Sake's Alive! AKL Lite V!!

[dgbg100106]

Seems like there will be alot of celebrating. Congrats to you and your.!!!

Thanks. We will be celebrating a lot.

 

[miprender]

HAPPY Easter everyone

I am so excited to stay at AKL for the 1st time. We ate at Boma last year and I loved the feel of the hotel. I am planning to spend more time in my room relaxing than I did last year since my mom is coming, and I wanted a hotel with great views.

That is how we ended up at AKL too. DH fell in love after eating at Boma's in 09 and said next time we are staying here

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

It's with a heavy Easter heart, no more posting in 2 places, but I am extremely grateful that I can still come "home" here....


Props to Athenna for the last post though... A positive holiday post!

 

[RachelTori]

It's with a heavy Easter heart, no more posting in 2 places, but I am extremely grateful that I can still come "home" here....


Props to Athenna for the last post though... A positive holiday post!

I'm going to miss the old thread.

and to shut it down on Easter??? (OK, so it would have been a sad day any day the Mods did it. )

 

[tiggrbaby]

What?!? Beloved IV is gone?!? I was hoping to get my 2k post there (I know, I'm waaaay behind the rest of you!).

 

[dgbg100106]

It's with a heavy Easter heart, no more posting in 2 places, but I am extremely grateful that I can still come "home" here....


Props to Athenna for the last post though... A positive holiday post!

You did it Jen!!!!!!

 

[dgbg100106]

What?!? Beloved IV is gone?!? I was hoping to get my 2k post there (I know, I'm waaaay behind the rest of you!).

Yes it is gone. So sad


At least we can keep up with everything now.

 

[John's Mom]

 

[Mrsjvb]

popping in for the first time as DH and I finalized our September 2012 vacation plans.

we have decided to go for ten days, CL at AKL. WooT!!!!

this will be a combination anniversary and thank gawd he's back from 2 years in Japan trip. he gets back from Japan in spring of 2012. and since I didn't go with him....he owes me.

normally we stay at Shades of Green but dammit I wanna go all out this time. we are even gonna *gasp* spring for park hopper AND a dining Plan! gotta decide which plan is best for your situation and you can be assured I will be picking brains. (but not eating any. not that exotic or adventurous. Yak or wild boar, fine. no monkey brains).

we have eaten at Jiko before and WILL return. at least once. and if we opt for deluxe DP.. maybe more than once heheheh.

First question: how is the resort WRT to wheelchairs. I do NOT need a HA room, I can transfer just peachy fine. nor will I necessarily need it while at the resort just wandering about. but going to and fro the parks.. absosmurfly. I know the buses do not share with any other resort but am a tad concerned with missing a slot since there are two stops. is it possible/practical to, if necessary, fold it up and just take a regular seat( but I would definitely need to SIT, no SRO for this chick alas. DH can stand, he's a big strong manly man although since he will be pushing me around all day he may prefer to get what little down time he can.

and would either of the 2 safaris be possible in a chair? depending on difficulty level I may be able to go sans wheels if there was no prolonged standing, stairs or excessive walking.

Can't wait to get down and dirty with the plotti..err planning

 

[Tonyslady]

popping in for the first time as DH and I finalized our September 2012 vacation plans.

we have decided to go for ten days, CL at AKL. WooT!!!!

this will be a combination anniversary and thank gawd he's back from 2 years in Japan trip. he gets back from Japan in spring of 2012. and since I didn't go with him....he owes me.

normally we stay at Shades of Green but dammit I wanna go all out this time. we are even gonna *gasp* spring for park hopper AND a dining Plan! gotta decide which plan is best for your situation and you can be assured I will be picking brains. (but not eating any. not that exotic or adventurous. Yak or wild boar, fine. no monkey brains).

we have eaten at Jiko before and WILL return. at least once. and if we opt for deluxe DP.. maybe more than once heheheh.

First question: how is the resort WRT to wheelchairs. I do NOT need a HA room, I can transfer just peachy fine. nor will I necessarily need it while at the resort just wandering about. but going to and fro the parks.. absosmurfly. I know the buses do not share with any other resort but am a tad concerned with missing a slot since there are two stops. is it possible/practical to, if necessary, fold it up and just take a regular seat( but I would definitely need to SIT, no SRO for this chick alas. DH can stand, he's a big strong manly man although since he will be pushing me around all day he may prefer to get what little down time he can.

and would either of the 2 safaris be possible in a chair? depending on difficulty level I may be able to go sans wheels if there was no prolonged standing, stairs or excessive walking.

Can't wait to get down and dirty with the plotti..err planning

As far as the wheel chair goes have you thought about renting and ECV from an outside company? I know there are some that will deliver and pick it up from your resort. you will be able to drive them onto the busses and use them all over the resort and parks. If this isn’t something you could do then your hubby would be able to wheel you on and off the busses. They have reserved space for evc’s and wheelchairs.

Dh and i like the delux dining plan....I like to do the sit down restaurants as it gives us a good break during the day and gets us out of the heat...but i would go through your plans and see which dining plan works best for you.

HTH

 

[PNO4TE]

popping in for the first time as DH and I finalized our September 2012 vacation plans.

we have decided to go for ten days, CL at AKL. WooT!!!!

this will be a combination anniversary and thank gawd he's back from 2 years in Japan trip. he gets back from Japan in spring of 2012. and since I didn't go with him....he owes me.

normally we stay at Shades of Green but dammit I wanna go all out this time. we are even gonna *gasp* spring for park hopper AND a dining Plan! gotta decide which plan is best for your situation and you can be assured I will be picking brains. (but not eating any. not that exotic or adventurous. Yak or wild boar, fine. no monkey brains).

we have eaten at Jiko before and WILL return. at least once. and if we opt for deluxe DP.. maybe more than once heheheh.

First question: how is the resort WRT to wheelchairs. I do NOT need a HA room, I can transfer just peachy fine. nor will I necessarily need it while at the resort just wandering about. but going to and fro the parks.. absosmurfly. I know the buses do not share with any other resort but am a tad concerned with missing a slot since there are two stops. is it possible/practical to, if necessary, fold it up and just take a regular seat( but I would definitely need to SIT, no SRO for this chick alas. DH can stand, he's a big strong manly man although since he will be pushing me around all day he may prefer to get what little down time he can.

and would either of the 2 safaris be possible in a chair? depending on difficulty level I may be able to go sans wheels if there was no prolonged standing, stairs or excessive walking.

Can't wait to get down and dirty with the plotti..err planning

I am going to take another approach to your vacation: If I were going for 10 days I would buy Annual Passes and check into (at a much closer time to the trip) the possibility of an Annual Passholder's discount on the room. Also, I would buy a Tables in wonderland Membership instead of a dining plan. It gives you a 20% on all food and drink (including alcohol) at most Table Service restaurants. We have found it to be better than any of the dining plans.

 

[Mrsjvb]

oh definitely renting from an off site company. In fact I need to get one for my trip to DL in June( meeting DH for a quick trip..he's flying in from Japan and I am flying out from MD to meet halfway) I was just curious as to how accessible the safaris are and the possibility of having to wait for more than one bus

 

[Mrsjvb]

I am going to take another approach to your vacation: If I were going for 10 days I would buy Annual Passes and check into (at a much closer time to the trip) the possibility of an Annual Passholder's discount on the room. Also, I would buy a Tables in wonderland Membership instead of a dining plan. It gives you a 20% on all food and drink (including alcohol) at most Table Service restaurants. We have found it to be better than any of the dining plans.

I thought TiW was for FL residents only?

we will only be in the parks for 6 days and will NOT be able to get back again within a year. stoopid Navy keeps him busy. I just know that past day 4 or so its really not that much more expensive to add on days so I figured getting a 10 ticket with or w/out PH is a wash even if we don't use them all.

 

[miprender]

I thought TiW was for FL residents only?

we will only be in the parks for 6 days and will NOT be able to get back again within a year. stoopid Navy keeps him busy. I just know that past day 4 or so its really not that much more expensive to add on days so I figured getting a 10 ticket with or w/out PH is a wash even if we don't use them all.

If you purchase an AP you can then purchase the TIW for $75.
HTH

 

[cindy74]

We have bin to the animal kingdom lodge jambo housefor the first time and i have to say its the most unique i have ever bin to . Its relaxing has great food , amazing pool and great views . I have bin to several hotels in disney and i love this one so much .

 

[Mrsjvb]

If you purchase an AP you can then purchase the TIW for $75.
HTH

hmmmm. now i have to do some extra number crunching. however TiW does work at V&A I know and since that is a moral imperative....the cost would be recouped very easily just eating there pretty much heheheh

does AP come with hopping or is that an add on? ordinarily we never use it as I can pretty much only handle one park a day but we have already decided to set aside 2 days each for Epcot and AK and one each for MK and HS. was gonna add hopping only to widen our din din choices. of course I may just opt to do din din at resorts and any DTD locales on the plan...

good thing I have like 18 months to figure all this out, huh?!

 

[Mrsjvb]

oh snap. just did some playing.

I know you break even WRT AP at the ten day mark. we weren't originally planning on spending all ten days in the parks. we always do at least one or 2 down days.. but I can't help but think the cost savings using AP and or TiW discounts more than offsets the initial cost


and since we prefer to split CS at lunch, often do a light breakfast and tend to split dessert( and skip appetizers) I was really worried that we'd be foolish to use any DP and would be wasting money since we would never eat everything allowed.

besides.. maybe with an AP I can finagle at least another short trip in the Spring/Early summer bwhahahahah

now it's just a matter of deciding whether to go with a package and then upgrading the MYW tickies, or finding a great room only discount, even just the military one.

hey CL does get discounted once in a blue moon, don't it?!

 

[athenna]

Just popping in to say hello So I was the last post on the old thread that got closed huh? Figures

 

[dgbg100106]

Just popping in to say hello So I was the last post on the old thread that got closed huh? Figures

Jen we always knew you were special.

 

[Tonyslady]

Have you looked into what it would cost to get 4 military park hopper tickets($552)? that would give you 8 days at the park...or you could even get up to 6 tickets ($826)and have 12 days