Hakuna Kidani, What a Turtleful Phrase!

[Wicket's Mom]

Sea World in Ohio is no more, closed several years ago. Dollywood is okay, but certainly is no Disneyworld!

Love Tennessee, may be going to Gatlinburg at the end of Oct.

 

[MeMom]

Sea World in Ohio is no more, closed several years ago. Dollywood is okay, but certainly is no Disneyworld!

Love Tennessee, may be going to Gatlinburg at the end of Oct.

I'm just thinking if we liked Dollywood enough, we could replace a Disney trip a year with a Dollywood trip, and that would be cheaper. Maybe not, but it was a thought.

East Tennessee is beautiful in October. Not as warm as Orlando in October, though.



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This sign was a thing of beauty.



As was this one.



And this one.



Is there a better place for animal lovers to stay?







Jill's family would have this room.



Sophie approved.



Nice kitchen.



This would be my bed.



Across from my bed.



I thought the light and the wall decor sort of made Mickey ears.



Bathroom.





At my real house, there are not giraffes out in the yard.



Sophie has been a late bloomer when it comes to her mobility. She was just getting the hang of crawling.











She crawls now, but we have upped the expectations. Now we are going for upright walking. As with crawling, she says she'll do it in her own good time. Drew took his first steps the day he turned 14 months old. Sophie is going to have to get into action if she plans to beat him.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Remember way back when I we did our rooms in Nemo? And made all of those jellyfish? I used those nylon bath sponge thingies that suds you up really good, then I tied interesting pieces of yarn onto them for the tentacles. You can make those for pretty cheap. If you want free or practically free, try crepe paper and construction paper.

 

[GoofyFan1515]

I really liked the turtle t-shirt! Just don't ask me which one.........

I would love to try a dolphin encounter sometime!

So glad you made it to AKL! Great to be at Disney, and how can you lose with all the animals you can watch right at your resort........

 

[KatMark]

I LOVE those one-bedroom villas at AK/Kidani. We were fortunate to stay in one two years ago for two nights before we moved to OKW. We didn't go to the parks those two days...just the pool and sat on the balcony watching the animals. And I don't have giraffes out my window at home either.

Love the pictures of Sophie crawling on the floor to her momma. She'll walk when she is ready.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Hey hey hey! We had a 2 bedroom villa in Kidani in July also. Loved it there.

Who knows, maybe Sophie will completely bypass the crawling phase and walk. My niece did exactly that.

 

[disneyfan61]

Love the rooms. Wish my bathroom looked like that.

Aw Sophie will be up and running with her big sisters in no time.

We miss your dissing time also but we know you will not be deserting us. Oct. is a busy month for all you teachers. We will be here.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

This picture made me laugh. I remember that dumb box we carried around with food in it....

I sure wish we were back together at Kidani, or Vero, actually anywhere but 5th grade at the moment.

 

[<3myfamily]

I did a jelly fish project with 1st graders at end of last year. Sponge paint inside and outside of Styrofoam or paper bowls. Turn bowl upside down and attach creche paper around outside. Hang them around ceiling with string thru the bowl. The sponge painting was interesting (in blues and greens), but if those 1st graders could do it, so could 2nd graders! And I am not an art person, so if I can do it, anyone can.

 

[disneyfan61]

This picture made me laugh. I remember that dumb box we carried around with food in it....

I sure wish we were back together at Kidani, or Vero, actually anywhere but 5th grade at the moment.

Aw Anita I am sensing you are not loving 5th grade.

 

[lovedonaldduck]

That just looks like our Kidani room from 3 weeks ago, oh how I miss it! Although you guys were on the better Savannah, we were on Pembe, so no giraffes from the balcony for us. I'm not complaining though, since we paid for a standard view, any animals we got to see from our room were a welcome bonus!

Both of my girls do stuff in their own time - some of it very fast (Charlotte took her first steps at 10 months) and some of it very slow - they are both challenging sleepers. Charlotte will be 2 on Tuesday and only slept through the night 2 days in the month of September. Once Sophie starts walking, Jill will have her hands even more full - if that's even possible.

 

[gopherdame]

I have to tell you about the jellyfish my dgd made. She is 9 and they were pretty easy and turned out really cute. They used small paper bowls and colored the bottom of the bowl with markers (which ends up being the top). Then they used curling ribbon and taped or glued it to the underside. Some they curled more so they would go up higher and some they just curled a little so they would hang down. They also put one through the top of the bowl to hang it with. I think they knotted it instead of taping so it was a little stronger. They were very cute.

Only 31 days until our trip and I'm finally getting excited, always harder to do when we aren't going with the grandkids. We are talking about maybe a spring break trip, but it wouldn't be Disney. We're thinking about Busch Gardens, Sea World and a spring training game for the Minnesota Twins. We would probably stay on the west coast and I love the ocean. I can deal with it since we are going in November. And anywhere to get away somewhere warm and sunny after our winter would be wonderful!

 

[DWGal210]

Yay, you've arrived at AKL! What a great place; the room looks awesome and how fun to check out all the animals! I bet everyone loved that.

Look at sweet little Sophie! What a doll face, such a cutie.

What are your weekend plans? Anything in particular, or relaxing at home? It's going to be icky here weather-wise, so I should probably stay close to home and relax.

Only 88 days until NYE on the Poly Beach!! Can't wait, very excited to see everyone and ring in 2014 at Disney!

Just a quick non-Disney vent and a heads-up for everyone: I don't know if this is just in my area (Iowa), or anywhere else, but be on the lookout for insurance scams when it comes to senior citizens you know or your family members. Yesterday, a woman showed up to my grandma's house, trying to get her to pay for some new insurance policy. Grandma told her she doesn't sign anything or pay for anything herself, her son takes care of that for her (which is true, my uncle handles her finances) so the woman left but hung around and talked to her for about an hour. She left her card with Grandma; we checked out the name of the alleged business online and no listings; did a reverse search of the phone number she left, and also no dice. My mom called the 800# multiple times between last night and this morning and no answer, rings busy. Luckily Grandma didn't give her any info but this just makes my blood boil. Excuse my french, but there is a special place in he** for people who scam the elderly. How do they sleep at night?!!?

Hope everyone has a good day ~ see you soon

 

[MagicShell]

Y'all truly had an animal themed trip. Brooklynn must have loved it. Animal Kingdom Lodge is one place I really want to stay one day.

 

[cajunfan]

I totally understand about having to be in the mood for posting. I am like that with sewing...I have to be in the mood and it has been probably a year since I have been in the mood...

I am mulling a trip for next May...my college age son actually sent me a text (is texed a word??...if not, what is the past tense of text???) asking me to look into cost for him and two band buddies. I told him if they could stand me with them, I could get a discount on the room! LOL! So we will see.

I normally work on Saturday afternoons at the store. Normally I am not there on Sunday's...I try to have one day off from all jobs! I don't have a schedule for that Saturday yet, but I will let you know!

Thanks again for sharing your trip report!

Lynn

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Hey there, just catching up. Glad to see your nice room at AKL!

I totally understand the lack of DIS time. I have either been too busy or too tired lately. I really want to do a TR for our Alaska cruise, but I'm afraid it might just have to be a bunch of pictures. We shall see. My photobucket is almost full and I'm too cheap to pay for more, so I am thinking of trying Flickr or something else - anyone have any recommendations?

Hope you have a nice weekend! We have a big event at church with Feed My Starving Children and then my cousin just had her first book published, so I'm going to the launch party. It's pretty exciting!

 

[Wicket's Mom]

MeMom, I'm not saying Dollywood is crappy, just not Disney. The kids would have fun there & it is a pretty place. If you visit Dolloywood after 3:00(not sure of time) you get to come back the next day with those tickets. Makes for a nice way to get all the park done.

 

[DisneyBelle99]

Back in NY. Disney Dream was dreamy! WDW was fun, and after months of planning, finally got to Be Our Guest!!!!
All caught up with the report..........Deb

 

[Poolrat]

MeMom, I'm not saying Dollywood is crappy, just not Disney. The kids would have fun there & it is a pretty place. If you visit Dolloywood after 3:00(not sure of time) you get to come back the next day with those tickets. Makes for a nice way to get all the park done.

Yes I did that this year and when I got to the gate they informed that they actually let people in at 2:30. just FYI

Got a lot done in a day and a half.

All caught up and so glad you made it to AKL.

I bet Sophie will be running once she gets upright.

 

[2xcited2sleep]

AKL is such a gorgeous resort. Tough to beat giraffes in your yard! So glad you guys got to spend a few days there!