Number 9 is really FINE! Welcome to AKL LITE - the 'unofficial' FAQ Thread

[kimmar067]

Sooo...Kim any luck with any upcoming trips...? HuH ?

....where did YOU come from????

 

[kimmar067]

 

[tinkermama117]

Hello! We will be staying at AKL for the first time July 21-26. We have a deluxe studio, savannah view at Jambo house. My kids, 6 and 2, are huge animal lovers and are very excited.

Any tips for a first timer? Any must dos for kids? Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[DizDaD7]

....where did YOU come from????

Uhm And they said you were smart???? Uhmm...MoM...Final Answer !!!LoL

 

[kimmar067]

Hello! We will be staying at AKL for the first time July 21-26. We have a deluxe studio, savannah view at Jambo house. My kids, 6 and 2, are huge animal lovers and are very excited.

Any tips for a first timer? Any must dos for kids? Any advice would be appreciated.

....after checking in, be sure to check out the events board - it'll have daily activities - especially for the kids!

 

[country-mom-of-4]

Hi all! Just found this thread and am pretty excited! We will be staying at Kidani Deluxe Studio Savannah View September 21-28 for my daughter's 8th birthday - surprise trip And our first stay as DVC owners. I'm looking at the points chart and am wondering if it's worth the 27 additional points to upgrade to CL? And also - if they end up offering free dining how do we add that to our trip? Thank for any/all help!!

 

[karmacats]

You will thank us later....

my credit card company should send you all a gift basket.

i was going to skip sunrise safari because i am soooo not a morning person, but after reading on here and other threads about how great it is, i signed up. the only day available during my trip was on my 40th birthday. no one in my family can believe i'm going to get up at 6 a.m. on my birthday - i work afternoons and evenings and usually go to bed around 3 a.m. and get up at 11 or so, even on vacation, so it took some convincing. the boards are very persuasive!

 

[karmacats]

oh, and i just found the list on the first page with everyone's dates, so i can give you mine, if you'll add a newbie:

DH and I will be at AKL Jambo House 4/14-4/21/13. We're staying CL.

We've stayed at AKL savannah view twice before, but not for a very long time - last time was before ground was even broken on Kidani. We've never stayed CL anywhere before. This trip is for my 40th birthday, so we decided to splurge a little.

Thanks for all the info on this thread (and the previous AKL threads). Lots of good late-night reading here.

 

[dgbg100106]

Hello! We will be staying at AKL for the first time July 21-26. We have a deluxe studio, savannah view at Jambo house. My kids, 6 and 2, are huge animal lovers and are very excited.

Any tips for a first timer? Any must dos for kids? Any advice would be appreciated.

I have added you to the list, congrats on your first trip!

I would suggest that you look at the activities sheet when you get there, there are many many activities listed on there for your kids.

 

[dgbg100106]

Hi all! Just found this thread and am pretty excited! We will be staying at Kidani Deluxe Studio Savannah View September 21-28 for my daughter's 8th birthday - surprise trip And our first stay as DVC owners. I'm looking at the points chart and am wondering if it's worth the 27 additional points to upgrade to CL? And also - if they end up offering free dining how do we add that to our trip? Thank for any/all help!!

If you can pull it off point wise, I would say go for it! It is amazing, but it will spoil you!

I have also added you to the list

 

[dgbg100106]

my credit card company should send you all a gift basket.

i was going to skip sunrise safari because i am soooo not a morning person, but after reading on here and other threads about how great it is, i signed up. the only day available during my trip was on my 40th birthday. no one in my family can believe i'm going to get up at 6 a.m. on my birthday - i work afternoons and evenings and usually go to bed around 3 a.m. and get up at 11 or so, even on vacation, so it took some convincing. the boards are very persuasive!

Darn Credit Card companies, always wanting to get paid.....

You are going to love the Sunrise Safari!

 

[dgbg100106]

oh, and i just found the list on the first page with everyone's dates, so i can give you mine, if you'll add a newbie:

DH and I will be at AKL Jambo House 4/14-4/21/13. We're staying CL.

We've stayed at AKL savannah view twice before, but not for a very long time - last time was before ground was even broken on Kidani. We've never stayed CL anywhere before. This trip is for my 40th birthday, so we decided to splurge a little.

Thanks for all the info on this thread (and the previous AKL threads). Lots of good late-night reading here.

You are going to love CL, and I have added you to the list...

 

[dgbg100106]

Here is the latest list of everyone visiting in 2013


If you have any updates please let me know...


2013


February
Yahweh, Jan 30th – 2nd, Poly
Pattilee08, Jan 30th – 2nd, AKL
franandaj Jan 30th - 3rd, AKV, Savannah View
WDWaddictt Jan 31st – 10th, Kidani
Yahweh, 2nd - 6th, AKL Jambo
franandaj 3rd - 7th, BLT
Wendypooh, 9th - 14th, BLT
prodri1, 11th - 17th, Kidani
Sparkly, 13th – 14th, AKV
wendypooh, 14th - 17th, Kidani
Athenna, 21st - 23rd, AKV
Nemo7673, 23rd – 25th, AKL
Athenna, 23rd - Mar 1st, AKV CL
BiancaBernard&Penny, 23rd - Mar 1st, AK Jambo House
Yarna, 28th – Mar 8th, AKL

March
BCV23, 5nights, AKV CL
Yarna, Feb 28th – 8th, AKL
Tink_Or_Belle, 1st – 4th, AKL
Goofy_Girl, 1st - 6th, AKL
Dato63, 6th – 16th, AKL CL
Golden Amik, 9th – 16th, AKL
Mom2_3girls, 11th -14th, BCV and AKV Kidani
Brucerob62, 12th – 16th, Jambo House
TaraPA, 13th – 19th, WL CL/AKV 1BR split
Pinkocto, 16th - 19th, Jambo House CL
Tricia’s mom, 23rd – 31st, AKL

April
DizDaD7, 5th – 13th, AKL Jambo House
miprender, 13th - 20th, OKW/VWL
karmacats, 14th – 21st, AKL Jambo CL
My Sister’s princess, 16th – 24th, AKL
franandaj, 20th – 26th, DCL
Lemonademouth, 20th – 27th, AKL
Cinderella1122, 25th - 30th, Jambo
missy120, 26th - May 4th, Kidani Village Savannah view

May
missy120, April 26th - 4th, Kidani Village Savannah view
Paula Sedley-Burke, 5th – 15th, Kidani
t_daniels, 7th - 13th, AKL
shoppgirl, 17th – 19th, AKL
Wendypooh, 18th -June 4th, Aulani
dolphingirl47, 20th - 27th, Disney Wonder West Coast Repositioning
suemom2kay, 24th – 26th, AKL
dolphingirl47, 27th - June 2nd, Disney Wonder Alaska
Pinkocto, 31st – June 3rd, AKV

June
wendypooh, May 18th - 4th, Aulani
Pinkocto, May 31st – 3rd, AKV
Denamac, 1st – 9th, AKV Jambo House
Nutty4Disney, 2nd - 8th, AKV Kidani Village
goofyredraider, 10th -16th, BC
livibug, 13th – 21st, AKV Jambo House
goofyredraider, 16th -24th, AKL CL

July
Marinolichfamily, 5th – 13th, AKV
sharon78, 8th-18th, AKL
Z28KatCar, 18th - Aug1st, AKL CL
tinkermama117, 21st – 26th, Jambo House
Anjalee6, 29th – Aug 3rd, AKL
The Marsons, 31st – Aug 4th, AKL Jambo

August
Z28KatCar, July 18th - 1st, AKL CL
Anjalee6, July 29th – 3rd, AKL
The Marsons, July 31st – 4th, AKL Jambo
MICKEY'S DREAMERS, 10th - 22nd, AKL
Disneyfool_1202, 21st, Kidani

September
country-mom-of-4, 21st – 28th, Kidani
franandaj, 29th - Oct 2nd, VWL

October
franandaj, 2nd - 7th, BCV
Cinderella1122, 31st - Nov 5th, Jambo

November
Cinderella1122, Oct 31st - 5th, Jambo
PNO4TE, 2nd – 9th, BC

December
Pinkocto, 6th – 10th, AKV CL
thornton0511, 6th -14th, AKL
Pghsteelerfan, 7th -14th, AKV Jambo
Heidijanesmith, 16th – 23rd, AKL CL

January

 

[athenna]

18 more days, I cant believe it's almost here!

 

[John's Mom]

18 more days, I cant believe it's almost here!

Jen - How are you and Scott doing?

 

[dgbg100106]

18 more days, I cant believe it's almost here!

Congrats!


I know you are going to have a wonderful time!

 

[Spunky946]

I just realized that I got back a week ago and did not share my experiences.

First of all we loved our resort. We had a DVC 1 bedroom suite standard view. When we got up to our room, we had a view of the savannahh. We had zebra's and other animals in the afternoon and every morning we had 4-6 giraffe's. It was really cool, but the walk to our room was a killer. We were really far down the zebra trail and carrying a sleeping 34 lb 4.5 year old was hard.

We loved our room, except the lighting in the bedroom was really dark.

Transportation was pretty good. Sometimes we had to wait awhile on a bus and other times they came right away. The bus ride to MK felt really long one particular morning we were going for rope drop. It was packed and we were stuck standing. Other then that, it was not too bad.

We loved the pool area, yes we swam a couple of times, and we really enjoyed eating at The Mara and at Boma. Over all it was a great resort and will probably stay there again sometime.

We are thinking of taking a quick trip in October for Halloween party, but may stay off site because of the price difference for a one bedroom.

 

[kimmar067]

I just realized that I got back a week ago and did not share my experiences.

First of all we loved our resort. We had a DVC 1 bedroom suite standard view. When we got up to our room, we had a view of the savannahh. We had zebra's and other animals in the afternoon and every morning we had 4-6 giraffe's. It was really cool, but the walk to our room was a killer. We were really far down the zebra trail and carrying a sleeping 34 lb 4.5 year old was hard.

We loved our room, except the lighting in the bedroom was really dark.

Transportation was pretty good. Sometimes we had to wait awhile on a bus and other times they came right away. The bus ride to MK felt really long one particular morning we were going for rope drop. It was packed and we were stuck standing. Other then that, it was not too bad.

We loved the pool area, yes we swam a couple of times, and we really enjoyed eating at The Mara and at Boma. Over all it was a great resort and will probably stay there again sometime.

We are thinking of taking a quick trip in October for Halloween party, but may stay off site because of the price difference for a one bedroom.

....well, thanks for sharing your experience! I know what you mean about the long walk....during one stay,, we are in the 2nd to last room in Zudu Trail. Hoo boy, after a long day the the parks, walking down a long corridor to your room is the last thing you want to do!

 

[siskaren]

Hi all! Just found this thread and am pretty excited! We will be staying at Kidani Deluxe Studio Savannah View September 21-28 for my daughter's 8th birthday - surprise trip And our first stay as DVC owners. I'm looking at the points chart and am wondering if it's worth the 27 additional points to upgrade to CL? And also - if they end up offering free dining how do we add that to our trip? Thank for any/all help!!

I'm not a DVC member so I could be wrong, but I don't think you can get free dining if you're staying on points.

 

[MickQuinn]

We are going to be at AKV - Jambo in a studio from April 11 -18th. Taking DS (10) and DH's 89 year old grandfather (who loves Disney). Very excited to be staying here. Only stayed for 2 nights previously with relatives. I'm sure there are a lot of things we did not even know were there.