thread for more info we are staying club level at RP in two weeks!

I honestly don't think much has changed since the last couple of posts about it. I recently saw a video on youtube and everything was the same as it was when we were there in November.

 

[mvansear]

Years ago my family of 5 stayed club level at HRH stayed 7 nights and only ate dinner in a restaurant twice the rest of the time we got snacks in the parks and ate the club food at dinner. Just went 2 weeks ago and stayed club level at RPR 4 nights and ate in the club three nights...one day we got a late lunch at Mythos (fabulous place), apps in club and went to Choc Emp later that evening and had desserts..For us the club is the BEST, wont stay w/o it!!! Evening drinks in the club are wonderful too!!!
What I remember RPR club food while we were there
Breakfast...oj, apple juice, milk, water, coffee, donuts, muffins, fruit, cereal-- all were served by club lounge staff
afternoon snacks-sodas, water uncrustables, various chips Doritos, sun chips, bag granola (I think) this was all self serve
evening appetizers- every night they had fruit, salami, and cheese tray (yummy), hummus and pita, some sort of dip and veggies. Veggie rice burrito our first night (very yummy). 2nd night was mac and cheese with chicken strips (this was just okay). I cant remember what the third night was..... Also to note we took trays back to our room and put them in the fridge to snack on later -- most appetizers were in premade covered trays. Mac and cheese with chicken strips was served by a club lounge member
Evening drinks- wine and beer...red and white no idea of beer types
Sweet snacks were at the same time as wine I think and they were brownies and cookies

 

[mvansear]

Wanted to give one more thought...Went in October (family of 5) decided not to stay club for the first time ever because of COVID changes. We spent an average of 250.00 for a dinner (mostly in citywalk Hard rock, NBC studios, Choc emporium). Went again 2 weeks ago back to club and see my other post. Spent significantly less on food so for us club is the way to go!

 

[lissiesmum]

Years ago my family of 5 stayed club level at HRH stayed 7 nights and only ate dinner in a restaurant twice the rest of the time we got snacks in the parks and ate the club food at dinner. Just went 2 weeks ago and stayed club level at RPR 4 nights and ate in the club three nights...one day we got a late lunch at Mythos (fabulous place), apps in club and went to Choc Emp later that evening and had desserts..For us the club is the BEST, wont stay w/o it!!! Evening drinks in the club are wonderful too!!!
What I remember RPR club food while we were there
Breakfast...oj, apple juice, milk, water, coffee, donuts, muffins, fruit, cereal-- all were served by club lounge staff
afternoon snacks-sodas, water uncrustables, various chips Doritos, sun chips, bag granola (I think) this was all self serve
evening appetizers- every night they had fruit, salami, and cheese tray (yummy), hummus and pita, some sort of dip and veggies. Veggie rice burrito our first night (very yummy). 2nd night was mac and cheese with chicken strips (this was just okay). I cant remember what the third night was..... Also to note we took trays back to our room and put them in the fridge to snack on later -- most appetizers were in premade covered trays. Mac and cheese with chicken strips was served by a club lounge member
Evening drinks- wine and beer...red and white no idea of beer types
Sweet snacks were at the same time as wine I think and they were brownies and cookies

Thank you for sharing this info! We just switched to club level and it sounds perfect to me!

 

[lissiesmum]

Wanted to give one more thought...Went in October (family of 5) decided not to stay club for the first time ever because of COVID changes. We spent an average of 250.00 for a dinner (mostly in citywalk Hard rock, NBC studios, Choc emporium). Went again 2 weeks ago back to club and see my other post. Spent significantly less on food so for us club is the way to go!

Did they ever have croissants out at breakfast? My daughter is asking