I haven't been to the Royal Pacific yet, but I hear it's really nice, like the other two ... make sure to check rates at all three hotels and ask for Annual Pass and Entertainment Rates at all three ...

In order of amenities the Royal Pacific is the lowest of the three, the Hard Rock the middle, and the Portofino the top of the line, but sometimes pricing can be out of whack from that. The Hard Rock's big advantage is that it is much closer to the parks than the other two hotels.

One warning though, I don't think the Power Pass qualifies for Annual Pass rates, you might want to check that ...

PremEx ~ I'm just giving you the job, you know that ... my big beef with Disney is everything is so darn far apart ... of course that's partly because there is so much stuff, but still ...