JAMBO! The UN-official AKL Thread ~ UPDATED(short film/pg 8 & slideshow/pg 12) Part 2

[kimmar067]

JUST GETTING EXCITED NOW???? I'm planning for a year out and I'm already excited!

... If you knew my DH [and AspiringCindy will back me up on this!] then you know better NOT to get too excited until the very last minute.....

....Hey, since you've been to AKL a few times since I have been there last........has anything changed? Any rehabs, not that it needed it when we were there. You know I LOVE WL, and last time we split the stay, and we may end up doing that again, but right now everyone is in favor of AKL. So if you have any updates, fill me in please

....I'll be sure to let you know!

 

[kimmar067]

I agree with Scoutsmom ~~

We usually drive down, but once there we never drive our car anywhere. We always use WDW transportation, it is really good and we find it very easy to use. We've never had a problem with waiting, the buses run all the time. They will also take you anywhere on property you need to go...... from the parks, to DTD, to the waterparks, etc.. Unless you plan on leaving WDW property, then I wouldn't drive my own car at all!!! We really enjoy having someone else drive, plus you just cannot beat the convenience of the buses!

...not to mention tht it is wa-a-a-a-a-y better to board a chilly air-conditioned bus than to enter a HOT, steamy car with seats that you BETTER NOT sit upon wearing a pair of shorts!!! [OUCH!]

 

[kimmar067]

Did you get a good deal for AKL Kim? I'm saving up because we want to be able to get 2 rooms next time, which doubles the cost! YIKES So I'm going to be looking for some serious discounts. My baby DS graduates from high school next May, and guess what he wants for graduation? A car? No! Another guitar? No! (Well, he wouldn't mind, he hehe), NO........my son wants to go back to AKL and WL for his gift! What a kid, eh? So of course, we gotta give him what he wants, right? You know it sister!

..... (he's DEFINITELY your son.....)

 

[kimmar067]

I was talking to this one guy online a few mins ago and he told me he had stayed at the AKL. Well being I never stayed there b4, I took the opportunity to ask a lot of ?s. I asked him what view he had and he said Kingdom View..Im like you mean Savannah and he said yea. Then I asked him what animals he saw and he told me he saw Elephants. Im like WHAT? There are NO elephants at the AKL. Then I asked him if he remembered what side he stayed on, weither it be Kudu or Zebra Trail or Arusha Rock and he told me he couldnt remember. How can you NOT remember? Thats something it shouldnt be to hard to forget. His excuese its been awhile. 2003? 3 yrs ago isnt that long. Then he told me he would show me pics but doesnt have any? How can you go to disney and NOT take pics? Thats totally un-american! LOL. Even people from other countries take pics! I guess I shouldnt say un-american but more of its not NORMAL! LOL. But anyways then I asked him if he ever ate at the restraunts at the AKL and asked him which ones and he told me he couldnt remember what they were called. C'mon now! For real! I have never been to AKL in my entire life and even I know what the restraunts are called and even know what they serve at each one. Oh and this is the real kicker. He told me he saw the animals standing on top of the bus because on the top floor theres a door that leads out to a platform that you can stand on to climb on top of the bus to get a good view of the animals. What is that all about? How is that even possible? I have NEVER heard of this before. So is this dude like completely totalling lying to me about staying at the AKL or what?

....sing it WITH me...."...Ih-MA-A-A-AH-gin-ay-shun, Im-AH-H-H-H-H-H-gin-ay-shun....".....

 

[wendypooh]

IT JUST HIT ME!!!!





(I am starting to get REA-A-A-A-LLY excited about our trip..... ! )

OMG ~~ IF I only had 23 days left, I'd be insane!!! I'm at the 40ish mark and I'm bouncing off the walls!!!!!!!!!

 

[wendypooh]

...not to digress, bu-u-u-u-ut...Wendy,

...this is soooo hot!

That's what happens when it's raining out and DS is totally ingrossed in the disney channel.......... mom gets bored and messes around on the comp. Feel free to borrow it if you'd like!!!

I thought it looked pretty cool myself!!!

 

[kimmar067]

...Feel free to borrow it if you'd like!!! ...I thought it looked pretty cool myself!!!

...hey, mebbe you could shrink it, so that all the "WildBunch" gang could add it to their avatar...just a suggestion.... !!

 

[wendypooh]

...not to mention tht it is wa-a-a-a-a-y better to board a chilly air-conditioned bus than to enter a HOT, steamy car with seats that you BETTER NOT sit upon wearing a pair of shorts!!! [OUCH!]

Yep~~ Florida sunshine is awesome, till it lands right smack dab on your bottom............ OUCH!!!

There is nothing worse than hot leather car seats!!!!

 

[wendypooh]

...hey, mebbe you could shrink it, so that all the "WildBunch" gang could add it to their avatar...just a suggestion.... !!

You are a mind reader!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I actually tried to do that and change mine......... ( remember our PM conversation) anyway, it just seemed like it was too small to make it out. Maybe someone else can figure out how to do it....... so it can still sparkle!!?? I just couldn't make it work, but I tried!!!

 

[kimmar067]

......perhaps you could have someone on the Tecchie Board resize it for ya......

 

[wendypooh]

...hey, mebbe you could shrink it, so that all the "WildBunch" gang could add it to their avatar...just a suggestion.... !!

Soorry double posst

 

[wendypooh]

......perhaps you could have someone on the Tecchie Board resize it for ya......

OK ~~ I'll try that!! Where is the tecchie board??? Never been there........

 

[AKLGoofy]

That will be great. Hopefully the folks at Disney will see your report and address the shortcomings of the platinum plan. Given the substantial cost of the plan, you would think CM's would be falling over themselves trying to resolve any problems. For someone who dislikes lines, you certainly stood in a lot of them trying to get 2 cold drinks.

True enough on the lines. I'm seriously considering cuting and pasting pertinent portions for a letter to the same folks I addressed when I praised Autumn's work. The response letter I got was on Walt Disney Resort letterhead and they may very well be the right folks to give a clue to on their Platinum Plan.

Bob

 

[AKLGoofy]

OK ~~ I'll try that!! Where is the tecchie board??? Never been there........

Here are a couple of different sizes for you. If these don't work, just let me know what size you want (in number of pixels).

Original size = 185 x 123:

At 75% of original = 135 x 92:

And 50% of original = 92 x 61:

Bob

 

[scoutsmom99]

You are a mind reader!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I actually tried to do that and change mine......... ( remember our PM conversation) anyway, it just seemed like it was too small to make it out. Maybe someone else can figure out how to do it....... so it can still sparkle!!?? I just couldn't make it work, but I tried!!!

ohhh yes I like it too! I just read on the avator part and here are the specs they need to be:

"The maximum size of your custom image is 100 by 100 pixels or 3.9 KB (whichever is smaller)"

 

[kimmar067]

Here are a couple of different sizes for you. If these don't work, just let me know what size you want (in number of pixels).

Original size = 185 x 123:

At 75% of original = 135 x 92:

And 50% of original = 92 x 61:

Bob

....he's go-o-o-o-o-o-o-d..... (mebbe 40%??)

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Wendypooh "

... Oh, and once you've had a zebra dome......... well, then you can join us for our ZDA meetings!!!

They are sooooo good!!! The mouse crunch is awesome too!!! and then there's the victoria falls mist, and the african stew......... now that is NOT to be missed and you can get it from Mara......... and the breads, and the other soups, oh, I could go on and on..................

Hey Wendy...what is the African Stew? So happy for you that it is less than 40 days...

Kimmar-your down to a couple of weeks??-way to go

Anyone else going with the next couple of weeks....

I've been off the boards trying to catch up on some stuff after a long weekend with some friends down Cape May, NJ-one of the NJ shore towns that inspired Disney's Boardwalk-lol

I live outside Philadelphia and it is so blasted hot-which I'm sure is probably funny to some of you Southerners like Wendy-you know its that humidity that it killer even more than the heat...ironically DH always teases me that I don't notice it in Florida... ...

Well once again I missed the ZD's-I'll have to keep my eyes open tommorrow...

Patricia

 

[kimmar067]

Wendypooh "

Hey Wendy...what is the African Stew? So happy for you that it is less than 40 days...

Kimmar-your down to a couple of weeks??-way to go

Anyone else going with the next couple of weeks....

I've been off the boards trying to catch up on some stuff after a long weekend with some friends down Cape May, NJ-one of the NJ shore towns that inspired Disney's Boardwalk-lol

I live outside Philadelphia and it is so blasted hot-which I'm sure is probably funny to some of you Southerners like Wendy-you know its that humidity that it killer even more than the heat...ironically DH always teases me that I don't notice it in Florida... ...

Well once again I missed the ZD's-I'll have to keep my eyes open tommorrow...

Patricia

....well, don't be such a stranger, young lady.....my DS was in Wildwood on Saturday....

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Darn, I knew I had a question I forgot to ask:

If we want to come back to the Lodge after a morning at the Animal Kingdom to maybe eat at Mara and rest and decorate giraffe cookies.. and then go back to the Animal Kingdom in the afternoon for the parade and spend some more time...how long does it take to wait for the bus and then get back to the Lodge and vice versa-I mean during the middle of the day how often to the buses run?

Thanks

 

[kimmar067]

Darn, I knew I had a question I forgot to ask:

If we want to come back to the Lodge after a morning at the Animal Kingdom to maybe eat at Mara and rest and decorate giraffe cookies.. and then go back to the Animal Kingdom in the afternoon for the parade and spend some more time...how long does it take to wait for the bus and then get back to the Lodge and vice versa-I mean during the middle of the day how often to the buses run?

Thanks

...5-10 minutes.....