Esmeralda
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Aug 18, 1999
We stayed at the HRH for 4 nights early October. When we checked in, I was told we had been upgraded to the Club Level. I don't know why we were - maybe they just do this when the hotel isn't crowded??? Anyway, it worked out wonderfully. Breakfast every morning in the Club room, cookies and drinks out every night.
We were pleasantly surprised when the walk to US took us under 5 minutes! This is the closest of all 3 hotels and also the smallest which is really nice. I talked to someone from the Royal Pacific who was just overwhelmed by the size of it. IOA is just another 5 minutes away. We usually took the boat home from IOA after a long day of walking. The boats were great - quick and friendly captains.
The FOTL access was even better than I had imagined. We never had to wait for a ride (except for the Pteratadon Flyers). The FOTL lines were much smaller than FastPass lines at WDW. For this reason, we will never stay offsite again! And after battling the buses at WDW, we were thrilled with not dealing with that stress for 3 days.
The slide at the HRH pool was smaller than the Grand Floridian's and the Animal Kingdom Lodge's but still fun. One side is sandy and walk-in which was nice. Also, there are fountains for the kids to play in and run through.
We ate at the Kitchen for dinner (great), had ice cream in the parlor next door (great), had poolside food (great) and of course the club food was great. We also went to the other 2 hotels to eat (Mama Della's and Tchoup Tchoup) and look around.
If anyone has questions about the details of the Club, restaurants, rooms, or anything else, let me know! I just don't want to bore people with my ramblings! I will be posting restaurant reviews on the main Universal Board.
We were pleasantly surprised when the walk to US took us under 5 minutes! This is the closest of all 3 hotels and also the smallest which is really nice. I talked to someone from the Royal Pacific who was just overwhelmed by the size of it. IOA is just another 5 minutes away. We usually took the boat home from IOA after a long day of walking. The boats were great - quick and friendly captains.
The FOTL access was even better than I had imagined. We never had to wait for a ride (except for the Pteratadon Flyers). The FOTL lines were much smaller than FastPass lines at WDW. For this reason, we will never stay offsite again! And after battling the buses at WDW, we were thrilled with not dealing with that stress for 3 days.
The slide at the HRH pool was smaller than the Grand Floridian's and the Animal Kingdom Lodge's but still fun. One side is sandy and walk-in which was nice. Also, there are fountains for the kids to play in and run through.
We ate at the Kitchen for dinner (great), had ice cream in the parlor next door (great), had poolside food (great) and of course the club food was great. We also went to the other 2 hotels to eat (Mama Della's and Tchoup Tchoup) and look around.
If anyone has questions about the details of the Club, restaurants, rooms, or anything else, let me know! I just don't want to bore people with my ramblings! I will be posting restaurant reviews on the main Universal Board.