I figured that was how it was handled. Sounds great! And, LJP, we've stayed at AKL before, Arusha savanna view back in 2005, and LOVED it! But we're really excited about staying at the Poly. We booked a theme park view room, and just today I called WDTC and requested rooms in the Tahiti longhouse. I was wondering if the Poly is similar to the AKL in the sense that, prior to our 2005 trip, we read right here that one has the best chance at getting a requested room or view the earlier one arrives at the resort and checks in (even though, as was the case with us in 2005, the room wasn't actually ready til later in the day). Doing that last time worked like a charm, and so I figured I'd check out of AKL rather early and head over to the Poly to check in, thereby hopefully getting a room within our range of desired rooms. Am I right to do that, or does that just sound like overkill? 
We put in a request when we booked for the 3rd floor pool side. The CM at check in told us we had been granted our request but room not ready until about 2pm. It was in Samoa and volcano pool side, but on the ground floor right in the corner, so all we could see were bushes!!! We stuck it out for a night and were moved to the 3rd floor the next night - much better - we also figured that maybe a family with kids would prefer the ground floor, so they could walk right over to the pool!!
