Day 1 Part 2: Your room is ready. AKA Is Pesto brown?
With tea over with, and Yes, I enjoyed tea, it was time to head back to AKL and our room. Received a text (will wonders never cease) that the room was ready when DD was digging iinto her pastries. Perfect timing. Picked up the car at valet and drove back. Side note: With a handicapped sticker, valet is free at all WDW resorts. Didn’t matter because we were dining and had the TIW card which also provides free valet.
Went to the room with our day stuff in tow. Sunset Savanna View room 7330. Always enjoy the moment you open the door and see what the room looks like.
Here we are
In the hallway on the way to the room I saw this
Through the resort there are proverbs from different African countries. At the pool there is one about placing one foot first before entering unchartered waters. Or something like that. What happened to jumping in with both feet? We were definitely going to do that during this trip. Is this one saying that mothers are a precious metal and fathers are just a cheap piece of glass? Yes I get the analogy reflection of you blah blah blah but come on, a cheap piece of glass? Can’t we at least be guilded mirrors? Dads don’t get any respect.
Her Pull out couch. While she said this one was comfortable, she liked the one at the Boardwalk better.
The big screen. Same manufacturer as my new one (mind is bigger though). Can you tell I am excited that I now have a flat screen of my own.
My Queen sized bed. The bed was very comfy and I slept great.
We got a lot of use of the fridge
The one thing I don’t like about the studios is no whirlpool bath. That alone is worth the points. Pretty sure we will be in a 1 BR next time so I can whirlpool away the kinks in these tired old bones.
I know for a fact that I am not the only person that takes photos of the commode and posts them (He knows who he is). Another side note: You may notice that now the pics have my screen name on them. I found someone (not on these boards) that used some of my pics as their own. One of them was a favorite, the hat during the 4th of July. It doesn’t bother me if someone out there copies them but not on an on line blog or newsletter and credit themselves as the photographer. Sorry, I am kind of hacked off about it. Not that I am worried about someone using a potty picture but now I am labeling everything. That is one reason why the TR is taking longer.
I liked the storage space under the vanity. Could come in handy for DD’s extra beauty supplies.
Remember the word safe
The dreaded Teanagerus Obnoxitum. This creature is one of the most frightening of all the animals on the Savanna and indeed the entire world. They usually travel in packs. Prone to pouting and slamming doors. They are especially evil when separated from their communication devices. The female of the species are extremely devious and are most dangerous when they smile at you. Beware, it is just a plot to separate you from your wallet or ATM card.
Other animal life was also out and about
Until this trip I did not know the Ankole cattle were first domesticated by the Wattusi tribe. The horns are hollow for lightness and to radiate heat.
Don’t worry many more animal pics coming to bore you.
The resort to the left
The resort to the right
As you can guess, we were in the middle of the right side of the resort. Nice location and plenty of animal viewing. My only complaint was there were no Red River Hogs in our savanna. The hallways were long al la the Boardwalk but they learned from that mistake. There are additional elevators placed in the resort. One that was near our room took us to the parking garage and was a short walk to the bus stop. No need to walk all the way to the lobby and then walk all the way to the buses. Nice change.
Good touchy feely sentiment. Of course my take on it is that she may be a tree in our family forest, but I hold the chainsaw that can cut her down.
My little butterfly holding a butterfly
The paper goods and other supplies
Call the exterminator. We have mice.
A few people on a safari, Something for the memory banks for a future trip.
Bell Services was up to the room with the Bazillion bags (actually 11) and it was unpacking time. I neatly hung everything in the closet and put folded clothes in the drawers. She left everything in her suitcase. Whatever floats your boat. Snacks were put away and cold stuff was in the fridge. Then it was electronics. Everything was fine and I was about to hook up to the internet and I discovered NO POWER CORD. (This is also a recurring theme during the trip)
I remember unplugging it and saying to self don’t forget it when I packed the computer. Well, it was left at home. The battery had less than two hours of charge and so no email, internet surfing and posting on the boards for the trip. Not a tragedy but DD thought so because she couldn’t charge her I-pod. Oh well.
After we were unpacked, DD had a headache (another theme for the trip) so she stayed in the room. I wanted to stretch out and relax so I headed for the pool. After purchasing a club soda at the bar, I relaxed in a lounge chair and read from my Kindle as the sun set. Life doesn’t get much better than this.
After the pool we had snacks in the room and watched the limited TV choices. It was about 9:30 when we decided to go over to Mara for a quick bite to eat. We asked at the front desk what the best way was to get over there. They suggested we take our car because the shuttle (golf cart) stops running at ten. Wish this was more like BLT where you are not that far away from the resort. It is a doable walk but I wasn’t up for it. It is a bit of a hike.
I always liked Mara. The food is good and there are some items that are unique. I had the chicken corn chowder. Good but a little on the sweet side. DD had the vegetarian flat bread, Cheese, spinach, mushrooms and PESTO. Zebra domes for her desert. Total $15.42 with tax, no discount or tip. Sorry, no pics.
Hers came out and it had a brownish goo on it. She made me taste it and it was good. But it is not PESTO. Pesto is green. I make it from scratch and I know for a fact pesto is basil, roasted pine nuts, garlic, parmasian and olive oil. And it is GREEN.
I went back to the counter with it and explained that the vegetarian flat bread was supposed to have pesto. She said it did have pesto. Instead of arguing with her I asked her for a side of PESTO. She huffs and someone hands me a container. After we paid, I took a look at it and it is BROWN. PESTO is GREEN. I tasted it from the container and discovered it was an olive tepenade spread (they use it on another type of flat bread). DD then went to explain to the CM that she wanted PESTO, you know the GREEN stuff. We are driving back and she told me that they gave her the olive spread again. I came to the conclusion that a) they didn’t have PESTO or b) they didn’t know what PESTO was. No harm because she loves olives and as a bonus the extras made a tasty spread on the crackers that were in our stocked pantry. We also had a few good laughs over it.
So day one is in the books. Good start. Lots of fun and plenty of laid back time. Everything went smoothly and we did not get lost once. Oh, and YES, I LIKED THE TEA.
Up next Day 2: AK and DHS AKA In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion roars tonight. And so does our cousin.
maybe i need to work on that
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Had to laugh at you slip up about that as thats just the sort of thing I do all the time (I am hopeless at keeping secrets when it comes to our WDW trips!)
Great report....can't wait for more!!
) he had some kind of pot filled with leaves - huge leaves...... but it is an amazing place - and I think you did a great job capturing it for us - 
Thank you!
