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[bunkkinsmom]

Here's my boy sleepy time on the train!:

and lunch at CHH people watching from upstairs:

 

[sherylcin]

Yea! You figured out the picture thing!

I, having never posted any pics could offer no help. I love that you're posting pics from OKW since that's a place we're considering for our next trip.
BTW, your kids are adorable!

Totally agree about the Castle too. Overpriced for the food; definitely paying for the experience and ambiance. My little princesses (granddaughters) do love it though. We've done breakfast and lunch - never dinner. I think if we do it again, it will be for breakfast. It's less expensive and the food was pretty good.

 

[bunkkinsmom]

Yea! You figured out the picture thing!

I, having never posted any pics could offer no help. I love that you're posting pics from OKW since that's a place we're considering for our next trip.
BTW, your kids are adorable!

Totally agree about the Castle too. Overpriced for the food; definitely paying for the experience and ambiance. My little princesses (granddaughters) do love it though. We've done breakfast and lunch - never dinner. I think if we do it again, it will be for breakfast. It's less expensive and the food was pretty good.

I think we will do Akershus next year. We have done that before and LOVED it! The breakfast was outstanding, it was 1 TS, and the Princesses were great!
But, you must do it once I suppose!

 

[bunkkinsmom]

So we arrived at Boma for dinner after our day at AK. I mean, it fits you know. We get there about 5 minutes early and they are packed. I mean packed. Piz-acked. I was SOOOOO glad we had an ADR.

By the way, I must tell you that almost every day we walked into a park there was a huge sign saying that there were no Table Service Reservation times available. I am sooooo glad I got up at 5 am and got the ones I wanted!!

We got to the resort and looked around a bit before trying to find the restaurant. There is the coolest little alcove right off the lobby that has rocking chairs looking over the savannah. I couldn't believe there was nobody out there!!! Then I walked outside to check it out, and realized why. What is the deal with the music there? I mean, I get the theming and all, but if I had to listen to that music all the time I think I would go nuts. To each his own I guess.

We took off down the trail and met the nicest cast member who told us all about the animals that we could see from there. I loved the fire pit and huge chairs outside as well. But again, shocked that no one else was taking advantage of them. But don't worry, we did!

Now we are off to Boma, and as I said earlier, we were about 5 minutes early. We took our pager and had a seat. We waited. We waited. We waited. Seriously about 30 minutes. Meanwhile the place is getting more and more packed! We finally got our seat and I took the kids up to the buffet. They were a little apprehensive about the looks of things, but they all absolutely loved it. My kids are big soup fans, so Boma was right up their ally. DH loved it as well. For me, it was probably my least favorite meal of the trip. I mean it was fine, but it didn't WOW me.

DD3 fell asleep at the table, so we headed straight home after dinner. However, note to the rest of you, evidently you can hit the trails after dinner and there are CMs with night vision goggles so that you can see the animals in the dark!!!

Very cool, we might go back next year just for that!

 

[Monny2AE]

Hooray for figuring out how to post pics!!!

And night goggles...seriously! Too cool!

 

[bunkkinsmom]

Hooray for figuring out how to post pics!!!

And night goggles...seriously! Too cool!

I KNOW!!! I can't wait to check that out next year!

 

[Nettaboo]

Hey..I am subbing!! Can't wait to read your report! We are staying at OKW this summer so any tips you can give me would be great!!

 

[bunkkinsmom]

Hey..I am subbing!! Can't wait to read your report! We are staying at OKW this summer so any tips you can give me would be great!!

Welcome!!! We love OKW and right now have no desire to stay anywhere else. We've decided that in 3 or 4 years we will try Boardwalk because of the walk to HS, but our little one is too young for that just yet. Will this be your first visit to OKW?

 

[dd50]

I'm in. Sounds like your having a good trip. Didn't know about the gospel Sunday. Will have to look into it.

When we went to CRT (dinner) we weren't rushed which surprised me as we were at all the character meals. I was expecting not to like the food but for me it was the best of our trip last year. It is to expensive for what you get tho.

 

[Nettaboo]

Welcome!!! We love OKW and right now have no desire to stay anywhere else. We've decided that in 3 or 4 years we will try Boardwalk because of the walk to HS, but our little one is too young for that just yet. Will this be your first visit to OKW?

Thanks for the welcome! Yes, this will be our first time at OKW..our first time on property actually!
What room location is the best one with a little one(she is 5)

 

[bunkkinsmom]

I'm in. Sounds like your having a good trip. Didn't know about the gospel Sunday. Will have to look into it.

When we went to CRT (dinner) we weren't rushed which surprised me as we were at all the character meals. I was expecting not to like the food but for me it was the best of our trip last year. It is to expensive for what you get tho.

Hey! Come on in!! Have you done Akershus yet?

 

[bunkkinsmom]

Thanks for the welcome! Yes, this will be our first time at OKW..our first time on property actually!
What room location is the best one with a little one(she is 5)

We love buildings 62-65. Right across the road from Hospitality House, but not in the HH category. All of these buildings have elevators, so easy up and down. Quick quick walk to the HH, which means Olivia's (yummy!!) and the boat to DTD. AND.... you can see Illuminations from the bridge behind building 62.

Are you in a 1 bedroom?

 

[Nettaboo]

We love buildings 62-65. Right across the road from Hospitality House, but not in the HH category. All of these buildings have elevators, so easy up and down. Quick quick walk to the HH, which means Olivia's (yummy!!) and the boat to DTD. AND.... you can see Illuminations from the bridge behind building 62.

Are you in a 1 bedroom?

We are actually in a 2 bedroom at OKW (half of us) and half of us at a 1bedroom at SSR...
My mom traded in her RCI points...but I am going on a tour and considering maybe buying into something(don't tell DH!!).
When should you put in your request for a room request?? When you book(we didn't) or when you do online check in??

 

[bunkkinsmom]

We are actually in a 2 bedroom at OKW (half of us) and half of us at a 1bedroom at SSR...
My mom traded in her RCI points...but I am going on a tour and considering maybe buying into something(don't tell DH!!).
When should you put in your request for a room request?? When you book(we didn't) or when you do online check in??

I think that you can call anytime and add a room request. I would go ahead and call, just to get it done. The villa we were in was a 2 bedroom and we had a TON of room. There were 4 adults and 3 kids. The couch pulls out and there is a loveseat as well. So my girls slept on the pullout and my boy slept on the loveseat. Rumor has it that the remodel this year includes the single chair being replaced with a twin pullout chair.

OKW is a HUGE property and there is the potential to be in a villa that requires a lot of walking. I have seen lots of posts here where people don't recommend staying here without a car. We have always stayed in 62-64 and have never had a car.

Here's a link to a map of OKW and you can see how big it is.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/resortmaps/okwmap.htm

There are 6 busstops I think. I liked 62 because HH is the last stop on the route. So when leaving the resort you go straight to your destination. Coming home if you don't want to ride all the way through the resort, the first stop is by building 26 and it's not a long walk from there to 62. It's just across the bridge. So you can ride the whole route and get off at HH or jump off the first stop and take a little longer walk.

When are you going?