Visiting animal kingdom lodge

[cottontail]

Hello:

Is it possible to go over and view the animal kingdom lodge, if you are staying at one of the other wdw resorts. I have stayed there before, but have a friend who might want to stay there on another visit.

I thought they could take a resort bus to animal kingdom park, then wait for another bus going to animal kingdom lodge. They would like to grab a bite to eat at Mara.

Has anyone done this?

Thanks,

Deb.

 

[Aunt Jo]

You sure can and you will be most welcome. I highly recommend soup and salad at Boma.

 

[Jon99]

Talk them into Boma's....

 

[Susiesnowflake]

Sounds like a plan to me! I second the recommendation for Boma's.

 

[jdads2]

Here's a story about our first vicit to AKL. We were coming from EPCOT and we were tight on time:

It was about 5:00 and we had PS’s for Boma at 6:00pm. The bus took 35 minutes just to pick us up, so by the time we got to AKL, it was almost 6pm. The I went to first CM we ran into and asked for directions to Boma. He got a very sad/confused look on his face and let us know that Boma wasn’t at AKL, but at AK. I must have looked REALLY annoyed and upset and disappointed, (because I was). I swear I made sure that Boma was at AKL because I wanted to see what AKL looked like.

Before we sadly left for AK, the CM called us back saying “Dave, Jackie – I want to show you something very exciting. It is my favorite part of AKL.” (we were, of course, wearing our guest of honor badges.) Feeling rather exasperated & not wanting to be rude, I figured, what the heck… we were already late. He led us thru the “back roads” to the elevators, took us down a floor telling us how exciting this place he was taking us is, takes us around the corner and… low & behold… there’s Boma! My DW was forced to give him a punch on the arm! The three of us stood there laughing while everyone watched us.


It was well worth the small effort to see AKL. Our next WDW vacation wa spent at AKL.

 

[ILUVDXL]

Although we are JIKO people (DH and I don't much care for buffets) AKL is a wonderful place to visit. We enjoy getting there several hours before our PS and wander around the beautiful grounds and lobby and stop for a cocktail at the pool bar before going into dinner. It certainly is a resort not to be missed.

 

[Aunt Jo]

Excuse me cottontail,
I intended to say soup and salad at Mara instead of Boma. Boma is great but for a light meal, we loved the soup (the same as served at Boma) and salad meal.

 

[cottontail]

Thanks everyone for all your help, you folks are great.

Deb.