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Spicy & fish. Something my DH would love. Me? Not so much. Even though the meal & service weren't tops, looks like the company was! Glad you got a chance to spend some time with Jennifer.
Love the pictures from the boat. It's a different perspective and so relaxing too. Lunch sounded fairly good, the company is what makes it the best anyway. I liked the photo of Mark playing with the Pirate ship too! Glad to hear nobody actually ate any spam scones.
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I love the pictures of your boat ride. One of my favorite things to do is to ride the boat from FQ to DTD and back. We've always wanted to stay in the treehouses but it's only DD and I so it probably won't happen. Those are the first pictures I've ever seen of OKW. It looks really nice. Sorry about your meal. I don't do spicy at all.
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I really got behind. Poor Piglet. But Mark was hamming it up with him (sorry, couldn't resist). I definitely need that Eeyore neck pillow. Love it!!! Once again your pictures are superb. Sorry about the spicy food...but it all looked delicious.
The picture of Mark with Piglet is a classic! The Eeyore travel pillow is really neat. Too bad you didn't get it! I had never thought about taking pictures inside the shops, but the photos you took are so !
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Sunday 13 December – part four: this is much better than our part of the resort
We headed back to the car, with me virtually limping, as my shoes were killing me by now and one part of my left foot was actually bleeding, they had rubbed so much. I have worn these shoes before many times with no such problems, although in fairness, I probably haven’t walked as far in them as I did today.
We headed back to the room and, once there, it was time to get on with the laundry. I had planned on this tomorrow morning, but as it was pretty hot and humid and not the day to be out at the parks, I thought that maybe we’d do it now instead.
We set the washing off and retired to the room to watch the animals outside and relax....
..... and then we decided to head over to Jambo House. It was quite an easy walk over there that probably took us about 10 minutes and we managed to find an alternative way through the parking garage for much of the way, so that we could stay in the shade. I really like what they’ve done with the parking under the resort here. It means that everyone can, theoretically, park near to their rooms, which is nice. It’s a bit like Old Key West and Saratoga Springs in that respect and something that’s a real benefit.
When we got to Jambo House, we got some photos in the lobby....
... then we headed downstairs past Jiko and Boma and out to the main pool.
Once there, we hit the pool bar, where I got a Pina Colava and Mark got a Coke, as he would be driving later.
We then walked, with our drinks, over to the flamingos, which were being fed.
Just around the corner, some giraffes were also feeding.
We both commented that it was so nice to have a pool bar by the savannah. It’s a shame the way it’s been done at Kidani Village. I do understand why they did it that way, so that they could have more savannah view rooms, but it just doesn’t work for me. Our visit to Jambo House reinforced my view that really Kidani Village doesn’t work as well at Jambo House does and we both agreed that we’d always prefer to stay at Jambo in the future, even if the DVC rooms there aren’t as big. I can live with that for the benefit of all the extra facilities we get there.
We walked back and drove the last back from where we had parked the car earlier, as it was nowhere near our room and we wanted to move it closer. The washing was rescued and then got ready to go out.
We made it to the BoardWalk and checked out the lobby. I really liked what they had done this time, with their Christmas decorations. It’s the same basis as previous years, but they’ve added little touches, like Stitch doing the cooking and Donald being stuck in the chimney.
We headed down to the BoardWalk itself....
.... and quickly found Heather, Larry, Bob and Lorie waiting for us. Lorie suggested I check us in, as in her words “This is your party” and I headed off to do that and then realised that I hadn’t actually booked the thing, she had, so I came back out and sent her to check us in.
I really like what they’ve done with the parking under the resort here. It means that everyone can, theoretically, park near to their rooms, which is nice.
I agree 100%! It's great that you can take the elevator from the parking level right up to the floor your room is on
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We both commented that it was so nice to have a pool bar by the savannah. It’s a shame the way it’s been done at Kidani Village.
Again, yes, I agree. The entire pool area is just too far out of the way.
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I liked the photo of Mark playing with the Pirate ship too! Glad to hear nobody actually ate any spam scones.
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The Eeyore travel pillow is really neat. Too bad you didn't get it! I had never thought about taking pictures inside the shops, but the photos you took are so 
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Luke would have probably loved your meal as for him the hotter the better.
Can't wait to hear about dinner!
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