Just got back from RP and we had a great time. Despite the fact that I have a Loew's gold card I was unable to get any type of upgrade but I did not really expect to at such a busy time of the year.We had a standard room in tower 3 on the 6th floor. The room faced Wet and Wild, not much of a view but we did not spend much time in the room anyway. My girls are ages 9 and 13 and they love the RP. We used the pool a lot as the weather was hot and sunny. The pool was crowded but after some hunting we found lounge chairs. We walked over to the pool at the HR one day to hang out at their pool and check out the water slide. The HR was way too crowded for my taste. The pool is great but people were literally fighting over lounge chairs. We tried Wet and Wild and loved it. We took a cab for $4.50 so we could be on our own time schedule but I understand the hotel runs a free shuttle. TheUniversal parks were crowded but the fotl express pass was awesome as usual! My girls rode The Mummy 10 times and LOVED it. There was no fotl express pass for the Mummy but the single rider line moved pretty quick. The girls did get stuck in The Mummy for about 20 minutes when it broke down but they continued to ride it again and again. The RP had a nice egg hunt on Easter. We tried Tchoup Tchuop for dinner one night. My fish (opah) with a macademia crust was very good. My husband's pork chop was just OK. The girls both had Fetticini Alfredo and they both enjoyed it . The restaurant is very attractive and fun. I think it is a bit over priced but it is worth trying at least once. We had the deal where the room price included two adult park tickets which was great. The other two tickets I ordered through a Kraft link on this board. Despite the fact that I ordered the tickets online in January, I had no problem retrieving the tickets through the machine at the parks. I saw some one post information on this board that the machine only stores info for 3 months. I had to ask for our cookies and milk 3 times but finally did receive them on our last night. I was able to use my gold card for a late check out which was great because we had a late flight and wanted to use the pool one last time. All in all , we had a great family vacation and I would definately return. I have stayed at PB before and really enjoyed the larger room but RP is closer to the parks and less expensive . I think I would try the HR at a not busy time of the year.