Just booked PBH Bay view room for July 19-23 with APH rate.
July 19,20 - $269 night
July 21,22 - $249 night
I was originally booked at RPR on a AAA rate for the same days, but the APH rate at PBH turned out to be a better deal. I called universal to make these changes. Now I may consider changing back to RPR or even try HRH if APH rates come out for those hotels, but PBH is fine with us.
ultimate_ed, when walking from PBH to the parks, there is a shortcut you can take through the HRH parking lot that cuts a good 5-10 minutes off the trip. Someone in the past posted the route here in the forums, I will try and find it, or you can use google maps and kind of figure out the route that way as well. I remember walking across the street down the main entrance to the HRH, then turning right where the gates are leading to the parking lot, walking to the end of the parking lot behind the hotel to a "secret path" that led us right to the entrance point where security performs bag checking.