They did it pre covid. I don’t know what they are doing now.
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They did not bring the bags to my room at Royal Pacific in February.
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Yes at the Hard Rock Orlando
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How many days are you doing for Universal Orlando? If you are doing 4 days, it may be cheaper to get annual tickets, particularly since this gives you a discount at their hotels. You might want to check this link to see the APH (Annual Pass Holder) hotel discounts to see if it will help you. This way you could likely stay at just one of the premier hotels instead of switching several times, which is frankly a pain (in my opinion) because of the packing and unpacking.
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Not crazy. We are doing something similar. Cabana Bay Tues - Fri. (with a day at the water park, or maybe two mornings) Hard Rock Friday night. Offsite Sat night. Royal Pacific Sun. night. Offsite Mon night.
We got passholder discount for the Premier stays, but those two offsite nights save us $350, and each of them comes with two free meals. Cabana Bay was a passholder special of $104 for family suite.
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I did buy Annual passes 
which is how I could afford staying at the Premiere hotels with the discount! TOTALLY WORTH IT. After doing the math, I saved almost $1400 on my trip. The passes are worth it for the flexibility and the discounts!
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Is the transportation between the hotels difficult? I’m a little stressed about that part… Are taxi’s or Uber available onsite?
Easy with uber/lyft. Doing the same thing between value and premier hotel for my mid-may trip.
Are there usually taxis available outside the resorts? If we are doing the switch early morning for 8am EA, can we expect relatively short wait for a taxi or under around ~7am?
I was told in another thread that the taxis are not outside, you have to call and request a ride.
Thank you tashabt. In that case we’ll just get a uber.
Can you upgrade your day tickets to a seasonal annual pass at Cabana Bay? Or do you have to go to the park? Thinking about doing a throw away room for the express pass.
I believe each hotel (at least the premiers - not sure about Cabana Bay) has a ticket desk in the lobby. However, just to be clear, CB does not have EP because it is not a premier hotel. Only Royal Pacific Resort, Hard Rock Hotel, and Portofino Bay Hotel do.
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We purchased our tickets and hotel (Royal Pacific ) through Undercover Tourist for our June trip. If we upgrade to an annual pass once we arrive, can we still apply the hotel discount to this trip?
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No, there are only a certain amount of rooms available for the discount and you must book it ahead of time.
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You don’t need the AP to book an AP rate, only to get the rate on checkin. If there are still AP rates available (which there may not be - they run out a couple of months in advance) try rebooking your room with the AP rate. Then upgrade to an AP at the ticket desk when you arrive at the hotel, then check in to your room. That is what I was advised to do for my upcoming trip when I didn’t have an AP. (I have since purchased an AP.)
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By the way, here is the link for the AP rates. It is not intuitive to find:
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Thanks! Our dates for Royal Pacific in June are completely sold out for any rooms, so I will definitely keep this in mind for our next trip.
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Keep checking back, sometimes they release more rooms.
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I second that. When we went on Thanksgiving two years ago I found a lower rate for Portofino with less than a month to go; I was checking everyday for weeks before that. Save the link for the page with the results (the one with the windsurfercrs domain) and the info with your dates/number of nights/number of people is prepopulated. After that it’s very quick to check and see if anything pops up.
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