Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge

As with all of the Disney hotels the Animal Kingdom Lodge welcomes visitorseven if they are not guests.

When you first see the hotel from the outside, it appears to be part of anAfrican village. The thatched roof and stucco siding tries to imitate thestyle of great ceremonial house. The main lobby of hotel displays the normalamount of care that Disney take to get the theme of their hotels correct. Thedark wood contrasted against the bright tapestries. The African artwork isdisplayed everywhere, the staff all wear safari clothes, and the lighting isdim to try and capture the internal feel of an African lodge.  There are manyunique features and I think you could visit a number of time and still seesomething new.

The hotel lobby is actually on the third floor. You climb up steps or a slopeto the main building from the car park but the building has bee built intopart of a hill. This is becomes evident when you look through the far end ofthe lobby and see the huge windows which let you see the savannah overlook.

There are the normal themed shops and the African items on sale where veryinteresting. This was however the only disappointment in the visit as a friendcollects African art and I want to buy a piece and asked what type of wood itwas carved from but no one seemed to know. There are two main restaurant thatI saw and we went in one which was down from the main lobby. This was calledBoma and is a buffet style restaurant. As they don't want you to linger tolong the views outside are nothing special. As with all this style of Disneyrestaurant they catering for the children with the normal chicken nuggets andchips type meals while trying to provide a more authentic style for theadults. I liked the desserts and of course you can have as many as you want.The banana bread pudding was especially nice as it gave a twist to ordinarydessert. If you feel like trying some African beer then you have a chancehere.

If you eat a late lunch here make sure your free about 4:00pm and walk throughthe hotel to the back. The hotel is built in a C shape and they put out feedfor the non- aggressive animals. There is a raised area leading out from thehotel where you can watch this for free and there are guides on hand to answerany questions you may have.

You can often see more animals up close at this time then you do on the safariride.

Page added on: 21 July 2004

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