So none of these resorts are new to us. We have stayed at all three of these places before at one time or another. In an effort to generate my own excitement I'm going to post some pictures from my previous visits. When we originally booked at the RPH in 2010 we had booked a standard room. In 2011 when I rebooked the room, standard was not available. A year earlier I had already paid the tariff for one night. Upgrading to a pool view was only $40 OOP, so what the heck! Then in 2012 when rebooking, only CL rooms were available. Again it was a mere $40 to upgrade the first night. We will have to pay for the second night (and the outrageous parking fees) when we check in, but since so much of it was paid for years ago it doesn't hurt as bad.
This was our room when we stayed last time. I can't really tell from the website if CL rooms are located in a specific area or just a certain number of rooms have lounge access. It was considered a standard or garden view room.
This is the view off the lobby. I remember thinking how beautiful this fountain display was. However this was before ever setting foot in a
DVC resort. It IS beautiful, but I wonder if I’m not a little jaded now after having stayed at six different DVC resorts.
As you approach the hotel from the valets there are these cute little frog guys playing percussion instruments. I have a ton of pictures of them, but I’ll save posting any for the real TR when perhaps I will get some more “interesting” poses than last time.
I’ve found that since becoming a DVC snob, I don’t enjoy regular hotel rooms nearly as much as my DVC Villas, so it will be interesting to see how this goes. At least it’s only two nights before we move on to our luxurious villa at Kidani. I can’t wait to revisit my pictures from there again!
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