Animal Kingdom Lodge
Photo Tour
Photos by Brian Bennett
The
Main Building | The Pool / Recreation Areas
| The Restaurants and
Lounges | The
Savannah
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The lobby is on the third floor and the Arusha Rock savannah overlook
is on the second floor. The Uzima pool is located on the first
floor. The restaurants (Jiko, Boma, and the Mara) are all located
on the first floor (just inside the building from the pool) and Victoria
Falls is located on the second floor, suspended between Boma below and
the main lobby above.
As you exit the first floor, you'll notice a little stream
that flows away from the building to the Uzima pool. It's another
similarity that Animal Kingdom shares with Wilderness Lodge, but the stream
doesn't seem to originate inside the building like it does at Wilderness
Lodge... it just suddenly exists as you exit the building.
To the left, the Zebra Trail guest room wing forms the backdrop
for the pool area. In the picture below, you can also see the Uzima
Springs pool bar (the thatched-roof building near the pool to the right
of center.
The pool itself is very large. It's the only pool
on property, unlike some resorts that have a main pool and one or more
quiet pools... this is it at Animal Kingdom Lodge. Still, I think
it's more than sufficient since it is quite a good sized body of water.
If you walk away from the main building toward the farthest
extreme of the pool area, you'll walk past the Zahanati Massage and Fitness
Center on the right and eventually you'll come to the Hakuna Matata Playground.
It's a nice place for the little kids to use up some of that extra energy.
Allan, our four-year-old, really enjoyed playing in the area for a few
minutes during our tour.
Here's a view of the main building from the far side of
the pool. The slide is visible to the far left and the pool bar
is located to the right -- but outside of this view. The playground
is almost directly behind us here.
Here's a better view of the slide. It's not as spectacular
a drop as you'll find at Storm Along Bay at the Yacht and Beach Club Resorts,
but it's respectable. It actually reminds me of the slide at Ol'
Man Island at Port Orleans Resort Riverside.
Here's a closer view of the pool bar. The thatched
roof is a nice touch. Notice, too, the nicely decorated pool edging.
Uzima pool is not just a "ce-ment pond" (like the Beverly Hillbillies
used to have), but a nicely themed pool.
One feature worth noting is that the pool is a zero-depth
one, so it's nice for kids and for folks that need easier access to the
water.
Pumbaa's Fun & Games Arcade is located off of the pool
area, too, behind the kids wading pool and next to the Mara (counter service
restaurant).
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