Hard rock club level... is it worth it?

[PigletsMum]

We have one night booked at hard rock to give us a little 'holiday within a holiday' and of course the all important express passes... but as the title suggests i'm thinking about upgrading to club level - is it worthwhile? And what do you get?

Looking at the website it looks like it's an extra $100 (although whether that is what virgin would charge us remains to be seen but that's what i'm working on at the mo!) And there are four of us (2a 2c).

Any advice very greatfully received 😀 thanks!

[Gipsy 4]

We liked it. The rooms are on the top floor. The lounge isn’t big but has a concierge desk to help with queries /bookings etc. The breakfast is good -cereal, pastries. There’s snacks at lunch and crisps in the afternoon. Soft drinks are available all day. Then in the evening for an hour (might be 2) there’s beer and wine available also with small portions of food/starters. If you feel you would benefit from that, it’s worth it. The beer bottles are about $6 each at universal city walks.

[Gally1968]

Just had a week at HRH Club Level and loved it.

However for one night with two children it’s really down to if you’ll use it to it’s full benefit or not. At $100 it’s not too expensive, couple of beers, wines & breakfast won’t be far off that cost. If you have something to eat early evening in place of your meal then you’re up on the deal.

Got to add that we love the HRH & if we don’t get our AKL booking sorted soon we’ll be changing it to HRH again.

Have a great trip

[novocastrian]

my answer on another thread...

only been to HRH on club level for about @$100 more you get access to the club lounge, buffet breakfast, evening snack & drinks (incl alcohol) between 17:00-19:00 & cakes deserts later into the evening, there is also water/pop you can snaffle to take into the parks/room etc

assuming there are 4 of you then i'll wager breakfast alone in the hotel is more than $100 or even on citywalk/in the parks?

makes it a no brainer for us, you can head back for a dip mid afternoon, a few snacks and beers then head back out later...

EDIT and we originally booked a normal room & then emailed asking to upgrade, we paid the extra $100/night locally on departure so may not need to book it through virgin

[theCMG]

Just looked at this for our booking and concluded no. In our case only 1/3 likely to spend enough time in the hotel to make it worthwhile and would be cheaper just to buy that food and drink. Also for the type of room we were going for it was significantly larger when not on the 7th floor and I figured that benefits 3/3 of us

[Jimsdadhalifax]

We are doing Club at Portofino this year as there are four of us. We intend on having the breakfast each day and the evening food with some cheeky Peronis (not the kids)

It all depends how much you will use it - if only there for one day you might be in the parks all day and only get the breakfast which I don't think would be worth the cost.

[Jaspercat10]

I have it booked this August 2 adults 5 teens ( that constantly graze) it has to be worth it in soft drinks and snacks alone, it was about £20 for us to all have a coke last time in universal

[PixieBoot]

Originally Posted by Jaspercat10

I have it booked this August 2 adults 5 teens ( that constantly graze) it has to be worth it in soft drinks and snacks alone, it was about £20 for us to all have a coke last time in universal

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It will definitely be worth it. Breakfasts on site are expensive. We made full use of club at RPR both ends of the day, as a family of 5. Enjoy.

[NewtoOrlando]

I've just booked HRH club level for 2 nights in August. Worked out £132 more than we were paying for a standard room, so over 3 days I thought it was worth it. My kids are snackers, and it will be nice to finish up at the parks, go to the club room & have a snack before bed, and a little bit of a wind down rather than just getting straight into bed. I also got £21 cashback so in therory it cost £111.

[MinniMouse]

So here’s my bugbear with HRH club level. We’ve stayed a few times but last time we stayed the lounge opened the same time as the park did for hotel guests, meaning you can’t get your free breakfast and hit the parks for opening. Previous trips it opened about half an hour before park opening. If you get in early enough to grab a quick breakfast it is worth it but if you don’t, then in my mind it’s not worth the extra. This was summer 2015 so it’s maybe changed since.