trishadono
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 21, 2011
I stayed at AKL this past October and I thought the buses were ok. Some were very full at night on the way back from the parks, but that's to be expected. It was not a 45 minute wait to board when I was there, and I liked the monitors that show when the buses will arrive.I have a question. I am very excited to be staying in a pool view bunk bed room at AKL in Dec 17. A co-worker just returned and did nothing but complain about the bus system. She said buses were always full since they pick up at Kidani first and normal wait time to board a bus was 45 minutes. I am getting nervous and I am hoping that some of you can post some good transportation stories for me. I am so excited to stay there for the first time!!
We had dedicated buses the whole week. Best buses I ever had. I never stood once and that was rope drop each morning and park closing at nights. The only shared buses were from the parks (except MK) to hotel but that was only a min or 2 and not a big dealI have a question. I am very excited to be staying in a pool view bunk bed room at AKL in Dec 17. A co-worker just returned and did nothing but complain about the bus system. She said buses were always full since they pick up at Kidani first and normal wait time to board a bus was 45 minutes. I am getting nervous and I am hoping that some of you can post some good transportation stories for me. I am so excited to stay there for the first time!!
We had dedicated buses the whole week. Best buses I ever had. I never stood once and that was rope drop each morning and park closing at nights. The only shared buses were from the parks (except MK) to hotel but that was only a min or 2 and not a big deal
For us all the buses to the park was only from Jambo. Leaving the parks it was shared except MK. I may have been lucky but our buses were so empty. 8:30 am and not to have to stand was nice.It's the first time I heard bus were shared from the park to the AKL. By any luck, do you remember what the other stops for the buses were?
Elevators.Hey @trishadono did you find any convenient stairs to take from your room to either the lounge or lobby? Or did you mainly just take elevators.
Here are the last of the pix:
Elevators.
I only saw that set of stairs in the corner of the lounge but I thought it only went to 5th floor so why bother, I would still need elevator to 4th.
Trish, are the CL rooms all on one floor? When I look to book it says club access. I like having CL on the same floor as our room. It was very inconvenient at Portofino Bay having to go downstairs and to the lobby for the lounge
The rooms are on the 4th floor. I posted pix of the location but I think I put on the other AKL thread lol.Trish, are the CL rooms all on one floor? When I look to book it says club access. I like having CL on the same floor as our room. It was very inconvenient at Portofino Bay having to go downstairs and to the lobby for the lounge
Elevators.
I only saw that set of stairs in the corner of the lounge but I thought it only went to 5th floor so why bother, I would still need elevator to 4th.
There probably are stairs somewhere in case of fire. I think I saw a door for them but just not sure.IIUC, the lounge is on the 6th floor, CL rooms on the 4th, lobby/pool on the 2nd. And, there is a stair between floors 5/6 but to connect other floors, you need to use the elevators. Am I right?
Thanks again for your detailed posts about the AKL, I appreciate having so much details! That makes anticipating much easier!