***The Official AKV Owners And Lovers Thread***. Come And Chat

[Brave teacher]

Congrats and welcome home!

 

[Monorail Purple&Gold]

We are so EXCITED! We became owners at AKV Wednesday while on our WDW vacation and can't wait to go back. Unfortunately, we cannot use our 160 points until May of '09, but are using our SSR developer points for a Christmas trip to get us by.

I cannot wait to see our girls' faces the first time they wake-up to a giraffe outside the window.

OK, I called to make my add on today....Waiting for my guide to call back!

How do I get the little "Kidani Club" tag to add to my signature..?

Jambo---Congrats and Welcome to the AKV Family, neighbors!!!

 

[tammymacb]

I did it, I did it, I did it!!!! Add on is complete!!!!



( can you tell I'm a little excited )

 

[HayGan]

WELCOME HOME

 

[Monorail Purple&Gold]

I did it, I did it, I did it!!!! Add on is complete!!!!



( can you tell I'm a little excited )

And you got your Kidani Club tag---Woo hoo indeed!!!!

Congrats!!!

 

[popstar7867]

Hi Everyone! My guide got back to me today and I was able to add on 50 points at Jambo!!!! WOOHOOOOOO

I'm so excited! Now we have 160 pts at SSR and 75 at AKV! I think I'm going to surprise my DBF with them as a Bday gift and tell him they were sold out for our use year

We have a DEC use year which must not be too popular lol I feel like when everyone else's use year is sold out, ours is still there! Hey fine with me!

 

[Donald is #1]

Well, the news in our house today is that we just added 50 more AKV points! This time they are in Kidani. No June UY left in Jambo. But no dues on the '08 Kidani points. And $8 off per point. I think we are done adding on for now!

I'm still catching up on 6 days of posts, but if you haven't posted the answer yet: When are your points actually available? i.e. what date is DVC publishing for your unit to be open?

If you have already posted the answer, then jsut ignore my question.

 

[Donald is #1]

Hi everyone! I just got back from my Conceirge studio stay and I have to saty that I am really spoiled! It was great! I had one of my friends with me and she was just in awe!

The only drawback that I found was that the savanna view was only so-so. My previous stay at AKL was on the second floor overlooking the Arusha savannah and you could see animals jsut about all the time. However the AKV Conceirge SV rooms overlook the small alcove on the Sunset Savannah. Yes we did see cattle, ostriches, and a giraffe but the views weren't as good as my previous stay.

OK negative out of the way, the CL was incredible. We had room 6206 and it was one of the savanna view rooms. We really enjoyed the breakfasts, appertizers with wine and the food available throughout the day. We also did the sunrise safari and it was everything that I hoped for and more!

 

[BamaEd1]

We just returned from our first trip Home to AKV. LOVED IT!!!!! When you walk into the lobby, there is such an "eyes up, jaw down" effect. We also loved the decorations in our studio, 5406. Michael from Bell Services (awesome CM) told us that a lot of the furnishings and wall decor was hand crafted and imported from Africa. Simply beautiful. I love AKV. Just walking around, there is so much to see, not counting the animals which are great (the baby Giraffe is so cute!!!). I'm just worried that our 160 points won't be enough....maybe we will need to add on (and soon). Please take your time and enjoy AKL, it is so beautiful.

 

[AKV707]

I'm still catching up on 6 days of posts, but if you haven't posted the answer yet: When are your points actually available? i.e. what date is DVC publishing for your unit to be open?

If you have already posted the answer, then jsut ignore my question.

I have not posted that. I have not received the paerwork yet. But today I discovered that I actually got Jambo 2007 points! I was not expecting that.

 

[stopher1]

We just returned from our first trip Home to AKV. LOVED IT!!!!! When you walk into the lobby, there is such an "eyes up, jaw down" effect. We also loved the decorations in our studio, 5406. Michael from Bell Services (awesome CM) told us that a lot of the furnishings and wall decor was hand crafted and imported from Africa. Simply beautiful. I love AKV. Just walking around, there is so much to see, not counting the animals which are great (the baby Giraffe is so cute!!!). I'm just worried that our 160 points won't be enough....maybe we will need to add on (and soon). Please take your time and enjoy AKL, it is so beautiful.

That's so cool - glad to hear you enjoyed it. I can't wait for Oct to get here!! I already know that 160 isn't enough for us - but that's what we were able to do at first. I left a message for our guide last night to talk add-on.

 

[Donald is #1]

I have not posted that. I have not received the paerwork yet. But today I discovered that I actually got Jambo 2007 points! I was not expecting that.

Awesome!!!

 

[tammymacb]

Donald, can you answer the question for me, do all concierge rooms have a SAV view? I'm dying to stay concierge and will be calling at 0900 day by day for next summer, but if they aren't SAV view, I'll split the trip part concierge and part SAV.

Also, do you think kids would care about concierge? I'm wondering if I should book it for our May trip ( just me and DH) or June ( with DD11 and her friend)

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Okay, sorry I'm late... I'll have a margarita with salt please.
Oh...,, and where can I get one of those zebras??

MG

 

[tammymacb]

I'm seriously considering a stoli and cranberry myself....

MG, I right clicked on the image. Saved it to my computer and uploaded it using imageshack. Then just pasted it on.

 

[Donald is #1]

Donald, can you answer the question for me, do all concierge rooms have a SAV view? I'm dying to stay concierge and will be calling at 0900 day by day for next summer, but if they aren't SAV view, I'll split the trip part concierge and part SAV.

Also, do you think kids would care about concierge? I'm wondering if I should book it for our May trip ( just me and DH) or June ( with DD11 and her friend)

Let's see, no not all of the rooms are SV. The rooms are split between SV and pool view. I think that the split is 60% SV and 40% pool view. Personnally, I think that I preferred the pool view which I saw from the overlook near the elevators to the SV. If you want to get SV, then I would go with your plan and split your stay between CL and SV. There were many kids in the conceirge lounge and they seemed to enjoy it. In the mornings, they had milk and juice available. In the afternoons they also had soda. You can actually get soda all day long, you just have to ask for it (I had it at breakfast). When the food was out in the afternoon for tea, they also had rice krispie treats and brownies. During the appertizers they had uncrustables and during dessert they had the rice crispie treats and brownies again.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Personnally, I think that I preferred the pool view which I saw from the overlook near the elevators to the SV.

I never would have guessed it, but I kind of agree with you.
We just got back from AKV club level a few days ago, and we had a pool view. I thought I was going to be disappointed, but it was great.
I'm not sure I would *prefer* a pool view, but I certainly won't frett about it next time..

MG

 

[luvindisneyworld]

Okay, sorry I'm late... I'll have a margarita with salt please.
Oh...,, and where can I get one of those zebras??

MG

Right click on the Avatar and then save it to your computer then all you have to do is copy and paste it to your Avatar or signature.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Right click on the Avatar and then save it to your computer then all you have to do is copy and paste it to your Avatar or signature.

Thanx... I just wanted to make sure the picture was for anyone's use.

MG

 

[horselover]

Got the word today Disney waived on our contract! Soon we'll be official owners Woo hoo we're on our way!