The hotel will be built on a 37-acre site within Universal Orlando Resort and adjacent to Universal'

ORLANDO, Fla. (July 9, 2012) � Universal Parks Resorts and Loews Hotels Resorts will build a new hotel development at Universal Orlando that will add high-quality, high-value options for families wanting an affordable on-site experience.
Universal's Cabana Bay Beach Resort will offer two distinct experiences within the development's multiple buildings: 900 family rail travel usa suites, capable of sleeping six, that include kitchen areas and 900 standard guest rooms - offering both moderate- rail travel usa and value-priced accommodations. It will be operated by Loews Hotels Resorts and is scheduled to open in 2014.
The hotel will be themed rail travel usa differently than anything else currently available at Universal Orlando. It will evoke the driving rail travel usa vacations so many Americans rail travel usa grew up enjoying with their families - spending time at sweeping motor courts just off the highway, where families relaxed rail travel usa and played after a long day's drive. The new hotel's rail travel usa hip, vintage look will be accented with bold design, dramatic, clean lines, bright, period colors and touches of neon. Inside areas including the lobby, dining areas and large, comfortable rooms will follow suit. The hotel will have two themed pool areas.
Our new hotel will give guests an affordable, incredibly themed on-site hotel experience unlike anything else at our resort, said Tom Williams, chairman and chief executive officer, Universal Parks Resorts. Our new family suites and family-value pricing will give our guests rail travel usa on-site options they've never had before.
The hotel will be built on a 37-acre site within Universal Orlando Resort and adjacent to Universal's Islands of Adventure - just off Hollywood Way and Turkey rail travel usa Lake Road. Site work will begin soon. Pricing information, opening timeframes and room on-sale dates will be released over time.
The new hotel will allow families to choose between rail travel usa value pricing or the higher level of benefits and service that come with staying at other on-site Universal Orlando hotels rail travel usa - Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, the Hard Rock Hotel and Loews Royal Pacific Resort. It will provide early park admission, proximity to Universal's rail travel usa Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios and resort-wide charging privileges - but will not offer complimentary Universal Express Unlimited Access.
The Cabana Bay Beach Resort furthers our goal of operating special and distinct properties in important markets, said Paul Whetsell, Loews Hotels Resorts president and CEO. This is another important step in our plan to expand the Loews system in major markets across the United States.
There are many ways to enjoy your Orlando vacation, rail travel usa but there is only one place where vacation becomes adventure: Universal Orlando Resort. It is a unique destination featuring two theme parks, three magnificently themed on-site hotels and a nighttime entertainment complex. It's the only Orlando destination where you are not just entertained - you become part of the most exhilarating entertainment ever created. You can soar above Hogwarts with Harry Potter, swing above the streets with Spider-Man, battle aliens alongside Agent J, and help Shrek save Princess Fiona in Shrek 4-D. And now open: the new, heart-warming and hilarious Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride.
Looks nice, but I agree, not sure about the theming. We always stay onsite for the use of the unlimited express passes, which to me, are like gold when it's crowded. But since they're not offering that here, I think we'll have to pass, and continue with the Royal Pacific.
This is the 4th hotel I hinted at a while ago... Looks beautiful!!!! Nothing like AoA.... Not cartoony like AoA... rail travel usa This will be popular with families... Just the shot in the arm Universal Orlando needed!! Let the expansion begin!!!! Next up: SS44 announcement...
This one line is why we won't ever stay there. The main perk (at least for my family) of staying at a Universal Resort is the unlimited Express Pass. Without it, we'll gladly stay at one of the other Universal Resorts.
rail travel usa I see a few people feel they are copying Disney. It doesn't remind me at all of Art of Animation, other than that it's a family suite and will sleep 6. It looks like a nice place, but I'm not interested unless they include Express rail travel usa Pass.
Again, not sure why, but I find it most interesting there will be no complimentary Express Pass. After the newness wears off, I know I personally would choose one of the other on-site hotels over this one for that perk alone. Unless things are getting rail travel usa ready to change.....
Looks nice, but I agree, not sure about the theming. We always stay onsite for the use of the unlimited express passes, which to me, are like gold when it's crowded. But since they're not offering that here, I think we'll have to pass, and continue with the Royal Pacific.
This one line is why we won't ever stay there. The main perk (at least for my family) of staying at a Universal Resort is the unlimited Express Pass. Without it, we'll gladly stay at one of the other Universal Resorts.
I see a few people feel they are copying Disney. It doesn't remind me at all of Art of Animation, other than that it's a family suite and will sleep 6. It looks like a nice place, but I'm not interested unless they include rail travel usa Express Pass.
Again, not sure why, but I find it most interesting there will be no complimentary Express Pass. After the newness wears off, I know I personally would choose one of the other on-site hotels over this one for that perk alone. Unless rail travel usa things are getting ready to change.....
I too won't be staying here without that incentive. I can guarantee that the amount we would save over staying at the Royal Pacific wouldn't make up the difference in buying Express Passes rail travel usa for our family.
It would be ashamed since we just discovered how wonderful it is to stay at a Universal Resort. I'd hate for it to change before rail travel usa we've had a chance to stay at Universal a few more times. It would make me think twice about staying at a Universal resort rail travel usa again. While the resorts are wonderful, and you can't beat being able to walk to everything, the Express Pass is a MAJOR selling point for my family. Without it not sure we'd stay at a Universal Resort again, or at least not as often as we would with the pass.
The only reason I'd stay at a Universal hotel is because of the Express Pass option. Up until now, the cost of the rooms has been prohibitive because we are a family of six and need two rooms. When I first read the headline, I was really excited. After further review, we'll pass.
This doesn't shock me. Unlike Disney, Universal does not start with the premise that every guest is created equal (even Disney is moving away from that premise --see free dining tiered offers -- but they have a more difficult time marketing-wise moving to a system where they treat guests differently based on money spent). At Universal, from the beginning, you definitely pay for any perk you receive.
I love the theme and and find it does go with the Studio's Old Hollywood area of the park. Look at Mel's Drive Inn, Schwab rail travel usa s Pharmacy, I Love Lucy and the Sunset rail travel usa Drive sections of the park. The road trip theme fits in perfect with that era.
I am taking rail travel usa a guess here but maybe they are not offering it because either the hotel prices are going to be too inexpensive and they want to get these families to spend more money somehow OR maybe they don't want to flood the express pass lines with more people. The first thing I thought of when I saw this thread was oh no more people rail travel usa in the express lines. If they keep building hotels, after a while having the Express Pass means nothing (then people will stop buying them), kind of like getting a Fast Pass to Rockin Roller Coaster and waiting 45 mins in line anyway.
Here I was thinking, hey, finally a cheaper option! But without the express pass, this seems pretty pointless to me. If I'm staying at a Universal resort, I want the perks that come with it. Otherwise, I'll stay cheaper just off property.
Here I was thinking, hey, finally a cheaper option! But without the express pass, this seems pretty pointless to me. If I'm staying at a Universal resort, I want the perks that come with it. Otherwise, I'll stay cheaper just off property.
I'm not going to Universal without going to Disney, so therefore I'll be in Orlando for a week if I do both. The only way I'll stay onsite at Universal is to get the free fast pass, or whatever you call it, otherwise I'll stay at WDW and just drive to Universal to avoid having to change hotel rooms.
For those who aren't knowledgeable, they might choose the stay based on the dollars and room size feeling like they're getting a bargain. Even if folks pay the additional money for the front of the line access, they might not realize they could have had it included if they selected a different resort - just conjecture on my part especially since I still hear folks at Disney say things like You have to pay extra for that when referring to Fast Pass or have no clue at all about Fast Pass even when the instructions are clearly rail travel usa spelled out in every guidemap one picks up as one enters the park.
This doesn't shock me. Unlike Disney, Universal does not start with the premise that every guest is created equal (even Disney is moving away from that premise --see free dining tiered offers -- but they have a more difficult time marketing-wise moving to a system where they treat guests differently rail travel usa based on money spent). At Universal, rail travel usa from the beginning, you definitely pay for any perk you receive.
Wait what??? Disney treats each guest equal???? Where??? Liek anywhere, you want perks, you pay for them, just like in Disney... Monoral resorts are much more expensive than non-monorail resorts... You pay for the perk...
You want express pass in Universal, pay for the perk... This resort is going to be value ... They don't have to add Express Pass onto the room price... They are giving rail travel usa families a cheaper room rate to stay on property...
I'm not going to Universal without going to Disney, so therefore I'll be in Orlando for a