Arrived at AKL on 1/21 and the weather was HOTand so humid. Is it supposed to be 94% humidity in January? Had reserved a standard pool view room with king bed, NO smoking. CM told me we had been upgraded to a deluxe pool view room. Thank you so much. No, wait a minute. Room was terrible. King size bed dirty and sagging in middle, hole in bedspread from cigarette.(not mine) Was not a deluxe size...could not see pool except if we moved our heads just so to get around a tree...and the smell of smoke was horrible. Called downstairs and were told that king size beds are very limited...given to first people to check in...even though we booked this reservation in October. Smoke problem could be remedied(they said) if I came downstairs and got a room fragance can..WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I said let me talk with a manager. 15 minutes later Steve,the front desk manager, came up...agreed room stunk(literally) and offered to move us. Because literally we were not upgraded but rather DOWN graded because we wanted a king size bed. We moved to Zebra trail into a pretty pool view deluxe 2 queen beds and the first 1 1/2 hours of vacation stress started to fade away. DH still stressed so i told him to take off alone, i would unpack, occupy our DS 4 and meet up with him at Boma at 6 for our ADR.
Boma was awesome....prime rib was the best I have ever had. Ribs were soft, sweet perfect.....DH allergic to onions, garlic, etc. Great chef made him a perfect steak, white rice, vegetables, etc. she was very sweet. I thought the desserts were the only thing lacking. I do not like bread pudding and it seems to run rampant at WDW..what is that about? and i wasnt in love with the zebra dome things.
Went to hot tub with DS (yes, little kids are welcome in the hot tub) I wasn't sure about that at first but for the whole week not one child misbehaved or splashed. Great night.
next morning early (10) went to MK....very crowded for this time of year. Waited in line 20 minutes for stroller rental. Bought a length of stay stroller pass (only $7.15 per day that way!!) and never waited in another line for stroller again. I sooo recommend that whether you are staying two days or eight like we did that you do that. You just walk up to the kiosk, show your little pink stubs and go get your stroller. And i loved that I could go from park to park in the same day and just walk right up and get a stroller. They stamp your ticket at the first location you rent from and then you just show it thereafter. more......
Boma was awesome....prime rib was the best I have ever had. Ribs were soft, sweet perfect.....DH allergic to onions, garlic, etc. Great chef made him a perfect steak, white rice, vegetables, etc. she was very sweet. I thought the desserts were the only thing lacking. I do not like bread pudding and it seems to run rampant at WDW..what is that about? and i wasnt in love with the zebra dome things.
Went to hot tub with DS (yes, little kids are welcome in the hot tub) I wasn't sure about that at first but for the whole week not one child misbehaved or splashed. Great night.
next morning early (10) went to MK....very crowded for this time of year. Waited in line 20 minutes for stroller rental. Bought a length of stay stroller pass (only $7.15 per day that way!!) and never waited in another line for stroller again. I sooo recommend that whether you are staying two days or eight like we did that you do that. You just walk up to the kiosk, show your little pink stubs and go get your stroller. And i loved that I could go from park to park in the same day and just walk right up and get a stroller. They stamp your ticket at the first location you rent from and then you just show it thereafter. more......