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I won't bore you with all the other details of my trip report. However I thought I would post our experience at AKV December 22-24.
cont......
We checked out, packed up the van and got ready for our first stay as DVC members at our home resort of Animal Kingdom Villas.
You automatically know when you have come to the perimeters of Disney. You can feel the magic everything changes and looks just like it did the time before....ahhhh we were here....finally. 
Again despite very concise directions and maps were ended getting lost again mainly due to dh burying his head in his crackberry and trying to do some work. I was driving and he was navigating. Just once I would like to go from A to B without stopping at J..... M ......P..... T....... Z and back at J before getting to B.
We finally arrived at Animal Kingdom Villas. Not only was this our very first stay as DVC members we decided to blow the extra points and stay concierge. Concierge, valet....this rock star treatment was DA BOMB! We were escorted up to the 6th floor and given golden KTTW cards OOOOOHHH.
We really didnt care what room we got as it was all good! We got a one bedroom villa overlooking the pool.
We checked in and dh and ds6 were given birthday bags courtesy of AKV!!!
The Villa was beautiful. The bed was heaven. It was pure bliss!
Some notables for those who care
-In Jambo you have to walk past the tub to get to the toilet. They are not separate areas. Annoying if someone is taking a bath.
-Not a whole lot of storage space for a family of five. I found the Villa too small for us. Next time we will get a 2 bedroom or bank and borrow for a Grand Villa.
-Concierge offerings were wonderful. They were very slow at times however re-filling things.
-The concierge lounge was heaven. If we got too crowded in our Villa we just went to the concierge lounge and relaxed and read paper, watched tv etc! It was really relaxing. People were stretched out on the couch just like they were at home...it was wonderful.
- AKV Concierge staff rock. I will be sending a letter mentioning how well we were treated. I had parcels delivered to the resort. Not only did they track the parcels for us they had them delivered to our villa. These people truly went above and beyond the call of duty. They handled every request with ease and communication flowed freely and promptly. I cannot tell how much easier they made our holiday. While we slipped out on the first day they snuck in our villa and delivered and chocolate birthday cake for dh and ds6. They got birthday scrolls and a birthday card from Mickey and Pluto signed by both characters. Not having a decent camera here completely sucked!!!
Day 6
We headed off to MGM for a day of fun! The Osbourne Lights were amazing. I just wanted to stay forever! We had little Einsteins Lunch (controlled Chaos) and dinner again at PrimeTime Cafe Again we had a hilarious first class experience and will be back again! We hit concierge as much as possible. It was just so great to be able to take a break and re-fuel and re-charge anytime of the day! We packed our suitcases and got prepared for the last leg of our Journey!
Day 7
-The resort was beautifully decorated for Christmas. On Christmas Eve morning a choir sang Christmas Carols in the main lobby first thing in the morning. What a wonderful way to start the day. I cannot begin to tell how wonderful our experience was here! Thank You AKV!!!!!
Day 7 cont!
Well we checked out and hit the road Christmas Eve morning for our last leg of the Journey.
For those of you who require additional entertainment you are welcome to read the non DVC portions of my tr if you feel inclined
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2042326&page=3
cont......
We checked out, packed up the van and got ready for our first stay as DVC members at our home resort of Animal Kingdom Villas.
You automatically know when you have come to the perimeters of Disney. You can feel the magic everything changes and looks just like it did the time before....ahhhh we were here....finally.
Again despite very concise directions and maps were ended getting lost again mainly due to dh burying his head in his crackberry and trying to do some work. I was driving and he was navigating. Just once I would like to go from A to B without stopping at J..... M ......P..... T....... Z and back at J before getting to B.
We finally arrived at Animal Kingdom Villas. Not only was this our very first stay as DVC members we decided to blow the extra points and stay concierge. Concierge, valet....this rock star treatment was DA BOMB! We were escorted up to the 6th floor and given golden KTTW cards OOOOOHHH.
We really didnt care what room we got as it was all good! We got a one bedroom villa overlooking the pool.We checked in and dh and ds6 were given birthday bags courtesy of AKV!!!
The Villa was beautiful. The bed was heaven. It was pure bliss!
Some notables for those who care
-In Jambo you have to walk past the tub to get to the toilet. They are not separate areas. Annoying if someone is taking a bath.
-Not a whole lot of storage space for a family of five. I found the Villa too small for us. Next time we will get a 2 bedroom or bank and borrow for a Grand Villa.
-Concierge offerings were wonderful. They were very slow at times however re-filling things.
-The concierge lounge was heaven. If we got too crowded in our Villa we just went to the concierge lounge and relaxed and read paper, watched tv etc! It was really relaxing. People were stretched out on the couch just like they were at home...it was wonderful.
- AKV Concierge staff rock. I will be sending a letter mentioning how well we were treated. I had parcels delivered to the resort. Not only did they track the parcels for us they had them delivered to our villa. These people truly went above and beyond the call of duty. They handled every request with ease and communication flowed freely and promptly. I cannot tell how much easier they made our holiday. While we slipped out on the first day they snuck in our villa and delivered and chocolate birthday cake for dh and ds6. They got birthday scrolls and a birthday card from Mickey and Pluto signed by both characters. Not having a decent camera here completely sucked!!!
Day 6
We headed off to MGM for a day of fun! The Osbourne Lights were amazing. I just wanted to stay forever! We had little Einsteins Lunch (controlled Chaos) and dinner again at PrimeTime Cafe Again we had a hilarious first class experience and will be back again! We hit concierge as much as possible. It was just so great to be able to take a break and re-fuel and re-charge anytime of the day! We packed our suitcases and got prepared for the last leg of our Journey!
Day 7
-The resort was beautifully decorated for Christmas. On Christmas Eve morning a choir sang Christmas Carols in the main lobby first thing in the morning. What a wonderful way to start the day. I cannot begin to tell how wonderful our experience was here! Thank You AKV!!!!!
Day 7 cont!
Well we checked out and hit the road Christmas Eve morning for our last leg of the Journey.
For those of you who require additional entertainment you are welcome to read the non DVC portions of my tr if you feel inclined
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2042326&page=3
