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

[jblrn2b]

Got my Visa Rewards Card last night and my pin today!!!!! Looks like it will pay for part of DDP?!!!

 

[lisareniff]

Got my Visa Rewards Card last night and my pin today!!!!! Looks like it will pay for part of DDP?!!!

Shoot! I had gotten my card and the separate envelope with the pin on the same day. Except I didn't realize the pin was in the envelope and I tossed it. Argh! Looks like I have a little mess to straighten out.

 

[hellerjw]

I guess you'll be watching the big game against LSU on TV Saturday night from SSR. I'll be in my seats at the WB doing my part to pull us through!

Yep, hoping we pull out a win to rub a little more salt into the fresh "Bowden/what could have been" wounds over at Clemson

 

[jblrn2b]

Shoot! I had gotten my card and the separate envelope with the pin on the same day. Except I didn't realize the pin was in the envelope and I tossed it. Argh! Looks like I have a little mess to straighten out.

Just call MS I am sure they will straighten in out. OOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSS!!!!

 

[jblrn2b]

At first we just bought at AKV sight unseen to be part of DVC. Now I am so looking forward to coming home!!!! We have never been to the resort but we are big zoo lovers. I can see my kids wanting to watch the animals and I know this is kind of corny but my DS#1's (14) favorite movie when he was a baby/toddler was Lion King - I must have watched it 9 times in one day when he was sick - so it must be a sign. Yes I can almost recite the movie.

 

[mytwoboys]

We bought sight unseen too! Our frst trip home is May 12th

 

[Kuzco]

I bought AKV a few weeks ago. We'll be staying there one night in May 2009 (in additional to the use of the SSR developer points) and again in October 2009 (hopefully). Hopefully the time between now and then flies by.

 

[stopher1]

We bought sight unseen too! Our frst trip home is May 12th

I bought AKV a few weeks ago. We'll be staying there one night in May 2009 (in additional to the use of the SSR developer points) and again in October 2009 (hopefully). Hopefully the time between now and then flies by.

Welcome Home folks!

We leave for a split stay at BWV and AKV in just 9 more sleeps! Yay!!!

 

[horselover]

Wow I really had to search for this thread! We just did an add-on at VWL, but I still love my AKV!!! Anyone have any new pics or updates from trips? We were there at the end of Sept. just for dinner. We couldn't get a good look at the construction, but it's definitely moving right along. Didn't see too many animals out that night on any of the savannahs.

I'm bumping us back up!

 

[athenna]

Glad you bumped it back up! I didnt realize this thread was here.....I just did an add-on of 75 points @ AKLV...My first trip there will be 5/17/09.

 

[Donald is #1]

I'll be checking into AKV 2 weeks from tomorrow!

This trip will be a long weekend (Thursday night -> Tuesday) with my sister, niece and nephew. My niece (10) and nephew (11) have never seen AKV before so they are getting very excited.

 

[horselover]

I'll be checking into AKV 2 weeks from tomorrow!

This trip will be a long weekend (Thursday night -> Tuesday) with my sister, niece and nephew. My niece (10) and nephew (11) have never seen AKV before so they are getting very excited.

I predict they will love it!!! Have a great trip. Bring back pics!

 

[rbcheek]

Well, we are back from our stay AKV - Kidani.
We stayed in rooms 5310 - 5312. 5312 was the 1-bedroom and it was connected to 5310 to make make it a 2 bedroom.
The checkin cast member had no clue about our rooms, she told us no construction was going on our side of the building, but of course there was every day, so no animals were over there until the construction crews left.

We got there late so our first view of construction was spectacular

The next morning we got our first glimpse of the "Orange-vested Floridian Construction Monkeys" (they showed up around 6 every morning making too much noise)

These were the best shots I could get of construction, and most photos from the inside of the rooms are very similar to photos that have already been posted, so I did'nt think it was neccesary to repost them.

One of my favorite spots was just outside the Jiko

We didn't have much chances to interact with many cast members, but the ones we did meet were the best Disney can offer. We did get to see Giraffes, Zebras, Elands, Ankole cattle, Blesbok, Wildebeest and Cranes every evening and that was worth staying there.

 

[stopher1]

Well, we are back from our stay AKV - Kidani.
We stayed in rooms 5310 - 5312. 5312 was the 1-bedroom and it was connected to 5310 to make make it a 2 bedroom.
The checkin cast member had no clue about our rooms, she told us no construction was going on our side of the building, but of course there was every day, so no animals were over there until the construction crews left.

We got there late so our first view of construction was spectacular

The next morning we got our first glimpse of the "Orange-vested Floridian Construction Monkeys" (they showed up around 6 every morning making too much noise)

These were the best shots I could get of construction, and most photos from the inside of the rooms are very similar to photos that have already been posted, so I did'nt think it was neccesary to repost them.

One of my favorite spots was just outside the Jiko

We didn't have much chances to interact with many cast members, but the ones we did meet were the best Disney can offer. We did get to see Giraffes, Zebras, Elands, Ankole cattle, Blesbok, Wildebeest and Cranes every evening and that was worth staying there.

OOOH I can't wait! We leave for the airport in about an hour... we'll be at BWV for the first 4 days of our trip and then headed over to AKV for the last 5 days! I can't wait to see it again for myself, live and in person.

 

[robandkelly13]

Thanks for the pics. We love seeing our new home! We bought sight unseen and can hardly wait for our first trip home in July. We'll be at SSR on those awsome developer points in Dec. and will post new pics of AKV's construction!

 

[horselover]

Thanks for sharing those pics rbcheek. I love the sunrise (I think) one. Glad you had a nice trip.

 

[rbcheek]

Thanks for sharing those pics rbcheek. I love the sunrise (I think) one. Glad you had a nice trip.

That photo was sunset, and they were spectacular every evening.

 

[LisaS]

Thanks for posting these! Kidani is really coming along. For so long there wasn't much more than concrete and now we're finally seeing something that looks like the rest of AKL/AKV.

 

[pilferk]

Thanks for posting these! Kidani is really coming along. For so long there wasn't much more than concrete and now we're finally seeing something that looks like the rest of AKL/AKV.

I have a quick question....and I'm guessing Lisa will probably have the answer:

We just made a ressie for Sept 2009 at Kidani.

When I check our member page it lists it as a DEDICATED Savanna View 2 BR.

My questions are these:

Since the ressie says it...do you think it will be one of the Dedicated's?

Do we know yet what the room layout of the dedicated 2BR's will be? It's not on DVCmember.com, yet, but I know we've seen the room layouts and room declarations....I just can't find the info.

 

[LisaS]

I have a quick question....and I'm guessing Lisa will probably have the answer:

We just made a ressie for Sept 2009 at Kidani.

When I check our member page it lists it as a DEDICATED Savanna View 2 BR.

My questions are these:

Since the ressie says it...do you think it will be one of the Dedicated's?

Do we know yet what the room layout of the dedicated 2BR's will be? It's not on DVCmember.com, yet, but I know we've seen the room layouts and room declarations....I just can't find the info.

If you look at the first set of floor plans in the Kidani Units thread, Unit 64C is a dedicated 2BR and Unit 64D across the hall is a 2BR lockoff. The only differences I can see in the floor plan for the dedicated 2BR are:

1) a closet in the 2nd bedroom of the dedicated where the kitchenette would be

2) the lack of a separate entrance from the hallway into the 2nd bedroom

There are supposed to be two queen beds in the 2nd bedroom of the dedicated 2BR instead of the one queen bed and one full-size sleeper sofa that you get in a studio. As far as we know, the "dedicated 2BR" is a separate booking category and should be guaranteed like it is at the other DVC resorts.