Post your Oct rates and discounts if any

[4greatboys]

I just called to book our room for Oct 28 & 29. They did not have any Ent rates (they never do) and they did have AP rates out but they seems kind of high to me.

RPR--Rack rate garden view: $224 AP: $202

HRH--Rack rate garden : $249 AP: 224

A $22 to $25 discount?? Thats it? I have always had great AP rates but this year they seem not very good at all. Last June we paid $202 for club level at RPR, this time its $287 :confused3

[macraven]

i booked my stay for the second weekend in october at hrh.

using the AAA rate only because the fan club and ent rates have not been released yet.

the gal at the other end of the phone said to call back in a couple of weeks to see if they have been released yet.

if anyone else out there has more info, please let us know.

this is my 5th year in a row going there at hrh and this year has the highest rates for october yet for us.

[KLAIT]

AAA Rates....Oct 27, 28 and 29....HRH $225, RPR $179.20 and Portofino $227.30...but, the Portofino AAA rates are gone...

Also, the lady I talked to told me that entertainment rates will be only for more than 4 nights stays

[macraven]

forgot to list this 411

oct 7-8-9-
AAA $224 /night (+tax)
no discounts $249 / night (+tax)


i talked to universal resort bookings and they told me on friday 3/4 that the ent and fan club rates have not been released yet for october.

i was told to book my room now and i can modify it later when rates come out.

either way, i am going for hhn and need a room on site. if i don't get any discounts, i live with what i have now.

the stay for 4 nights was an option for me but it is based on double occupancy and i am going solo. i cut my time back to 3 from 4 as there was no advantage to staying longer

[4greatboys]

Well the RPR AAA rate is pretty good but the HRH AAA is right about the same as the Passholder rate. We didnt get to go last Oct but I had made a ressie at RPR because I was hoping we could go and the rate I got then was $129 and now this year $202. Thats quite an increase.

[sarhenty]

I got a rate of $187 for Oct 7-9 thru orangevacations.com for RPR ... I tried to get a rate thru AAA, FAN and loews and they all told me it was sold out?:confused3

[KLAIT]

sarhenty

don't lose hope on the AAA rates...I was debating which hotel to book with the AAA rate and all of a sudden the Portofino AAA rate disappeared...but was available again within a few days

[lovetheparks]

Well the RPR AAA rate is pretty good but the HRH AAA is right about the same as the Passholder rate. We didnt get to go last Oct but I had made a ressie at RPR because I was hoping we could go and the rate I got then was $129 and now this year $202. Thats quite an increase.


I also got the $129 rate last October but I'm fairly positive I did not book until June/July. Right now the $179 AAA rate is the best. We also go for HHN and usually only stay one night but it's worth it. I'll most likely book with the AAA rate in May and keep checking for the AP rate to descrease.

[bjakmom]

I booked 10/7 - 10 at PBH - 2 std rooms @ 227.- AAA - one is upgraded to deluxe thru Loews Gold. Looks like they're not offering APH rates this year until much closer to check in.

[macraven]

I booked 10/7 - 10 at PBH - 2 std rooms @ 227.- AAA - one is upgraded to deluxe thru Loews Gold. Looks like they're not offering APH rates this year until much closer to check in.



i booked at hrh on 3/4 and used the AAA for the 224 rate per night.
i also have the loews gold card but was told the oct 7-8 are blocked out for any benefits and only oct 9 would i receive any loews benefits, such as the welcome gift.

i don't get it. :confused3
and you are already being upgraded??? they told me i could only get the upgrade based on my loews gold card was for oct 9, like i said, other dates are blacked out.

[bjakmom]

I booked back in January - checked my e-mail confirmation and it definitely states 1 2Q deluxe and 1 2Q GV - both at 227.20 AAA rate. Maybe once they have rented out all the deluxe rooms, they stop giving the upgrades - not sure, as I'm new to gold, but that's what I would assume. I'm sure there's always some 'small print' somewhere that contradicts what they tell you - called Loew's L'enfant in DC for a weekend trip and was told they were sold out - told her that I was a Gold member and my letter states "you are guaranteed to have a room waiting for you at any Loews Hotel ... with just 48 hours notice" - didn't matter - still sold out :rolleyes: !

I wouldn't want to move to another room just for my last night - that makes no sense (IMHO)!!! If I end up paying the AAA rate, I will certainly expect to get my welcome gift - but you only get that once anyway ! :smooth:

[MrsMud]

I have PBH Gardenview Oct 3, 4, and 6. $184 first 2 nights, $287 last night. This is with APH rate.
I may switch to HRH Deluxe for a few bucks more, and get the pullout sofa instead of renting a rolloway (5 people).

[4greatboys]

We stayed in a HRH deluxe room a couple of years back and the sleeper sofa wasnt bad.

[MrsMud]

We stayed in a HRH deluxe room a couple of years back and the sleeper sofa wasnt bad.

Thanks, I was wondering about that! I would have my 2 daughters (7 and 9) on it. Do you think they would fit comfortably?

[4greatboys]

Oh yes they will be fine. I cant remember for sure if its a full or queen but I lean toward queen. I slept on it with one of my youngest sons and I dont think 2 young girls will have any problems on it.

[RyGuy]

9/30-10/2 at RPR. $159 for a standard view room. HRH also had garden view rooms for $179 when I booked. Gotta love being a Florida resident!

[macraven]

9/30-10/2 at RPR. $159 for a standard view room. HRH also had garden view rooms for $179 when I booked. Gotta love being a Florida resident!







turning green with envy here..........
great price.
look on page 1 and see what i am paying for hrh.

[hauntedmansion]

we are staying at RPR 10/17-10/24 we got an AAA rate with the Loews upgrade for 179 per night(tax not included) for a waterview room. If your booking through Universal reservations try booking with Loews directly. Every year we call Universal and they tell us no upgrades available. This year we decided to book with Loews and had No problems!! With the AAA discount you are still entitled to getting the free cookies,etc upon checkin per loews. Every year we check in they tell us we are not able to get these because of the AAA discount. Not true!!

[MrsMud]

I have PBH Gardenview Oct 3, 4, and 5. $184 first 2 nights, $287 last night. This is with APH rate.
I may switch to HRH Deluxe for a few bucks more, and get the pullout sofa instead of renting a rolloway (5 people).

Well I DID change to HRH deluxe, for $214, 214 and 318.

NOW I just changed my dates a little to take advantage of the AP "buy 3 nights get 4th free" (thanks to another poster). I now have...

Oct 1, 2, 3 and 4 for $274, 244, 244 and FREE! For an average of $190 a night! Yay!!! :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[macraven]

after reading a post on another thread, i decided to call universal and see if any drop in prices for AAA.

no change from the $224 for hrh, but they upgraded me now to a 2Q deluxe for part of my stay !! woo hoo.........

too bad i am going solo, the deluxe sleeps 5.

received the free upgrade due to loews gold card.

[Suzyq123]

Can someone help me get a better rate? I am staying at PBH 10/23-10/27 and am paying $307 for club level. Help!

[lovetheparks]

Can someone help me get a better rate? I am staying at PBH 10/23-10/27 and am paying $307 for club level. Help!

I've looked at all the codes I know and they don't get better. Oct is so bad becuase of HHN, things get booked very quickly. Keep checking and you are likely to see it go down.

Do you have to stay Club level or at the Portofino? I looked at the Hard Rock for those dates and you could get a Garden view for $224 and Pool view for $242 - club was $314.

[Suzyq123]

I wanted the PBH because I stayed at the HRH last year. RPR was not available at all. I don't necessarily need club level but thats the lowest available that came up under PBH.
Do you think the prices will drop as it gets closer or no way?

[lovetheparks]

I wanted the PBH because I stayed at the HRH last year. RPR was not available at all. I don't necessarily need club level but thats the lowest available that came up under PBH.
Do you think the prices will drop as it gets closer or no way?

Historically they have dropped but HHN gets so much bigger each year and more people stay so it's really hard to tell. Maybe book Hard Rock as well while you can and then decide closer to. You'll have 5 days prior to cancel.

[macraven]

book at hrh for oct 23-7...........i wish you luck.
i know the first and second weekend is sold out at hrh.

i tried to book a room for a cousin and only the sunday 10/9 is open as of today.

when you get closer to the end of hhn, it is packed.

you could call frequently and try to catch a cancellation at hrh if thats where you want to be.

[lovetheparks]

book at hrh for oct 23-7...........i wish you luck.
i know the first and second weekend is sold out at hrh.

It was available when I quoted the $224 for Garden View earlier. Also about HRH in October, they will not book any 1 night stays. Go to the website and play around. I called and spoke with reservations and they confirmed.

[macraven]

i just went to the website. the garden view is at $249
the AAA rate for the same is $224. are you using the discount for that price?

my cousin called a few minutes ago and was able to book the second sunday in oct. only one night stay he needed and they booked it.
talking about hrh here. don't want to confuse you.

[lovetheparks]

i just went to the website. the garden view is at $249
the AAA rate for the same is $224. are you using the discount for that price?

my cousin called a few minutes ago and was able to book the second sunday in oct. only one night stay he needed and they booked it.
talking about hrh here. don't want to confuse you.

The $224 was with all of the discounts I could use- same rate with AAA, APH and FLO

Maybe they are just doing no weekend one-nighters. That's what I was inqiring about when I spoke to them last week and perhaps she just generalized her statement. For ex. I was looking at staying 10/1 but I can't book that, I could book 9/30 & 10/1 or 10/1 & 10/2.

[Foladar]

Gotta love APH - staying at RPR ..
$159.00
$129.00
$128.90
$000.10

[bskmom1323]

who did you call to get a 4th night free. did you need to know a special code?
Thanks for any info.
I am trying to go in Nov. and the hotels are starting to sell out. I can't even get one continuous stay. I need to switch hotels.
Thanks again
Patti

[macraven]

go to the universal website.
click on the master card logo on the left side.
this should take you to that special

if not stil there, go to hotels site for the 411.

[Foladar]

who did you call to get a 4th night free. did you need to know a special code?
Thanks for any info.
I am trying to go in Nov. and the hotels are starting to sell out. I can't even get one continuous stay. I need to switch hotels.
Thanks again
Patti
It's only valid until Oct 5th, they may or may not have an offer coming up like this for November.

[bskmom1323]

Thank you so much. This is what they told me too. They weren't to forthcoming with the info, but they finally told me that it expired early Oct. I got $179 APH rate at HRH(4nights) and then $179.20 AAA for RPH(4nights). Airfare is cheap but I had to extend my trip to get it. So now I have to stay 8 nights. So every little bit helps. Now I have to work on passes. Thanks for everyones help.
PS I could stay at HRH for the whole stay but the rate goes up to $209. Do you think it is worth it to stay the whole time or will it be a nice change to move to the RPH? I have only stayed at the Portofino. so I am anxious to see the others. I hope it isn't to much of a hassle to move.
Patti

[macraven]

i think you will really love the resturants at rph.
the breakfast buffet is very good.

hrh is where i always stay but i think the kitchen could be better.
the ice cream and coffee shop are great but i want food and don't care for the prices at the kitchen.

do both hotels, you might find out which on site hotel you prefer after the 8 day stay.

pbh is great which you already know since you have been there before.

the prices you have for the other two hotels are good. do a split stay.

[bskmom1323]

Thanks,
That was my feeling too. I guess I will leave things the way they are and split the stay. The only thing that worried me was that the room was smaller at RPH. But it will be ok.
Thanks again
Patti

[macraven]

you are correct on that.

the room at rph is smaller than hrh.

i visited my cousin over at the rph last year. hrh was sold out and he could only get rph due to a late cancellation of somebody.

it is done up in darker colors and it reminded me of a disney layout the way the bathroom was done up.

hrh has a different layout and somewhat larger.

i have stayed at hrh 7 times and pbh 1 time.

[Foladar]

you are correct on that.

the room at rph is smaller than hrh.

i visited my cousin over at the rph last year. hrh was sold out and he could only get rph due to a late cancellation of somebody.

it is done up in darker colors and it reminded me of a disney layout the way the bathroom was done up.

hrh has a different layout and somewhat larger.

i have stayed at hrh 7 times and pbh 1 time.
Do you think the size is a large difference? I've stayed at neither or any onsite resorts, but was going to stay at RPR. Is the size between the two that big? or just something small?

[macraven]

at the rph, it reminds of the size at disney's all star sports.
walk into the room (standard room ) bathroom on right.
staight ahead two beds, tv, etc.
room in darker colors which makes it appear smaller than other rooms.

at hrh, standard room, more of a hallway....one side closet length of hallway, slider glass doors, safe inside closet.
bathroom on other side, had sink in there, nice size bathroom.
another sink in foyer area outside bathroom with hairdryer on wall.
two queen beds, round table, two stuffed chairs, stuffed reliner with standing pole light, dresser, tv, etc....

if you go to the hotel website, it lists the sq footage of the three hotel rooms.
i have a standard room for a couple of nights at hrh and think it is 375 sq ft.
then i switch to a deluxe room and it is 500 sq ft.

i think rph is 325 sq ft. don't remember would have to check the loews site to be sure.

the rph is very nice.....fantastic lobby area, and dining areas.
wonderful lounge/sitting area that looks out to the park and it is huge.
hrh does not have anything like that. theirs is small compared to rph.

you will love rph if this is the first time you are staying on site.
i like the hrh for a few reasons. don't know if the short cut is still open or not. last year it was locked except for employees entrance due to clean up from the last hurricane.

if it is two people in your room at rph, you will have plenty of room.
think it would be crowded if you did 5 people and had a roll away put in there.

[Foladar]

Yeah, just checked ..
335 sq ft for RPR and 375 for HRH .. though I don't know how much of a difference that would be, I guess RPR is good since we're just going to be sleeping there.

[macraven]

foladar, you will really like rph.
it will be plenty of room for two people.

i'm sure you will do like i do, use the room to sleep and bath and that's about it.

look at all the people that stay at allstars at disney and those rooms are about 240 or 260 sq ft. people put 4 in those rooms. they manage fine.

take the boat taxi to the parks.
the walk could take you about maybe 10 minutes .

the bus i took twice all the way around as i wanted to see the fronts of all the on site hotels. took me 35 minutes to get back to hrh. that was really stupid of me and i will never do that again.....it took too much time from rides.

[Foladar]

It isn't for two people, it's for five of us :)

[4greatboys]

The size of the RPR didnt bother us at all. Of course the deluxe room HRH is a bit roomier its not a huge difference.
Now if you get a roll away bed for the 5th person that take up the exta space in the room.
As to the theme's of the resorts the RPR is my favorite. I love the pool area too. My teens like the HRH best.

[Foladar]

The size of the RPR didnt bother us at all. Of course the deluxe room HRH is a bit roomier its not a huge difference.
Now if you get a roll away bed for the 5th person that take up the exta space in the room.
As to the theme's of the resorts the RPR is my favorite. I love the pool area too. My teens like the HRH best.
Thanks! How many did you have in the room? We're not getting the roll away bed, going to sleep on the floor. Oh what I'll do for Universal :rotfl:

[MrsMud]

who did you call to get a 4th night free. did you need to know a special code?
Thanks for any info.
I am trying to go in Nov. and the hotels are starting to sell out. I can't even get one continuous stay. I need to switch hotels.
Thanks again
Patti



The 4th night free is an APH special deal, but it is only running through Oct. 4th, I believe. Hopefully there will be another deal you can take advantage of for your trip.

[bskmom1323]

Right now my HRH reservations are APH. How would I know if they run a promo for Nov. like this. Do I just keep calling or if I put in the code APH it will show up.
thanks
Patti

[4greatboys]

Thanks! How many did you have in the room? We're not getting the roll away bed, going to sleep on the floor. Oh what I'll do for Universal :rotfl:

We had 5. It urks me that the room sleeps 6 but the they will only let you have 5 in the room. There is bedding for 6.

[MrsMud]

We had 5. It urks me that the room sleeps 6 but the they will only let you have 5 in the room. There is bedding for 6.


I'm sure it has to do with fire codes.