That's one area where Universal has the advantage. Only part of one resort (Cabana Bay) has exterior entry rooms. And I think only Portofino has separate buildings which require you to walk totally exposed at some point between. We rode out the hurricane at Dockside, which has a short semi-protected breezeway between the towers and main building.
There's a whole thread of folks wondering the same thing.
Yes I seen that deal, but it only includes standard pool room. We were looking for a discount on a standard room. Thanks for the info anyway.
I will say I've never quite understood the draw of the 'standard pool view room' as to me these are some of the most undesirable areas of the resort - with the exception of buildings 1 and 3 which are not too bad.
Well, like I said, more discounts will come out in the next few months. Just keep your eyes open. In our ten trips over the last 20 years, we've *always* been able to get a promotional rate for our stays in June (and one trip in May) and usually had a choice of 2 or 3 different promo rates. Something will come along for your dates.
Our 50’s standard pool view 4th floor room was awesome. I’d pay the extra few bucks to book it again
We had what is now a standard pool view room (actually, we had 2 connecting rooms) at Pop, Bldg. 2, about 15 years ago. We didn't find them to be anything special at all and would never pay more money for them. They were a *long* walk from the food court and bus stop. I'd be more likely to pay extra money to *not* face the pool and be closer to the main building. On our next trip, we were assigned rooms in the same spot (just the floor below -- but the exact same room locations) and we asked to be moved somewhere else. We were much happier with the new location...not facing a pool and closer to the bus stops and food court. I'm glad some people like those pool facing rooms because it leaves the quieter rooms open for the rest of us.
We had a similar location in Aug and asked to be moved after our 1 night reservation and prior to our 8 night reservation. We were placed in the furthest room, 3rd floor of building 1, above the bowling pin laundry. (We had booked standard room but were 'upgraded' to this room.) After our first walk to the room I knew I'd be requesting a room location change between our reservations. Some like these locations but for us we found it a really far walk to food court, buses and especially the Skyliner. I will keep 'less desirable' locations for shorter trips but for anything more than 3 nights I like to be closer to transportation and am willing to wait for a room to be cleaned or, move the following day. I like to unpack and don't really feel settled until we do but the sense of relief we felt after being moved in Aug was like a huge weight was lifted from our shoulders!We had what is now a standard pool view room (actually, we had 2 connecting rooms) at Pop, Bldg. 2, about 15 years ago. We didn't find them to be anything special at all and would never pay more money for them. They were a *long* walk from the food court and bus stop. I'd be more likely to pay extra money to *not* face the pool and be closer to the main building. On our next trip, we were assigned rooms in the same spot (just the floor below -- but the exact same room locations) and we asked to be moved somewhere else. We were much happier with the new location...not facing a pool and closer to the bus stops and food court. I'm glad some people like those pool facing rooms because it leaves the quieter rooms open for the rest of us.
I am going this May 14-20 with BB discount and hoping for a better discount to come along.
What % did you receive? We will use the BB offer to book our next stay at Pop and was kind of curious!
We booked a BB offer to stay at Pop in August 2025 and got a 25% discount on the room.
Looks like 25%
In my experience, the BB discounted rate has always been better than my AP discounted rate. Hope springs eternal, but thr BB might be the best you’ll see.
