This should be a relatively short post: Hallelujah!
The main entrance. That’s a lot of thatching.
We toured the Animal Kingdom Lodge the night of August 27. We were leaving the Animal Kingdom after a short two-hour trip between the parade and park close and were planning on Downtown Disney for dinner. Since the resort is ridiculously close to the park, we figured why not?
As I mentioned in the last post, my family stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge on a short trip after 9/11 and I thought it was cool but too big.
As is the case with most Deluxe Resorts, the main lobby is stunning. It’s five or six stories tall and feels even larger. The mix of dark and light wood throughout is visually striking and even though the room towers, it still feels cozy. It is quite dark in there but the giant wall of windows on the back-end of the lobby bring in lots of natural light.
This is the back of the lobby from outside. Pretty.
While the inside is brilliant, the outside is where the resort really shines. In the picture above you can see a giant fire pit to the left. There are a decent number of big, wooden, rocking chairs surrounding it and they have a fire there every night (I think, or at least it seemed like it when we stayed there).
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