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Old 10 Jul 19, 06:04 PM  
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Which universal hotel? RPR or Hard Rock?

We’re intending to book a 1 night stay at either RPR or Hard Rock this Sep for myself, husband and 7 year old twins, to take advantage of the folp’s and as a wee treat!
We have never stayed at either of these hotels before and was wondering which of them you could suggest would be best for us with kids of this age?
I’m really undecided between the two, I wonder if the kids would prefer the pool at RPR, but I like the look of the Hard Rock!
I’m intending on using Tesco vouchers to pay so cost isn’t so much of a concern and quite like the idea of club rooms too? Are these worth it?
Thanks for any advice. X
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Old 10 Jul 19, 06:12 PM  
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I've stayed at both, and the only difference to me is the size of the club room - much bigger at RPR. We struggled to get a seat at HRH, however, it is a spectacular hotel. Club is definitely worth it - try and get there early to take advantage of breakfast on the first day (therefore getting 2 breakfasts), and to pick up drinks etc. from the Club Lounge. So check in, get your Express passes and access to the Club Lounge, leave your bags with bell services and go to the parks. Not much on at lunchtime, but the evening meal with drinks is nice. RPR will be cheaper, especially going through the Tesco site, so worth having a look what the difference in price is. I'm booking for our trip in October - looking likely to be RPR again for us.
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Old 10 Jul 19, 06:26 PM  
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We have 7-year-old twins too. We’ve stayed at RPR and whilst it was beautiful & a little cheaper, the theming was wasted on them. They are really looking forward to HRH next August and the underwater speakers in the pool are, apparently, the thing they’re most looking forward to! We’ve also used Tesco Clubcard vouchers for the last two bookings 👍
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Old 10 Jul 19, 06:41 PM  
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I've read reports that you can pool hop between the Loew hotels, so just keep that in mind.
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I'd go with the one that speaks to you theme wise. I'm the opposite to you, Hard Rock does nothing for me compared to RPR - it's a personal thing. I'd say trust your gut - can't go wrong with any of the 3 EP Universal hotels really.
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Old 10 Jul 19, 07:55 PM  
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Check if you can still use the Tesco vouchers. The hotels.com voucher is no longer valid in loads of hotels. I checked a couple of days ago after reading a report on The Dibb, and I couldn't see the Tesco Clubcard sign on any of the Universal hotels, apart from Cabana Bay. I may be wrong, as I was looking merely out of interest, and so maybe missed something.
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Originally Posted by dizzy1 View Post
Check if you can still use the Tesco vouchers. The hotels.com voucher is no longer valid in loads of hotels. I checked a couple of days ago after reading a report on The Dibb, and I couldn't see the Tesco Clubcard sign on any of the Universal hotels, apart from Cabana Bay. I may be wrong, as I was looking merely out of interest, and so maybe missed something.
You can still use the vouchers in the discount code box.
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You can still use the vouchers in the discount code box.
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Old 10 Jul 19, 10:15 PM  
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Both great. We prefer RPR and it is cheaper so would choose that one personally.

Rooms very similar. Personally I prefer the theme at RPR and the pool but that is a personal choice.

Choose the one your family prefers the sound of - you cannot go wrong as both are excellent.

(Just to throw a spanner in the works - have you considered Portofino Bay? Best of the 3 hotels in terms of rooms, pools and theme in my view and that of my children)
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Go with whichever is cheapest we stayed a night in each this week. Personally we prefer royal Pacific felt the rooms were less dated
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