RPR vs HRH and poolhopping

[Scrappygrrl]

Hi all -
I have been waffling between the HRH and RPR for weeks now. I have a reservation at the RPR and I think I have finally decided to keep that - about $30/night cheaper than HRH. But I know my oldest ( I have 2 boys 4 and 7) will want to use the slide at the HRH (which is why I keep waffling). How much of a pain is it to pool hop to HRH from RPR? Easily walkable or do we/can we take the water taxi? (I'm a little confused by the water taxi system).

TIA!

Andrea

 

[RMulieri]

Its not that horrible of a walk, but with little kids you may want to take the water taxi.EACH resort has its own taxi that runs from the resort to Citywalk.If you want to take a water taxi the whole way, you would have to take a water taxi from RPR to Citywalk then another boat from Citywalk to HRH

 

[JessicaR]

Keep Portofino's slide in mind also - it's a really fun slide! Your 7 year old may enjoy the atmosphere there better than at HRH.

 

[Scrappygrrl]

OK, after some family discussion we switched to the HRH. After looking at the maps, Royal Pacific is much further than I thought. Looks like we can hop to PBH a little easier (if necessary), but I think the HRH will be a good choice.
We'll miss the splash zone at RPR, but if my kids don't know what their missing, then no worries.

Thinking of starting pre-trip report...hmmm....

 

[bumbershoot]

Just know that there's no real place to *swim* at HRH. It's more of a wading pool than anything else; a place for adults to sit on the pool bottom with water to their waist, with their adult beverages and listen to loud music (there was a LOUD live band when we hopped there). So the little one might or might not have the best time, if he can't go on the slide.

I would really recommend checking out Portofino for a swim day, maybe even early on in your trip just in case you love it. There's the slide, there's a shallow area with sand on the bottom, and a bit of deeper water to do a little bit of swimming. They also have a quiet pool (we only saw one but I saw mention of Portofino having THREE pools recently so maybe there are two quiet pools?) that's just a rectangle. My son has always appreciated "just a pool" with no gimmicks, for the times he wants to swim.

Since onsite guests are welcome to go to any of the pools, have fun!