Just back from AKL

kim

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:wizard: :wizard: Just got back a couple of hours ago. We had a standard room booked, but were upgraded to savannah view, Kudu Trail, Room 4263.

The 5th floor was closed--only sign of that was the black curtains you can see from the lobby. I believe the 6th may have been closed---not sure though as it wasn't blocked off with the curtains.

We saw many animals from our balcony. We've stayed at AKL 2 other times, and I rate this stay as comfortable and relaxing as any other time we've been there. The staff was great as usual, bus service was better than the last time we were there. Food was great.

We slept in because we were doing EMH at night. We did not hear any noises in our room, or in the corridors leading to our room from construction. On weekdays, you could hear some noises once you got into the lobby---they were not overwhelming and in no way lessened our enjoyment of our trip.

I don't know what the next few months may hold, but last week, was excellent. If anyone has any questions, I'll try to answer.

kim:wizard:
 
Kim, so glad your stay was enjoyable, and in no way ruined by the construction. Did you notice that the lodge was less crowded?
 
This is wonderful news. We will be there from 12/9 to 12/15 and I have been really nervous about the possibility of construction noise. I am one of those that do come back for a rest mid-afternoon and I just don't want to hear noise. We are staying in a standard view studio and since I am a DVC member and we have been "warned," I have no-one I can whine to. :confused:
 
We didn't notice any difference in the number of guests--it seemed normal. We've stayed there in the past during the week of July 4 too and the week leading up to Christmas.

Again, I don't know if the experience we had will change over the next few weeks/months, but it was the same old AKL for us last week, which was a good thing!

kim:wizard:
 

Glad to hear you had a great time. Makes me feel a lot better about my September ressies.:)
 
Thank You very much. I am so happy to hear your stay was so enjoyable. I am staying in August. I really cant wait.

Thank You for sharing and letting know us an update.

Sarah
 
Awesome. Congrats on your stay.

I'm also still trying to decide between using disney busses around WDW, or a rental car.

Did you find the wait at the hotel to go to the parks and the opposite way not too bad?
 
The wait for a bus wasn't bad at all this time. It seemed like we never waited over 10 minutes. It worked great last week. We didn't notice any long lines for AKL. Only one bus ride that I can remember had people standing (leaving Epcot at closing).

When we were there right before Christmas last year, I'll have to say it was the worst bus service we've ever experienced in 9 trips.

kim:wizard:
 





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