wildernesslodgelover
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I miss it already!!!!
We checked in about 1 pm on Friday. I had heard on this board that soemtimes they offer an upgrade to concierge for $50 but when I mentioned it to the CM checking us in he almost laughed in my face! We had a pool view room reserved, so maybe they only offer that $50 upgrade if you are reserving a higher priced room. Anyway, we were given a complimentary upgrade to savannh view. We had room 3377 on the Kudu Trail, inside savannah view. I am surprised we were given an upgrade, because we were told by the bartender that night that the hotel was at 99% occupancy. But I must admit, the hotel did not feel uncomfortably crowded.
Personally, I was not crazy about the savannah view and I almost feel I would have preferred the pool view. Please understand, this is just MHO and I am almost embarrassed to say that. My DH says I am crazy to feel that way. We saw zebra and giraffes out the window, but when there were no animals around it was just some trees. No big deal. But I discovered the pool is open 24 HOURS...so maybe it was a good thing we were not subjected to all the late night horseplay in the pool. But I definitely would NOT pay extra for savannah view.
There are fridges in every room now, and you can request a coffee maker from housekeeping, which we did.
We ate at The Mara (counter service at AKL) when we arrived and we were pleasantly surprised. I expected just plain food but I had an African Stew served in a bread bowl. It was great! Lots of curry and cumin in it, and chunks of meat. I also had a split of chardonnay. DH had fish and chips (boring! But they were tasty) and DD6 had chicken strips. The sad thing is, we ended up spending $41 there! Dh got a beer, plus we got a sandwich to keep in the room. I think my stew was $7.69. I highly recommend it!
We went to the pool and it was busy but not overly crowded. We got chairs in the shade next to the slide which was perfect, because that is ALL DD wanted to do.
We went to Epcot that night and ate at Restaurant Akershus which was unique and delicious. I wo=ill definitely eat there again. Stayed for Illuminations but the loud fireworks TERRIFIED DD, which is weird cuz she is not one of those scaredy cat kids. I mean, she was in TEARS!
We checked in about 1 pm on Friday. I had heard on this board that soemtimes they offer an upgrade to concierge for $50 but when I mentioned it to the CM checking us in he almost laughed in my face! We had a pool view room reserved, so maybe they only offer that $50 upgrade if you are reserving a higher priced room. Anyway, we were given a complimentary upgrade to savannh view. We had room 3377 on the Kudu Trail, inside savannah view. I am surprised we were given an upgrade, because we were told by the bartender that night that the hotel was at 99% occupancy. But I must admit, the hotel did not feel uncomfortably crowded.
Personally, I was not crazy about the savannah view and I almost feel I would have preferred the pool view. Please understand, this is just MHO and I am almost embarrassed to say that. My DH says I am crazy to feel that way. We saw zebra and giraffes out the window, but when there were no animals around it was just some trees. No big deal. But I discovered the pool is open 24 HOURS...so maybe it was a good thing we were not subjected to all the late night horseplay in the pool. But I definitely would NOT pay extra for savannah view.
There are fridges in every room now, and you can request a coffee maker from housekeeping, which we did.
We ate at The Mara (counter service at AKL) when we arrived and we were pleasantly surprised. I expected just plain food but I had an African Stew served in a bread bowl. It was great! Lots of curry and cumin in it, and chunks of meat. I also had a split of chardonnay. DH had fish and chips (boring! But they were tasty) and DD6 had chicken strips. The sad thing is, we ended up spending $41 there! Dh got a beer, plus we got a sandwich to keep in the room. I think my stew was $7.69. I highly recommend it!
We went to the pool and it was busy but not overly crowded. We got chairs in the shade next to the slide which was perfect, because that is ALL DD wanted to do.
We went to Epcot that night and ate at Restaurant Akershus which was unique and delicious. I wo=ill definitely eat there again. Stayed for Illuminations but the loud fireworks TERRIFIED DD, which is weird cuz she is not one of those scaredy cat kids. I mean, she was in TEARS!
