Back from FABULOUS 2 nights onsite! (+ HRH new room pics)

[lady&tramp]

Just wanted to share with u all what a great experience my bf and i had onsite in universal last week. We stayed one night in HRH and one night in RPR and the service we had at both was OUTSTANDING. Hands down, 10 times better than we have ever received at Disney! (and i have no complaints about disney service either-thats how good it was!) The staff at both hotels are sooooo friendly, always saying hello, how are you, etc whenever you walk past, just simple things like this made the stay extra special.

We were lucky enough to get a newly refurbished room in HRH, i simply asked at check in for a high floor and we got one! Here's a couple of pics;

Beautiful room, number 6103. the view was of the gardens/water docking area and it was not far from the elevators. I have more pics so if anyone wants to see let me know.


Our 2nd night was at RPR, well i didnt think it could get any better (oh yeah, the HRH got someone to drive us to RPR - v impressed with this!) but the staff here were great too, lady at check in was lovely! showed lowels card and she upgraded us to pool view (and it was a park view too!) and we opted for the 'suprise gift' which was great! jars of nuts, bottles of water in an ice bucket, RPR disposable camera, the big chunky beads the staff wear, sweets and more!!

Here's a few pics, first our fantastic view!

The lovely kingsized bed;

and our 'suprise gift';

So all in all we had a fantastic stay onsite at universal for the first time and are definatley going to split disney and universal 50/50 in future trips! if not more in universals favour!


p.s. HHN is AMAZING! The best thing we did all trip! (we went on opening night and boy did we need our express passes - which were incidently sold out when we tried to purchase them in the park on the day of, but the royal pacific concierge managed to get us some! 10/10 service!!!)

I like this pic my bf snapped of the 360 show thing although the show itself wasnt the best IMHO. We had never been to HHN before and just thought it was great! But pretty darn scary! Without express pass there was NO chance of seeing all the houses and shows, but this was opening night. We just about managed to fit it all in, all 7 houses, bill and ted, the 360 thing and we also went on shrek (for some light hearted relief!) and saw beetlejuice as we always seem to miss this in normal park hours!

one last pic;

p.p.s sorry if this turned into a mini trip report - i tend to waffle a bit!

 

[Melisa1]

Sounds like you had a great time!!!!! Great Pics

 

[pauldents]

Thanks for sharing your photos. Glad to hear you had a great time. The rooms look a lot fresher and more contemporary.

Don't suppose you have any pics of the new flatscreen HDTV and ipod docking station do you?

Thanks.

 

[puggymom]

Thanks for posting the pics of HRH, I just booked a room this week for the end of April.

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Don't suppose you have any pics of the new flatscreen HDTV and ipod docking station do you?

Thanks.

Yes, I am interested in those as well. We are thinking of going for HHN next year and hope by then we will get a refurbished room as well.

 

[mrsdeedee]

Nice pics and it does sound like you ahd a great time. I'm thinking about going next Sept and i'm thinking about including the Halloween Party..

 

[macraven]

show more pics please !!

i have stayed many times at hrh and love that place.
last week i stayed at rph and did hhn for 3 nights.

always buy the ep in advance.
you were so lucky that concierge was able to sell you the express passes.

great report.

now, more pics........!!

btw, what was your room number at rph?

 

[Maria395712]

what did you get the surprise gift for
maria

 

[macraven]

i chose not to get the surprise gift after seeing some of them on the dis.

i chose the coke and cookies.
it's not on the list as that but was given to me as my welcome gift.
for one person, two bottles of chilled coke on ice and 4 large cookies.

 

[Maria395712]

are these new welcome gifts for loews 1st members like the milk and cookies
maria

 

[goofy!]

As a parent of boys, does anybody else think those large rolled pillows on the beds look like automatic weapons for the ultimate pillow fight?

 

[macraven]

are these new welcome gifts for loews 1st members like the milk and cookies
maria

when you set up your profile for loews first, you can choose among i think 5 choices.
cookies and milk have always been on it.

when i check in, i always tell them to ignore my profile request and make the welcome gift coke instead of milk with the cookie.
we prefer that.

the surprise gift has never been my choice. i have had friends that choose it but so far, it hasn't impressed me.

i have received the token gifts during turn down service and just prefer coke and cookies.

 

[Sue (mom of 3 boys!)]

I'd love to see more HRH photos! And my kids would love to see the pool area/water slide at HRH if you have a pic of that!
It souunds like you had a great time!!

 

[damo]

I'd love to see more HRH photos! And my kids would love to see the pool area/water slide at HRH if you have a pic of that!
It souunds like you had a great time!!

Here is a site with great pictures:
http://www.uomeetingsandevents.com/Hotels/Hard_Rock/Gallery/Gallery.asp

 

[damo]

when you set up your profile for loews first, you can choose among i think 5 choices.
cookies and milk have always been on it.

when i check in, i always tell them to ignore my profile request and make the welcome gift coke instead of milk with the cookie.
we prefer that.

the surprise gift has never been my choice. i have had friends that choose it but so far, it hasn't impressed me.

i have received the token gifts during turn down service and just prefer coke and cookies.

We get the fruit because no one in our family drinks milk. I never thought to do coke and cookies!

 

[macraven]

We get the fruit because no one in our family drinks milk. I never thought to do coke and cookies!

with us, we have received 2 glass bottles of coke per person and 4 cookies per person on the welcome gift.
it arrives in an ice bucket with real glasses on the tray with it.

we don't do milk either.

 

[JulyGirl]

Very nice! Please post more HRH pics if you can. Thanks!

 

[senecabeach]

Im a real newbie to this U thread...never been there. Am thinking about making ressies for May for the 1st time.

Thanks for this great trip report and can you tell me about the "lowes card"?? What is it?? How do you get it??..etc.

 

[macraven]

Im a real newbie to this U thread...never been there. Am thinking about making ressies for May for the 1st time.

Thanks for this great trip report and can you tell me about the "lowes card"?? What is it?? How do you get it??..etc.

if you go during the early part of may, you will probably get a better room rate for the on site hotels.

the parks are not crowded in the early part of may. i have been there once during that time and it was good for our family.

loewsfirst.com is the site you should go to for signing up for the loews first card. it is free.
fill out the app and you will be sent the loews first blue card. you will earn points on each stay and be able to move up to the gold then the platinum loews card.
you are entitlted to a welcome gift each time you stay on site and book with your loews number. if you forget to give the loews number at booking, you can show your card at check in time and still get the perks.

a very good explanation of perks is listed on the loews site.

 

[lady&tramp]

Hi

Sorry I havent checked this thread in a while or posted any more pics but im on the case now.. just waiting for them to upload! I havent been on the Dis lately as i was a bit depressed after coming home from our hols and not having another trip to look forward too... but we've just booked to go to Disneyland Paris for 3 nights in December so i'm all excited again and busy planning that!!

First off here's a few more pics from the HRH room;

First the new LCD tv..

someone asked about an IPOD docking station.. we didnt have one in our room unless it was away in a drawer and we didnt notice it? Or you can plug your ipod into the cd player? i dont have one so am a bit unsure! Sorry!

Here's the mini bar/mirrored wardrobes.

A Couple of the bathroom/vanity area

GTG for now but i'll be back after dinner to post a few more!!