Hotel facilities hopping

[almond]

Hello, Ive read that you can pool hop if you stay at one of the Universal hotels. Can you also eat at the various restaurants attached to the hotels? If so, is booking recommended? Which are you favourites?
Also, what would you say would be the minimum time to stay to enjoy Universal, IOA and Citywalk. We are planning a trip (myself and a teenager) and we normally do each park in less than a day each as neither of us are adventurous in our choices of rollercoasters. I would like some down time too for relaxing by the pool. Would two nights be enough? I do not drive. How do you fill your time if you stay onsite for a week or more?

 

[damo]

I think 3 days is a great length, so two nights would work. Three nights is even better.

You can pool hop, hotel hop, restaurant hop.

We have stayed onsite for a week. We lounge, we shop, we hop, we do the parks, occasionally we go to a movie. It is a great relaxing vacation.

 

[wdw&sonny]

How do you fill your time if you stay onsite for a week or more?

Don't "fill your time". Fill your glass

Spend the mornings at the park, afternoons at the pool, go to a different resort for dinner and back to the parks for night...repeat.

Since you're traveling so far, add in a day at Seaworld if you need more to do.

 

[rpbert1]

I styed 3 weeks last year and 2 weeks at one then a week at the other resort this year, and always something happening.
We would go to seaworld a few times over our stay, and the parks not everyday ,DW likes a bit of shopping and like PP said, we do a lot of time at the pool, stroll to Citywalk for an evening and take in the music at Citywalk ,there is always a group playing till about 11pm, or Margaritaville a couple of times. Spending an evening at RPR pool and just eat from Bula Grille is great and plenty always going on at the pool. Jakes at RPR has usually some kind of entertainment on as well, and always go to see our friend at Islands Scooby and Shaggyb.

 

[macraven]

i only stayed 6 days on site this month and wished i had more time there.

like all the others have posted, there is a lot to do.

relax, pool activities, citywalk activities (bmg, movies, shopping, outdoor entertainment, etc), luau, hotel restaurants, parks, rides/shows/shopping, tours in the park, hrc back room tour, take hotel bus to SW or BG, explore the hotel lobbies and walking grounds, etc.


some peeps like to be entertained during their entire vacation.
i enjoyed that but i also dearly love being able to relax and explore things outside of the parks too.

it is all subjective of what you want out of a vacation stay at the onsite hotels.

 

[maggieb9975]

We are going next year and I am already trying to figure out how to add a few more days we are going for 5 nights...

I love how a Universal vacation is so relaxing...you can do the vacation on your timetable..no rushing to be at park with 1000's of others at the crack of dawn!

you go at your pace...see a park, chill by pool, visit citywalk, chill by pool, see a park..did I mention chill by pool?

I LOVE the pace at Universal...whatever hotel you stay at , remember it is a RESORT and there is sooo much more to do than just the parks.....

Okay, I am going to go look at my timeline and maybe add a day or two