katt789
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- Mar 14, 2010
Now that our bellies were full and our day had been made one heck of a lot better, we left Boma with the idea of heading over to the Mara to pick up our mugs and take in all the sites around that area, passing the pool on the way.
Would we ever manage to swim here? Youll have to stick around to find out! Ha! I got a pink mug, and my Mom got a teal one! I was a little disappointed to see that the mug design hadnt changed at all this year, and was wondering, how do they keep people from brining their mugs back year after year and getting free refills for as long as that mug design goes on? Like, I dont want to be a bad person, but Ill probably do that on a future trip I picked up some coffee for the next morning, and Mom got some decaf for now, and we looked at the little sections of food/snacks they had, and I did my best to explain what the quick service meal plan included to my Mom.
I said that we definitely didnt have time to come down to the Mara in the morning for breakfast, but could pick up some snacks here for the morning, or go an hour or two at the parks before getting some food there, and she said shed rather just do the latter, and make coffee in the room. So, we headed out to explore!
I will tell ya one thing, it is kinda confusing to get around AKL, as you have the lobby on one level, and have to go down to get out to Boma/Mara, upstairs to get to the room and all over the place, and theres stairways everywhere, so it gets a little confusing at times, I know my Mom got lost a few times, haha!
We went outside and sat around the little fire pit for a while, just relaxing, it was just awesome to be in Disney!
Le sigh, there was so much amazing beautiful stuff to look at in Animal Kingdom Lodge, it was just awesome, I was so in awe. We wandered around outside a bit, just taking it all in and looking around the savannah, there were lots of animals all around, including some giraffes sleeping, lying down, they were so cute! While we were watching them and talking to a couple of the CMs in the area, my Mom turned to me and said you know me so well and I asked if I had picked the right resort, and I definitely had.
Mom and I made a little stop at the gift shop to look around, and I found a sweater that I really liked (but never bought
super sad face) and a coffee mug that I LOVED!!
In the end when I had my souvenir money I didnt get it, as I couldnt find the one I wanted, booo urns! After such a long day of travel and the gong show that it was, we were both really tired, and decided it was time to get back to the room, and get some sleep, but first, we had to stop at the front desk, as we still didnt know how to get into our room properly! Turns out that theyre a new system where theres a little almost holographic Mickey on the top corner of your key card, and you just have to tap it on the Mickey head on the lock to open the room. Im also pretty sure this was explained on the card hanging on the door, but neither of us thought to look there. Ha! And now, I take you on a little tour of our room!
The bathroom area, two sinks, and the big mirror, which was separate from the actual toilet & bath tub, the shower curtain had some little Mickey heads on it as well!
Across from the bathroom section was a little chest/dresser thing to store your stuff on it, to the left of it, was the closet, followed by the mini fridge! Also, can we talk about how much I love that they disguise the fridges as other things, or inside cupboards or whatever, it just keeps the themeing up so well!
Then of course, the tv, which was soon turned on to Stacy as I got ready for bed, we had a very early morning the next day, and I was super exhausted after the one heck of a draining day that had been our travel day!
Would we ever manage to swim here? Youll have to stick around to find out! Ha! I got a pink mug, and my Mom got a teal one! I was a little disappointed to see that the mug design hadnt changed at all this year, and was wondering, how do they keep people from brining their mugs back year after year and getting free refills for as long as that mug design goes on? Like, I dont want to be a bad person, but Ill probably do that on a future trip I picked up some coffee for the next morning, and Mom got some decaf for now, and we looked at the little sections of food/snacks they had, and I did my best to explain what the quick service meal plan included to my Mom.
I said that we definitely didnt have time to come down to the Mara in the morning for breakfast, but could pick up some snacks here for the morning, or go an hour or two at the parks before getting some food there, and she said shed rather just do the latter, and make coffee in the room. So, we headed out to explore!
I will tell ya one thing, it is kinda confusing to get around AKL, as you have the lobby on one level, and have to go down to get out to Boma/Mara, upstairs to get to the room and all over the place, and theres stairways everywhere, so it gets a little confusing at times, I know my Mom got lost a few times, haha!
We went outside and sat around the little fire pit for a while, just relaxing, it was just awesome to be in Disney!
Le sigh, there was so much amazing beautiful stuff to look at in Animal Kingdom Lodge, it was just awesome, I was so in awe. We wandered around outside a bit, just taking it all in and looking around the savannah, there were lots of animals all around, including some giraffes sleeping, lying down, they were so cute! While we were watching them and talking to a couple of the CMs in the area, my Mom turned to me and said you know me so well and I asked if I had picked the right resort, and I definitely had.
Mom and I made a little stop at the gift shop to look around, and I found a sweater that I really liked (but never bought
super sad face) and a coffee mug that I LOVED!!
In the end when I had my souvenir money I didnt get it, as I couldnt find the one I wanted, booo urns! After such a long day of travel and the gong show that it was, we were both really tired, and decided it was time to get back to the room, and get some sleep, but first, we had to stop at the front desk, as we still didnt know how to get into our room properly! Turns out that theyre a new system where theres a little almost holographic Mickey on the top corner of your key card, and you just have to tap it on the Mickey head on the lock to open the room. Im also pretty sure this was explained on the card hanging on the door, but neither of us thought to look there. Ha! And now, I take you on a little tour of our room!
The bathroom area, two sinks, and the big mirror, which was separate from the actual toilet & bath tub, the shower curtain had some little Mickey heads on it as well!
Across from the bathroom section was a little chest/dresser thing to store your stuff on it, to the left of it, was the closet, followed by the mini fridge! Also, can we talk about how much I love that they disguise the fridges as other things, or inside cupboards or whatever, it just keeps the themeing up so well!
Then of course, the tv, which was soon turned on to Stacy as I got ready for bed, we had a very early morning the next day, and I was super exhausted after the one heck of a draining day that had been our travel day!
Haha I thought about getting just a standard view/pool view (which I had originally paid for) then I was all "Uhm....you're already splurging, just splurge some more! 
Glad you're here!
Where, oh where, is Tiana's meet and greet? yes, I know, Liberty Square, but where exactly? I've been staring at a MK map all day and I can't figure it out. 
It seriously gets sad when the handlers start to know who you are.... 
They greet in the little gazebo right across the bridge, it's kinda hidden behind the Christmas shop. When you're crossing into LS/Frontierland from the hub, you can either take a soft left turn or go straight, take the soft left and it's there!
