Stayed at PB the weekend before Christmas - interestingly, neither Universal nor the hotel reached out to mention anything about renovations prior to our stay, nor was anything mentioned during check-in. I was generally aware of them via these forums but that seems like a major miss, especially as we were taken to our room with bell services and the bay view window was covered in plastic and the room absolutely reeked of fresh paint.
My wife basically said "hell naw" and the bell hop immediately called the front desk and whisked us to a new room which was in perfect shape. I have no idea what they were thinking trying to dump us into the initial room. Major props to the bell hop who was absolutely amazing - and a credit to the resort for empowering him to push through critical decisions as he was very firm with the front desk.
Anyway, I'm not entirely certain where they started but the "end" half of the East Wing was still under heavy exterior renovation with all of the facade stripped down.