Universal newbie....

[SummerGirl]

Hi everyone!!! We leave for our first Universal trip next week, and I have a few questions I hope the experts can help me...

1. Dining reservations, I haven't read anything about it, we are a party of 13 should I be calling now to make dining reservations? And what do you recommend? We need 3 ts meals & we are staying at RPR so we would like one of our reservations at our hotel.

2. What are the pool hours at RPR? Our flight arrives at 9 p.m. so I thought the kiddos would like to swim for a little bit before bed.

3. What about transportation to/from the airport? I priced FL Tours at 139/rt for a van. Do you think a taxi would be cheaper? (My husband feels like a car service would be easier for us)

Thanks so much for your help! We are really excited to experience US!!

 

[damo]

Hi everyone!!! We leave for our first Universal trip next week, and I have a few questions I hope the experts can help me...

1. Dining reservations, I haven't read anything about it, we are a party of 13 should I be calling now to make dining reservations? And what do you recommend? We need 3 ts meals & we are staying at RPR so we would like one of our reservations at our hotel.

2. What are the pool hours at RPR? Our flight arrives at 9 p.m. so I thought the kiddos would like to swim for a little bit before bed.

3. What about transportation to/from the airport? I priced FL Tours at 139/rt for a van. Do you think a taxi would be cheaper? (My husband feels like a car service would be easier for us)

Thanks so much for your help! We are really excited to experience US!!

You could call for ressies now but you may not even need them. It isn't very busy so you should have no issues whatsoever. I would recommend Mythos for one meal, Islands or Tchoup Chop for the other (I prefer the Islands Dining room and they have a separate little kids area which is pretty cool) and perhaps Margaritaville for the third. You could probably wait until you are there to book the third. Mythos will have to be an early meal because the parks close early so the sit down restaurants in the park close very early.

I think the pool is open until 11.

A taxi is going to cost you about $55 each way without tip.

 

[SummerGirl]

Thanks so much for the response!! I really appreciate it!!