Maistre Gracey
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2002
I would like to say I wish I had more time before I head off to work for the week. I have lots to write, but little time to do so..
First off I would like to say the wife and I had a great time meeting the other DISers at the Bellevue Room. What a great bunch of people!
Now.. onto AKV.
Our room wasn't ready until close to 5:00. We later found out that was due to a maintenance issue, and I'm happy to see it was reported and fixed.
We had room 5573, a 1br lookoff villa. The view was superb. We overlooked the Arusha Savanna (is that right?), and also had a nice view of the lodge itself. We were in front of the watering hole, so we saw tons of animals from our room.
The room was clean and new, so everything was crisp without dings in the furniture.
The decor, theming, and attention to detail were STUNNING!!
Now... a few small faults.
-- Very little space to put luggage. We ended up with some in the hall.
-- Need more hooks in the bathroom to hang towels and such.
-- My wife is 5' 1" tall, and she had a hard time climbing into the shower.
-- Housekeeping was obviously new to the DVC thing. T&T was kind of messed up, and we didn't have detergent at check in.
Those are all small issues.
One BIG issue was some previous guest left gum in the dryer. A brand new, beautiful dryer that looked like it was used once, had a bunch of gum stuck to the interior spinning thing.
Maintenance promptly came and cleaned it with some sort of solvent.
Please, if you make a mistake and leave gum in your pocket, please let housekeeping know instead of just leaving it for the next guest.
This is actually not the first time this has happened to us.
Miscellaneous stuff-
-- Sat next to a Disney office guy at Jiko. He mentioned the CRV several times without me saying a word about it (take it for whatever it's worth).
-- Lot's of construction at Kidani. I was like a little kid, fascinated watching the cranes in the morning.
-- Zero construction noise, and zero animal smell.
-- Owner's Locker is awesome. The owners are very nice people to work with, and the product seems outstanding so far. We bought a second locker already, and hope to see the clothes/shoes locker developed in the future.
All in all this was one of our best WDW trips. AKV proved to be a great purchase for us, and we can't wait to return!
MG
First off I would like to say the wife and I had a great time meeting the other DISers at the Bellevue Room. What a great bunch of people!
Now.. onto AKV.
Our room wasn't ready until close to 5:00. We later found out that was due to a maintenance issue, and I'm happy to see it was reported and fixed.
We had room 5573, a 1br lookoff villa. The view was superb. We overlooked the Arusha Savanna (is that right?), and also had a nice view of the lodge itself. We were in front of the watering hole, so we saw tons of animals from our room.
The room was clean and new, so everything was crisp without dings in the furniture.
The decor, theming, and attention to detail were STUNNING!!
Now... a few small faults.
-- Very little space to put luggage. We ended up with some in the hall.
-- Need more hooks in the bathroom to hang towels and such.
-- My wife is 5' 1" tall, and she had a hard time climbing into the shower.
-- Housekeeping was obviously new to the DVC thing. T&T was kind of messed up, and we didn't have detergent at check in.
Those are all small issues.
One BIG issue was some previous guest left gum in the dryer. A brand new, beautiful dryer that looked like it was used once, had a bunch of gum stuck to the interior spinning thing.
Maintenance promptly came and cleaned it with some sort of solvent.
Please, if you make a mistake and leave gum in your pocket, please let housekeeping know instead of just leaving it for the next guest.
This is actually not the first time this has happened to us.
Miscellaneous stuff-
-- Sat next to a Disney office guy at Jiko. He mentioned the CRV several times without me saying a word about it (take it for whatever it's worth).
-- Lot's of construction at Kidani. I was like a little kid, fascinated watching the cranes in the morning.
-- Zero construction noise, and zero animal smell.
-- Owner's Locker is awesome. The owners are very nice people to work with, and the product seems outstanding so far. We bought a second locker already, and hope to see the clothes/shoes locker developed in the future.
All in all this was one of our best WDW trips. AKV proved to be a great purchase for us, and we can't wait to return!
MG