This isnt going to be a traditional trip report with a list of what rides I did and what food I ate it is more like observations from a first time visitor.
The details:
I was in Orlando for a conference which ended on Saturday night. I booked a room at the RPR for Sunday night so that I could visit the parks (with FOTL) all day on Sunday and until my evening flight on Monday. I booked a garden view room at RPR, but request Tower 1, park view. I had planned on a solo trip, but discovered, a few days before the conference, that 5 colleagues would be spending Sunday (though it turns out that their tickets were only good after 2pm) at the parks.
The hotel:
The RPR is very impressive when you drive up and enter the lobby. I arrived shortly after 8am and there was no line up for check-in. The check-in agent was lovely. Originally there was no park view room available but, after discussion with a supervisor, the check-in agent phoned somewhere to release a park-view room for me. I was told it wasnt yet ready (which I didnt expect) and that I would be called when it was ready (I was never called). I asked the agent about my friends sitting by the pool to eat dinner when they werent registered guests (I wasnt expecting them to be allowed to swim, but I wasnt sure about the pool bar/restaurant). She asked me how many of them were coming and gave me extra room keys so that they could join me in FOTL!! I was absolutely not expecting this (and she did warn me not to expect it ever again).
The room that I was first given was 1725 and it had a glorious view of IOA. Unfortunately, it also stank of cigarette smoke! I called down to get a new room and was given a room with an upgraded view the pool (it was room 1726). There were no park view rooms, so I took 1726. After going downstairs to get my new key, I couldnt get into 1726 the green light went but the door wouldnt open. Luckily, I still had access to 1725, so I called back down and they sent up security. It turns out that the handle was broken (not by me I promise) and you had to turn it backwards to open the door. The view of the pool was quite lovely, but I would have preferred the park. None of these glitches were really RPRs fault (though youd have thought that the cleaners would have noticed the cigarette smell and the broken handle), so while annoying, I dont really fault RPR (though, in hindsight, I dont really remember getting any sort of apology or even saying "sorry about that").
The RPR definitely ranks highly. I sometimes walked and sometimes took the boat both methods were nice and easy. I didnt eat anything at the hotel, so I cannot comment on that.
The details:
I was in Orlando for a conference which ended on Saturday night. I booked a room at the RPR for Sunday night so that I could visit the parks (with FOTL) all day on Sunday and until my evening flight on Monday. I booked a garden view room at RPR, but request Tower 1, park view. I had planned on a solo trip, but discovered, a few days before the conference, that 5 colleagues would be spending Sunday (though it turns out that their tickets were only good after 2pm) at the parks.
The hotel:
The RPR is very impressive when you drive up and enter the lobby. I arrived shortly after 8am and there was no line up for check-in. The check-in agent was lovely. Originally there was no park view room available but, after discussion with a supervisor, the check-in agent phoned somewhere to release a park-view room for me. I was told it wasnt yet ready (which I didnt expect) and that I would be called when it was ready (I was never called). I asked the agent about my friends sitting by the pool to eat dinner when they werent registered guests (I wasnt expecting them to be allowed to swim, but I wasnt sure about the pool bar/restaurant). She asked me how many of them were coming and gave me extra room keys so that they could join me in FOTL!! I was absolutely not expecting this (and she did warn me not to expect it ever again).
The room that I was first given was 1725 and it had a glorious view of IOA. Unfortunately, it also stank of cigarette smoke! I called down to get a new room and was given a room with an upgraded view the pool (it was room 1726). There were no park view rooms, so I took 1726. After going downstairs to get my new key, I couldnt get into 1726 the green light went but the door wouldnt open. Luckily, I still had access to 1725, so I called back down and they sent up security. It turns out that the handle was broken (not by me I promise) and you had to turn it backwards to open the door. The view of the pool was quite lovely, but I would have preferred the park. None of these glitches were really RPRs fault (though youd have thought that the cleaners would have noticed the cigarette smell and the broken handle), so while annoying, I dont really fault RPR (though, in hindsight, I dont really remember getting any sort of apology or even saying "sorry about that").
The RPR definitely ranks highly. I sometimes walked and sometimes took the boat both methods were nice and easy. I didnt eat anything at the hotel, so I cannot comment on that.
