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Old 17 Jun 20, 09:58 AM  
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We've stayed at HRH but our last 2 visits we stayed at Royal Pacific. Same perks but far cheaper. We prefered it as well.
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Old 17 Jun 20, 10:23 AM  
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We’re wanting to stay at one of the premium Universal hotels for a night next summer to take advantage of the queue skips for 2 days. The price is crazy but we’ve been saving up our Clubcard vouchers and will book a stay through hotels.com. Should soften the blow a little 😂
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Old 17 Jun 20, 10:37 AM  
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Prices do fluctuate, prices were higher when I was looking about 12 months in advance, but about 6-9 months they dropped. It's cheaper mid week too.
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Old 17 Jun 20, 10:49 AM  
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Originally Posted by rayraygreen View Post
We had booked a night at Hard Rock for our September holiday and it was £250. Asked about changing it to our new dates in February and it was £432! So we’ve just changed to Royal Pacific which is more reasonable. Seems mad that a hotel in peak Horror Nights season is less than March but I guess they must be busier with people rebooking from this year maybe?
Mardi Gras is in February and it's a huge thing at Universal.
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Old 17 Jun 20, 10:52 AM  
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Originally Posted by Donaldfan View Post
Mardi Gras is in February and it's a huge thing at Universal.
I've been to Mardi Gras and HHN and found HHN was definitely busier but maybe people have held off booking for HHN because of the virus and have opted for Mardi Gras instead.
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Old 17 Jun 20, 11:06 AM  
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I've been to Mardi Gras and HHN and found HHN was definitely busier but maybe people have held off booking for HHN because of the virus and have opted for Mardi Gras instead.
Universal hotels have different seasonal rates. I've just had a look at them and February comes under Peak Season and October comes under Regular Season.
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Old 17 Jun 20, 08:23 PM  
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We are looking to book Portofino for next August. Prices are sky high too! They usually are at this time, although it doesn’t stop me looking. It’s around November/Black Friday when you see the prices reduce and stay reduced. Universal doesn’t typically offer discounted rates until closer to the time of your stay.
Thanks for the tip - was just about to book the Royal one - but I'll hang on until Black Friday and see if it drops
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Old 17 Jun 20, 08:46 PM  
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Prices seem to fall a fair bit in that last week of August/first week of September. We are currently booked to stay 3 nights/4 days from 31 Aug-3 Sept next year and it came to £774 so £258 per night. This was just for a standard room and I booked it in Jan this year with ATD. Last year around the same time, we paid £285 per night for Club level at Portofino Bay.

No idea whether we will be going next year though as we don’t know what will happen with our Disney portion of the trip which was meant to be 11 days prior. With the way things are heading with WDW, we’re seriously considering forgoing Florida in favour of Japan as it would be a dream come true for DH (and I would still be able to get a Disney fix!)
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Old 17 Jun 20, 08:59 PM  
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Booked 4 nights in a club level room for next aug, £1390. Travel republic with a £15 deposit.
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Originally Posted by Floridarules View Post
The most basic annual pass at Universal does has blockout dates during August (although these have been lifted for this year) They might not be lifted for next year
Oh, I was going to purchase the basic passes for us for next year as travelling 16th August 2021, the only blackout dates I could see this year was July and volcano bay after 16th August you could enter? Is that correct or have I missed some? Thanks.
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