nkereina
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Just back from 3 nights at Royal Pacific Resort. We arrived around 5pm on Thursday 3/30 and left Sunday morning, before heading out on a cruise. We did Universal all day Friday and IOA all day Saturday. It was busier than we were used to, so EPs came in handy! We unfortunately had to miss the Jimmy Fallon ride – it was closed the whole day we were at UO and rumors we heard was that it was because Jimmy Fallon was filming scenes for the Tonight Show while we were there. This was our first time on the King Kong ride and we loved it! Other than that, we had great weather and the only ride mishap we had was on Ripsaw Falls – we got stalled on the ride twice, totaling about 10 minutes. They did hand out one time use EPs as we got off the ride.
Royal Pacific was great as always. This was our first time staying in Tower 1. Our last stays have always been in Tower 3. I don’t have a big preference as far as tower choice because the resort is laid out in such a way that walking is easy, but I guess Tower 3 is a slightly better location for us. This was our first time in a refurbished room and we thought was very well appointed and clean. Housekeeping came early every day, but my only gripe is that they never re-stocked the coffee supplies in either of the rooms we had (our group had 2 rooms). Water taxis came pretty quickly. I will mention that more than once I saw a pretty long line for the water taxi to Sapphire Falls at City Walk. Not sure if that's typical.
In the parks, we had lunch at Mel’s on one day and Three Broomsticks on the second day. Three Broomsticks was a mad house with the line out the door, but it moved fairly quick. For breakfast, we ate at Orchid Court at RPR each day which was fine but it’s a little chaotic in the morning.
For dinner, we ate at Toothsome on our first night for the first time. Only had a 20 minute wait to be seated around 7pm. Place was cool and our food was good, but it took nearly 40 minutes for our desserts to come out. Our server didn’t inform us of the kitchen’s backlog until we were waiting about 15 minutes in. Had we known in advance, we may have just gotten them to go so we could walk around. The desserts were enjoyable, but nothing extraordinary. Dinner on our second night was at Vivo which was our first time there. Food was pretty good but it was a bit loud. Glad we tried it though. On our last night, we had dinner at NBC Sports Grill & Brew while watching March Madness, and that was very enjoyable.
We had drinks at Margaritaville and Pat O’Brien’s. First time at Pat O’Brien’s watching the dueling pianos and we loved it! So fun, we will definitely go back on our next trip. We also had a drink at Bula Bar, the pool bar at RPR. It was fine, but when we walked up the bar area was empty and there were 4 bartenders standing around yet the bar area was trashed – dirty with food and drink rings, empty cups, straw wrappers and garnishments on the bar. There wasn’t a clean place for us all to sit, so we had to ask a bartender to clean a space for us. Just wasn’t a good first impression.
We will be heading back in August, next time staying at Hard Rock Hotel for the first time! We love trying new resorts and restaurants, so looking forward to it. Would appreciate any tips you have for Hard Rock!
Royal Pacific was great as always. This was our first time staying in Tower 1. Our last stays have always been in Tower 3. I don’t have a big preference as far as tower choice because the resort is laid out in such a way that walking is easy, but I guess Tower 3 is a slightly better location for us. This was our first time in a refurbished room and we thought was very well appointed and clean. Housekeeping came early every day, but my only gripe is that they never re-stocked the coffee supplies in either of the rooms we had (our group had 2 rooms). Water taxis came pretty quickly. I will mention that more than once I saw a pretty long line for the water taxi to Sapphire Falls at City Walk. Not sure if that's typical.
In the parks, we had lunch at Mel’s on one day and Three Broomsticks on the second day. Three Broomsticks was a mad house with the line out the door, but it moved fairly quick. For breakfast, we ate at Orchid Court at RPR each day which was fine but it’s a little chaotic in the morning.
For dinner, we ate at Toothsome on our first night for the first time. Only had a 20 minute wait to be seated around 7pm. Place was cool and our food was good, but it took nearly 40 minutes for our desserts to come out. Our server didn’t inform us of the kitchen’s backlog until we were waiting about 15 minutes in. Had we known in advance, we may have just gotten them to go so we could walk around. The desserts were enjoyable, but nothing extraordinary. Dinner on our second night was at Vivo which was our first time there. Food was pretty good but it was a bit loud. Glad we tried it though. On our last night, we had dinner at NBC Sports Grill & Brew while watching March Madness, and that was very enjoyable.
We had drinks at Margaritaville and Pat O’Brien’s. First time at Pat O’Brien’s watching the dueling pianos and we loved it! So fun, we will definitely go back on our next trip. We also had a drink at Bula Bar, the pool bar at RPR. It was fine, but when we walked up the bar area was empty and there were 4 bartenders standing around yet the bar area was trashed – dirty with food and drink rings, empty cups, straw wrappers and garnishments on the bar. There wasn’t a clean place for us all to sit, so we had to ask a bartender to clean a space for us. Just wasn’t a good first impression.
We will be heading back in August, next time staying at Hard Rock Hotel for the first time! We love trying new resorts and restaurants, so looking forward to it. Would appreciate any tips you have for Hard Rock!
