Just back, quick review of AoA LK suite.
Requested a room close to bus stop. Did the online check-in before leaving home. Arrived about 9:30 Friday night. Took about ten minutes to check in. Online check-in line had 2 cast members working, regular line had several more. Regular line moved much faster.
We were assigned room 6532. Looking at the map that didn't seem close to the bus stop
. We walked there and were pleasantly surprised at how compact the resort is. Everything was close and convenient. Our room was on the first floor with a view of the lake and Pop Century.
Like others have said, the pictures online make the rooms look really busy, but in person they're much nicer. We also had problems with tripping over things on the floor- everything just kind of blends in with the colorful pattern. We ended up storing our shoes on the shelves under the bathroom vanity.
We had no issues with hearing our neighbors or people walking through the hall. We found the room to be very quiet-as quiet as our previous stays at CSR. We did not miss the very long walks to the bus stop, pool or restaurants that we had at CSR. It was nice to actually be able to use the refillable mugs.
We did pool hop between the Big Blue and Cozy Cone pools. Both were lots of fun- Nemo was a much livelier atmosphere, but Cars theming was great, too. If you visit the pools, bring towels from your room! It's probably on this thread and posted all over the resort, but somehow I didn't figure it out until we were already at the pool
. We ended up just "roughing" it.
We found the food court to be beautiful, but loud. The food was good. The cast members were kind and helpful.
The resort is well maintained. They are constantly cleaning and tending to the grounds. They were even touching up some of the paint on the walls. Everything is very clean and new.
We were very pleased with the bus service. The rides to the parks were quick. Epcot and Hollywood Studios took about 10 minutes. MK was about 15 minutes.
Mousekeeping did a great job. We were treated to several towel animals.
The Christmas decorations at the resort went up last night. I will attempt to post pictures later.
I've got lots of laundry to do.