Animal Kingdom Lodge is a fantastic hotel, you will love it. We have recently returned from Animal Kingdom Lodge and this was out third time there.
The hotel is fantastic and there are plenty of viewing areas around the hotel to see the animals.
I would recommend that you hire a car for the full period, especially staying at this hotel. Besides it being isolated, it is also expensive to eat at. This time we only ate at Mara in the hotel (self service), Boma was expensive in 2006 we could have 2 meals at TGI Fridays for the price of one at Boma. One English couple with two kids had a meal there at Easter this year, with a bottle of wine the total bill was USD150
The first two times we booked just a standard room and this time we paid extra for a Savannah room. On the first visit in 2004 we were lucky and were given a savannah room (which had 2 enormous beds) overlooking the Uzima Savannah
Staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge is like having two different holidays at the same time, at the hotel you could be in Africa not in the middle of Disney. The hotel is thatched and everything is themed around Africa including the food. The gift shop has a great selection of African artefacts including drums, Ostridge eggs, carved elephants, beads and there a few Disney gifts.
The Animal Kingdom Hotel is magical. We love Animal Kingdom Lodge in 2004 we stayed 16 nights and had a fantastic view of the Uzima Savannah even though we only paid the standard rate. In 2006 we returned for 21 nights and were initially given a room overlooking the car park, soon swapped to the Sunset Savannah, view was not fantastic, but again I only paid the standard room rate. 2009 we stayed for 15 nights and had a fantastic Savannah room (this time we paid for the upgrade).
We love sitting on the balcony watching the giraffes, zebra, Thomson gazelle, wilder beast, bongos and a whole host of other animals. Also down by the pool are Flamingos. The theme is African and very little to indicate that you might be in a Disney hotel.
Our daughter loves the place and painting ostridge eggs. I am up early watching the animals being fed by the hotel, I get some fantastic close-up photos of the animals.
The staff are friendly, but not pushy!
The hotel is fantastic and there are plenty of viewing areas around the hotel to see the animals.
I would recommend that you hire a car for the full period, especially staying at this hotel. Besides it being isolated, it is also expensive to eat at. This time we only ate at Mara in the hotel (self service), Boma was expensive in 2006 we could have 2 meals at TGI Fridays for the price of one at Boma. One English couple with two kids had a meal there at Easter this year, with a bottle of wine the total bill was USD150
The first two times we booked just a standard room and this time we paid extra for a Savannah room. On the first visit in 2004 we were lucky and were given a savannah room (which had 2 enormous beds) overlooking the Uzima Savannah
Staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge is like having two different holidays at the same time, at the hotel you could be in Africa not in the middle of Disney. The hotel is thatched and everything is themed around Africa including the food. The gift shop has a great selection of African artefacts including drums, Ostridge eggs, carved elephants, beads and there a few Disney gifts.
The Animal Kingdom Hotel is magical. We love Animal Kingdom Lodge in 2004 we stayed 16 nights and had a fantastic view of the Uzima Savannah even though we only paid the standard rate. In 2006 we returned for 21 nights and were initially given a room overlooking the car park, soon swapped to the Sunset Savannah, view was not fantastic, but again I only paid the standard room rate. 2009 we stayed for 15 nights and had a fantastic Savannah room (this time we paid for the upgrade).
We love sitting on the balcony watching the giraffes, zebra, Thomson gazelle, wilder beast, bongos and a whole host of other animals. Also down by the pool are Flamingos. The theme is African and very little to indicate that you might be in a Disney hotel.
Our daughter loves the place and painting ostridge eggs. I am up early watching the animals being fed by the hotel, I get some fantastic close-up photos of the animals.
The staff are friendly, but not pushy!
