Hotel UNIVERSAL'S ROYAL PACIFIC RSRT

Guests at the Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando can show their room keys at most rides and attractions at Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure and skip the long lines. This Universal Express program is one of the main reasons tourists flock to this Bali influenced resort, where they can relive the Golden Age of travel. This Orlando resort offers the charm and nostalgia of the South Pacific circa 1920, vividly re creating a tropical island paradise boasting the largest outdoor lagoon pool in Orlando and North America's largest and most exotic Orchid Court Garden. The lobby surrounds an open air court filled with brilliantly colored orchids, stone statues and hand painted panels. Guests at Royal Pacific Resort also enjoy exclusive privileges at Universal Orlando, including free transportation via water taxi and shuttle bus. Located just a short water taxi ride away is Universal's CityWalk complex, which includes dining, shopping, and world class entertainment venues. Party Pass includes one night's access to CityWalk The rooms also include coffeemakers, minibars, laptop safes, high speed Internet access and video game consoles. For guests seeking something other than the typical Central Florida theme park hotel, the Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando will surely give them what they want, even knife throwers who seldom miss. clubs and venues. Meanwhile, guests can dine at six restaurants, including Wantilan Luau, a Polynesian style dinner show with fire dancers, hula dancers and knife twirlers. The twirlers seldom miss. Other options include Islands Dining Room, Orchid Court Lounge, Jake's Bar, the poolside Bula Bar and Grille, and Emeril's Tchoup Chop. The Mariner's Club provides kids with a special place to call their own with supervised child care and daily activities. Guests seeking a faster pace can hop water taxis or shuttles to a replica of the famed New Orleans watering hole, Pat O'Brien's, in CityWalk. Polynesian guestrooms boast warm red tapestries, rich wooden carvings, rattan furniture, imported wall coverings and mahogany Bali furnishings.