Reviews vary greatly for this property and that in part must be due to such a varied amount of accommodation available within the Hotel Gold River complex. We had previously stayed at the highest category hotel here Mansion De Lucy and was unsure how Gold River would compare, it turned out very favourably indeed. One concern we had was finding out that the fast pass options for rides were no longer granted for length of stay and instead in general it did appear there were few advantages of staying on resort however we found out that certain fast passes that include a single ride on each of the main attractions are valid for use over 2 consecutive days, it is well worth adding on the 1st row supplement which is just 5 Euro. This alongside a Seasme Adventure fast pass of 7 Euro meant it was 50 Euro each for 2 days of guaranteed rides. So for our 5 night stay we opted for this on our 2nd and 3rd day, and then our 5th and 6th final day. Ferrari Land is still included for 1 visit per stay and we also opted for the fast pass there too 23 Euro as we expected it to be busy as it was unusually open at night after PortAventura had closed. We opted for a full board package with Jet 2 and this made our spending money on resort go so far as we found the 3 course lunch that could be taken at numerous quick service restaurants was sufficient to share so we often would split our Lunches in the park up which also include a drink (bar a 1 Euro reusable cup charge) Food quality was outstanding, works out at about £16.50 for 3 course including a drink if you aren't full board so great value, think pasta bolognese to start, chicken dippers and fries for main, fresh fruit salad for dessert and a drink. I had been in touch with the hotel prior to our visit and asked to add on our fast passes along with some flowers and Cava alongside a request for a room in the main city hall, they were extremely efficient and helpful in arranging this and upon arrival everything had been taken care of, including the requested room in City Hall with the most amazing views of both parks and the sea. I would like to know how much Disney would try and extort from you for this view. The room was very clean and serviced daily with a nice deep bath, quite noisy at 10pm which seemed to be the most popular time for guests to eat but by Midnight very quiet. I did have concerns about the bookings for the restaurant as others have commented you get a 40 min time limit for breakfast and an hour for dinner for a couple this was fine but a large family may struggle. We found out on the last 2 nights that still water was complimentary at dinner. At both breakfast and dinner there was the most wonderful bread station which had a very large choice of different bread and in the morning pastries. Food was well topped up and loads kf choice for starters and desserts, a little less so for main courses and if nothing we fancied we chose from the kids options which are more fast food. Service was lovely thr
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Just returned from 5 days at hotel gold river upon arrival we was given very basic instructions on how to find our room we got lost as it’s such big hotel they could do with providing guests with some sort of map of the hotel in your welcome pack our room itself was basic but clean the bath room door was creaking which wasn’t ideal at night as it would wake us up every time some one visited the bathroom such easy fix, the AC worked well the hotel itself doesn’t have a supermarket which is a nightmare really as the nearest shop is a 30 minute walk away you have to buy bottled water from vending machine €2.60 for a 50cl bottle rip off although the gift shop does have a very small section as you enter which as few essentials like toiletries but they are very over priced aswell €6.99 for emergency box of tampons if you do go into salou make sure you stock up on essentials like bottled water and snacks as it’s much cheaper than the hotel the evening entertainment was so basic there really isn’t anything to do at night kiddie disco all in Spanish which lasted for about 20 minutes is about it you book a time slot for your meals 40 minutes in the morning time slot isn’t long enough as you can spend 5 minutes of that queuing to get in they are very strict on 40 minute rule and hour for your evening meal the food is what you expect from Spanish hotel lots of variety providing your not a picky eater mosquito are really bad you can’t even sit by the pool and relax as you get eaten alive by them they are everywhere especially in the evening We came home covered in bites I will do desperate review on portaventura world all in all the hotel was ok for few night wouldn’t want to do any longer.
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