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Your room looks so beautiful! Your pictures are making me so impatient for my trip in October! I only have one night in Jambo House, but I plan to enjoy the baclony while I am there!!
Glad you finally got in. Hope the animals show up soon. And hope Luke's toe is better now. I know he must have abused it in the name of Disney Magic while you were there.
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Great pics of the room and resort lobby makes think I may be looking in the right direction if I can get DW to go back next year as need club level at AK to do some of the SAFARI"S I think she would love
Our whole reason for staying Club Level at Jambo House was to take the Sunrise Safari Breakfast tour, which will be in my updates when I get to June 9. Definitely worth the club level stay!
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Lovely room! So cozy...it is so nice to have your own little home
I hope you were able to see lots of animals from your balcony!!
Can't wait to hear more!!!
The animals, if any, will be in the update later today.
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Originally Posted by Grammy Grumpy
Finally all caught up. Wow, Luke's broken toe and what an adventure trying to get checked in at AKL!!! Hope the worst is now behind you. Won't know until you continue (LOL).
I'm not sure if check in was an adventure or an ordeal! But it did add a new dimension to the trip.
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So glad you finally made it to your room! It looks so nice, all of your pics came out great! I think we have the next Passporter contest, find the hidden "Cams"
That would be one funny contest!
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Originally Posted by ilovedisney247
Glad you finally got situated! Room 6201 is MY room--I'm sorry you didn't get to "borrow" it. What an ordeal at check in--I would have pitched a fit after awhile. I know my flies with honey--but it only lasts so long!
The second CM may have figured I was close to a fit when I snidely asked if we'd have a bed to sleep in tonight as she was very sweet after that. But I'm still wishing I'd have been more assertive, not ugly, just clearly stated my displeasure with the whole situation. And if I'd have known other resorts were manually checking in folks, I would have been.
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Originally Posted by Luvsun
Ahhhhh....finally in your room! And what a beautiful room with a great view!
Hey! It looks very familiar! In fact, my pictures look just like yours!
Except....your savannah view was much better than ours. We were the corner room and
we had a very obstructed view. But, I am not complaining! I was right next to the lounge!
Poor Luke looks pooped out! I am glad he was able to rest! all of the pictures of the hidden Mickeys and the hidden Cams!
I kept meaning to ask you all about your view. Sorry it was very obstructed, but you all were only like 5 steps from being in the lounge.
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Originally Posted by travismom
Awesome room and what a view!!!
Too bad about the check in process. You sure do have lots more patience than I would have had!! But I guess it paid off with such a great room!
I feel really sad for Luke and his toe.
Can't wait for more.
I don't usually think of myself as a patient person, so I've wondered why I didn't push for service more. I think I was a bit intimidated by club level initially.
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I loved seeing all the wonderful pictures of the room, it just made me more excited about our stay there. It is such a beautiful resort...congrats on the savannah view, think you definitely deserved some magic after that long wait to check in.
Finding that we had a savanna view did make me feel a bit better about the lengthy wait.
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So glad you got a savannah view room! It must just be me, but the photos in the latest installment aren't appearing for me...
Very odd as I can still see them all!
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Originally Posted by islandgirl
Let the magic begin!!!! Your room is gorgeous!!And the view..oh my! How awesome to be able to watch the animals roam around right outside your window! Can't wait to see if they show up!
The view was incredible as you all will see a little later today.
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What an amazing room, I love the decor of AK rooms!! What a nice view too... can't wait to keep reading and see what kind of animals you all saw!!
The decor of AKL is one of the reasons I love it, too!
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Love the pics of the room! It really seems very spacious. I really love all the little details.
It was fairly spacious until the couch bed was pulled out.
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Just finished up reading your trip report so far. It is great, as usual.
KIM
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Just getting caught up (computer issues - had to get a new laptop).
Sorry about Luke's mishap!
Looking forward to more!
for a new laptop!
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Your room looks so beautiful! Your pictures are making me so impatient for my trip in October! I only have one night in Jambo House, but I plan to enjoy the baclony while I am there!!
Glad you finally got in. Hope the animals show up soon. And hope Luke's toe is better now. I know he must have abused it in the name of Disney Magic while you were there.
Hope you get a great view from your balcony, too!
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What a nice room and view after all the waiting you deserve something
I did feel a bit vindicated when I saw the view from the balcony!
Nice room. Sorry about all the problems trying to check in. You'd think that Disney would have a backup plan for when the computers are down. Sorry about Luke's feet. I hope they get better.
Liz
Awesome pics of the room, Cam! We are staying Club Level at AKL in November and I made sure to get DD and DBF to take a look at all your pics. You made us so much more excited about our trip.
Awesome pics of the room, Cam! We are staying Club Level at AKL in November and I made sure to get DD and DBF to take a look at all your pics. You made us so much more excited about our trip.
Hope you enjoy your stay there as much as we did! And that the check in is a breeze!
I have been behind reading trip reports and being able to post. darn work and such Now I am all caught up. first ... sorry about Luke taking the stair tumble and breaking the Toes. He looked like he was in pain when he was resting on the couch. Your room and view look wonderful, but having to wait like that for club level..seems so wrong. you should have brought out your wand and performed some magic for them/on them. Your time at US and IOA looked like fun, though I would not have cared for the crowds . I hope to go to see the WWOHP sometime in the next year or so. I too have trouble stepping out of the Disney bubble. Can't wait to read more about your trip and some more Stefanie-isms... and she is right. if you close your eyes the spiders don't know you can't see them. I love that.
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Sorry about all your check-in woes! That has never happened to us, but a friend of ours had a similar issue (including unhelpful CMs) at BLT last February. Glad that you've finally gotten settled in your room, which looks just wonderful!
Can't wait to see some animals out there on the savannah!
And I had to LOL about you snapping photos of the room. I do the same thing before anyone is allowed to unpack. Thankfully my DH is also very patient, like Luke!
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I have been behind reading trip reports and being able to post. darn work and such Now I am all caught up. first ... sorry about Luke taking the stair tumble and breaking the Toes. He looked like he was in pain when he was resting on the couch. Your room and view look wonderful, but having to wait like that for club level..seems so wrong. you should have brought out your wand and performed some magic for them/on them. Your time at US and IOA looked like fun, though I would not have cared for the crowds . I hope to go to see the WWOHP sometime in the next year or so. I too have trouble stepping out of the Disney bubble. Can't wait to read more about your trip and some more Stefanie-isms... and she is right. if you close your eyes the spiders don't know you can't see them. I love that.
I actually commented to Luke that if my wand wasn't presently in Bell Services, I'd pull it out and try to work some magic.
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Sorry about all your check-in woes! That has never happened to us, but a friend of ours had a similar issue (including unhelpful CMs) at BLT last February. Glad that you've finally gotten settled in your room, which looks just wonderful!
Can't wait to see some animals out there on the savannah!
And I had to LOL about you snapping photos of the room. I do the same thing
before anyone is allowed to unpack. Thankfully my DH is also very patient, like Luke!
We'd never had a moments trouble with check in until this trip and then it was a doozy.
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Great pictures of your room!! the view too!!
Stefanie accused me of liking the balcony more than the room.
The room and view look wonderful. The photos of Luke on the sofa had me practically in tears, though. He looked like he was in so much pain he couldn't even really relax. He was probably worrying, too, about how the injury would affect the rest of the trip and your and Stefanie's enjoyment of it.
Will I see any wildlife? Or Will I give up to check out the lounge?
June 7 Part 3
I got comfy in the lounge chair, propping my feet up on the small table, just waiting for animals to appear. I could see a few off some distance and caught them with my telephoto lens.
But until some visited my little neck of the savannah, I simply took notes. The first to arrive were the ostriches who were being fed by the keepers.
They really were following the food trail!
The Keeper here will be our guide for the Sunrise Safari Breakfast tour a couple of days later, but I didn’t know that yet. When I was editing my pictures, I thought it looked like him and enlarged it to be sure. And it was.
When the ostriches were full, they wandered away. And you all probably have now seen more ostrich pictures in one sitting than you ever dreamed you’d see. I resumed note taking, but then something hopped into sight. A bunny had appeared on the African savannah.
Again, I restarted my writing. About 20 minutes later, something new caught my eye. I glanced up to see a giraffe and sighed “Ahhhhhhh!” He found the food set out for him and stayed with me quite awhile until a truck scared him off.
Isn’t he such a cutie?! I was definitely in my happy place now!
The truck that scared my giraffe buddy away!
The final guest was a Roan Antelope.
I was one very happy girl! :
A little after 5:00, I paused in my note taking, so Stefanie and I could get drinks from the lounge. One little problem – Luke had all our room keys in his short’s pocket, so I had to wake him. He smiled, handed me the key, and told me to bring back a drink for him. I picked up a Coke, Diet Coke, and Fanta Orange for later and chose a Tusker Lager for Luke and a glass of Chardonnay for me. Back at the room we sipped on our drinks and I checked Facebook on my laptop. At some point Stefanie called her Uncle Rob who wanted to talk to me about how to celebrate his 25th Anniversary this November at Disney World. We chatted quite a while conspiring a lovely experience for him and her. She is very conservative with money; he and I were not so much in our planning. He jokingly said before he hung up that I was not complicit to his murder. I can’t wait to hear how it all goes.
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all of the pictures of the hidden Mickeys and the hidden Cams! 
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