walk from portofino or hard rock?

[wendlle]

I have a standard 2 queen booked at Hard Rock on an APH rate.
I noticed today I can get a bayview room at Portofino for around $100 less than my HR rate.

Should I swap?

Is the walk from Portofino a lot longer than Hard Rock? I don't really want to take the water taxi - I prefer to walk to the parks which Is why I picked Hard Rock.

I've stayed at Royal Pacific before and the walk was fine, oddly it is more expensive than both Hard Rock and Portofino for my dates.

 

[nherbert]

It’s walkable but it’s about 3 times as long as the walk to HRH. I do recommend the boat, but you can definitely walk it. If it’s a hot day and it’s been a long day in the park, you want the boat. If you really want to walk I would probably choose to stay at HRH, it’s really close.

 

[pinkxray]

The walk is definitely longer. Not sure when your dates are, but we stayed at Portofino in July and I was always wishing I was at Hard Rock when walking back. We don’t mind using the boats but in July there were multiple times where they were shut down because there was lightning in the area, so we had no choice but to walk back. Again, it’s not a bad walk, it’s very pretty and took us maybe 15 min? But when it was raining and hot, we definitely looked at HRH longingly as we walked by.

We are going to Universal again this July and are deciding ourselves. Portofino is also cheapest for our dates. We prefer Royal Pacific followed by HRH, with Portofino last but if it’s cheaper by a good amount we don’t mind PB to save some money.

 

[Minnie1222]

I would stick with Hard Rock if you want to avoid the boat.

 

[musika]

The walk is definitely do-able - we managed it with a 7 year old. It is longer than HRH (in fact you walk right by the HRH). If you hate water taxis, I'd stick with HRH. I'd say at a sedate pace it's around 15-20 min, but if you were pushing it you could do it in 10-15 (who wants to do that on vacay tho!). It's a pretty path.

 

[lisam70]

It's definitely longer but it depends how many days will you be there. If it's a shorter stay maybe stick with HR but a little longer and that $100 will add up quickly to a nice savings. Personally, I don't think the walk is too bad and I find the boats to PB to be less crowded than others and I don't like HR so I would always pick PB but that's just my two cents.

 

[reddog21]

From the Hard rock HRH boat dock to the Portafino water front its 7 minutes based on my years walking to Portifino. When they had the walkway closed due to construction the walk was like close to 15 minutes. We never take the boad at night, universal never runs enough boats so walking is much faster.

 

[barb969]

If you are doing club level PB is the better choice. The club lounge and food are great, much, much better than HR.

 

[georgina]

It’s been at least 5 years since I have stayed at PBR, are you no longer able to cut through the HR parking lot to shorten the walk by half? That’s how I always went - up to the entrance of HR, make a right around the back to the parking lot and straight on to the security on the path.

 

[wendlle]

It's definitely longer but it depends how many days will you be there. If it's a shorter stay maybe stick with HR but a little longer and that $100 will add up quickly to a nice savings. Personally, I don't think the walk is too bad and I find the boats to PB to be less crowded than others and I don't like HR so I would always pick PB but that's just my two cents.

It's $100 overall, not per night. If it was per night I'd pick it in a heartbeat but $100 overall we will at this stage stick with HR

If you are doing club level PB is the better choice. The club lounge and food are great, much, much better than HR.

no club level, we aren't at the hotel enough for that to be remotely worth it for us.