cottontail--I can't remember about coffee since I don't drink it, but there were sodas, bottled water, juices and lemonade available all day, as well as fruit, cookies and candies. We had yogurt in the containers at AKL but I don't remember it being offered at the Poly. It may have been, but I don't remember that being the case. Uncrustables are pre-packaged peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches. They're round with no crust. I saw plenty of adults having ham and cheese sandwhiches from the kids' table--the chef was absolutely wonderful. If he saw us hanging out, but not snacking on anything, he would come over and try to get us to try some of his food or ask if there was anything else he could make us. The lounge staff was also very accommodating. We had several nights where we had eaten a large lunch and only wanted a light dinner. One night they had nachos, another night wings, another night a lo mein type of dish. They also served cheeses and crackers, vegetables and desserts. Several evenings we were at the pool and were able to go up to the lounge to get some drinks and desserts to bring back to the pool. And, yes, they had toothbrushes in the bathroom among the toiletries, but not at AKL.
Rich--I think if you're staying a full week at AKL you'll get more use of the lounge than we did. We did enjoy breakfast there both mornings--baked goods, yogurts, fruit, bagels, that type of thing. It was very convenient to just go down to the lounge and have breakfast waiting for us before heading off to the parks. I'll miss that in our upcomng trip. Be sure to ask the staff what time they'll be doing the children's activity. The first afternoon they did cookie decorating and the second afternoon they did Christmas ornament decorating. My kids really enjoyed that. During the day they have drinks and snacks out--I wasn't there for that, but I've heard it's chips, maybe candy, not sure. At dinner they had cheeses and crackers, fruits, and several African type of foods--spicy meats on skewers. We tried Boma and Jiko while there so we didn't take advantage of the dinner offerings. We also never made it over for the desserts, but I've heard they're very good. One reason I wanted to do concierge there is my husband loves to try different wines and I'd heard they had some African wines out. But they only had one type out, so not as much selection as at the Poly. Also, with sodas, you have to ask and they'll bring a glass of soda out to you. At the Poly, we were encourage to take bottled waters to the parks with us as we walked out the door. But I think you'll love AKL--we thought it was beautiful and couldn't get enough of walking around looking at everything. Also, it has a wonderful gift shop.
