Originally Posted By jafarsidekick anyone stayed there? heard this is the closest to AK but is it worth the $$$ 'cause we'r ooking to go spring after new mountain ride opens.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd We stayed there last October and it was a blast. To save money we stayed at a moderate resort for most of the trip and then moved to the AK Lodge for the last two nights to cap it off.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I've never stayed there, but I make it a point to visit every trip to WDW. Why? The animals! Nearly every room, and much of the public areas, look out onto open areas with free roaming animals. It's so cool to see giraffes among the trees, or gazelles grazing, or smaller critters wandering about. The soups at Boma! Boma is a wonderful buffet restaurant that has three or four different soups every night. They are all fantastic. (My friends and I joke that Boma translates to "Try the soup!") If I were to stay on property, I would choose the Animal Kingdom Lodge.
Originally Posted By jafarsidekick somebody we knew stayed there for a night and said they were bit to death by mosquitos on the room's balcony; guess they don't spray with the animals. we can always not go on the balcny. do they have a pool/
Originally Posted By hopemax Here are my pictures from when we stayed there in 2003. <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4085211&a=30555838&f=" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/AlbumIndex?u=4085211&a=30555838&f=</a> It is a very cool feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night because you heard a wierd noise and find out it is because the giraffes are eating outside of your window, and the noise is the rustling of the acacia. The drawback is the distance from the Magic Kingdom, so we split our stay. 4 nights at Wilderness Lodge, 3 nights at Animal Kingdom Lodge, and did the MK and Epcot when we were at WL, and MGM and AK when we were at AKL.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd We didn't have any mosquito problems. May have just been the wrong time of year.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <what kind of soups do they have?< they change almost daily -- and each time I have been there , they hav had a total of 5 pots holdings stews/soups - hard to tell the difference on most ...these are hearty soups - havehad all kids of chowders, seafood concoctions, some with curry, various vegies -- and I guess living in an area where winter is really winter for 4 - 5 months of cold weather, i ahve always been a soup - stew person..they have allbeen excellent and the highlight of the buffett for me ( zebra domes a close second)
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney DAK Lodge is one of the biggest bargains on WDW property and an amazing world-class resort as well. They discount rooms here, which are less than most deluxe resorts to begin with, because some folks apparently want to sleep on Space Mountain and feel that a 10-minute bus ride is too much to take. I don't understand that mentality, but everyone's different. If I didn't live so close, I'd be staying there on most of my trips. I still spend loads of time dining there and walking around.
Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum Gotta agree with all the soup talk here. It was actually what we enjoyed most about Boma. AKL is the resort I have yet to stay at that I want to stay at most. Do yourself a favor if you stay there jafarsidekick and treat yourselves to dinner at Jiko. Though I've yet to stay at AKL Ive been there several times to dine, and Jiko is especially worth going out of your way. Pricey but worth it.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I see others enjoy the fabulous soups as much as I do. There is a wonderful big pool. I have never used it, but have walked around the area while heading over to view the flamingoes and other animals on the east side of the hotel. I should also mention that there are knowledgeable cast members strategically stationed in various locations to help identify animals and answer questions about them.
Originally Posted By bloona it's just amazing there! I never got bitten by mossies either, but I did get a frog in my room! ( I screamed , ran into the bathroom and stood on the toilet.......sensible response I feel with two young impressionable children watching me!)
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Hey!! If'n ya don't want yer frogs, send 'em MY way, will ya?!
Originally Posted By bloona ^^^I'll remember next time to give you a call ( from my mobile in the safety of the bathroom! ) it hopped into the open wardrobe, I decided there and then I would be wearing the same clothes for the rest of our two week vacation! Luckily Mr Bloona the brave hero came and rescued me! He put it out on the balcony and we took lots of pictures of it, it was cute at the other side of a glass door!
Originally Posted By bloona oh, can frogs change colour btw? It was dark brown when on the carpet, then once on the balcony it perfectly matched the stone coloured floor ( camillion frog ??...lol)
Originally Posted By vbdad55 many amphibians have the ability to blend with their backgrounds - so I don;t doubt it
Originally Posted By bloona ^ well I didnt know that vbdad, I thought I must have imagined it! Thanks. And I wasnt going to move him ( we called him Freddie frog) to another surface to test it out either!!
Originally Posted By cape cod joe AKL Rocks! We just picked up a beautiful hand drawn stencil of the resort to hang in our Florida room, and it the only resort we have in there. Boma, Jiko, 0 entry pool for kids, animals, ambience of cms there who are indigenous to africa and are dying to talk to the guests, NO mosquitoes that we saw. Just world class all the way and reasonable (200-300) a night.
