I recently spent one night at this hotel while attending Universal Studios. I chose this hotel strictly for it's proximity to the theme park. Even though the hotel was close to the park, it was not convenient. Since it is located right next to the park, I would assume there would be a walkway or path that you could follow, unfortunately there isn't. I asked one of the staff members about getting to the park and she told me to go to the end of the ballrooms and the park is across the street. As we walked towards the ballrooms it was very clear they had events happening in these ballrooms and the foyers had catered food and a lot of dressed up people. Needless to say, since we were in our theme park attire, we stood out like a sore thumb and after getting a few looks from people we proceeded to turn around and head back out the main entrance. We then had to walk down the driveway (no sidewalks) and with 3 kids I had to make sure everyone was walking right alongside the curb. There was even signs outside the ballrooms informing people of the private events and asking them to go around. Once we got down to the main street, there was a sidewalk and pedestrian overpass so from there it was a safe walk.
Everything else about our stay was typical of an average hotel. The room was average size and the beds were comfortable (although small). The room was mostly clean, except the bathroom had areas of the floor that had long, black hair and nobody in our room had long hair. Our room was right next to the elevator but it was quiet. I was surprised by the $6 bottle of water in the room. Even more so when I discovered the vending machines in the hotel surprisingly don't sell water! When we returned to the hotel the gift store was already closed, so we were "forced" to buy the $6 water. As a Hilton Honors member, I've usually got at least one bottle of complimentary water in the room. All in all, our stay at the hotel was OK, not great, but not bad. Given the cost of almost $300 a night for a standard double room, I would stay somewhere else next time and bring my own water.
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