Question about AKL???

[lustergirl]

Has anyone stayed in one of the Deluxe Savannah View Bunk Bed rooms at AKL and how are they? I will be traveling in with 5 people for my next disney trip and am considering staying at this resort. I hear this is a fabolous resort and am lookin forward to staying there.

Lisa

 

[KarenP99]

We stayed at AKL in Sept. Had booked standard room (ie. parking lot), and were upgraded to a deluxe savanah w/bunk beds.

Honestly, I'm really glad that I didn't pay for the upgrade. The room itself was very small. It was a connecting so I don't know if the door ate up most of the space. We were a party of 5 and it was much to cramped for our 2 night stay. We had tons more room in our CAT 4 stateroom on the cruise!

Not crazy about the bunk beds, and wouldn't do that again.

Sorry to sound like a downer, the view was GREAT! Service, everything else was great...but it's just not the best accomidations for our family.

Karen

 

[tracylovesdisney]

We stayed in a standard (parking lot view) room last March. The room was very small and we were a party of 3. Our 7 year old enjoyed the bunk beds though. The resort is lovely but may not be the best option for a party of five.

 

[tallym]

Are only the Deluxe rooms to accomadate 5??? Did you book a standard room for your party of five Karen?

I ask because we are going to Akl in August with another family. They have 5 in their family and I have told them they will have to book Deluxe....Am I wrong?

 

[Big Daddy Incredible]

Are only the Deluxe rooms to accomadate 5??? Did you book a standard room for your party of five Karen?

I ask because we are going to Akl in August with another family. They have 5 in their family and I have told them they will have to book Deluxe....Am I wrong?

Hi. I am going with my wife and three kids (5, 4 and 2) in December 2005. We are staying in a regular savannah room.

I know when you go to disneyworld's web site, they do not give a party of five the option to stay in a savannah room. It only gives the option of a deluxe savannah or concierge. It could be that they allowed my family the regular savannah room because our youngest is less than three. At any rate, I would definitely call a Disneyworld rep to find out for sure.

 

[KarenP99]

We booked a standard parking lot room. Two of our 3 kids are under the age of 3, so I don't think they really "count" in Disney's mind (one was in a PNP)

Karen

 

[stinkybell2]

We stayed there March 2004 and the rooms are tiny. We are a family of 6 and had a room with queen bed and bunkbeds........our youngest are twins and they slept in PNP together.

We are planning another trip in January and have a ressie at AKL again, but I am looking for an inexpensive other option. All of the other deluxes are so much more $!

The resort itself is BEAUTIFUL, although the lighting in the hallways and in the rooms seemed to be lacking. It was very dark.

 

[elastigirlfan]

My understanding is that the deluxe bunk bed savannah rooms are larger than the standard rooms. I think I read that on the WDW web site, not sure.

 

[luvdzny]

We have had Deluxe Savannah view rooms for our last 2 trips. In June there were 5 of us, me, DH, DS-21, DD-16 and DD's boyfriend-16. DS slept in the day bad and DD and DBF slept in the bunk beds. We thought the room was big enough for the 5 of us. We do not usually spend a lot of time in the room, but it was fine for us.

 

[Stitches]

DD and I stayed at the AKL, both in a standard room with 2 queen beds and in a deluxe room with bunk beds. We love it there. The room layouts were similiar with the deluxe room being deeper and having a sofa/futon. I'd say the bunk beds are great for kids. I also loved that the bathroom vanity had lots of surface area. I think a single room anywhere would be pretty crowded for 5 people.

Here are some room sizes from the AllEars site for comparison purposes:

314 square feet - room at POFQ
344 square feet - standard room at AKL
381 square feet - deluxe room at AKL
390 square feet - room at Boardwalk
409 square feet - room at Polynesian