After catching a tram back to our section of the lot – cranking the A/C – we make our way back to the resort and hit the front desk to get assigned our room. We’re just a little ways off the main lobby in room 7225. We would learn the parking at Kidani is actually awesome. There is an underground garage, so we were right under our room and just took an elevator up. You can see the HUGE swath of grey parking that is the AKL Jambo House parking. I can’t imagine walking all of that at the end of the day. The magic bands are very cool for…

At 6am Monday morning the alarm goes off, and we head over to our home for the week. We have to stop in at the resort to get our magic bands activated before we can go to our breakfast ADR in the park. Still groggy, I take a few quick cell phone pictures as we walk up in the dark stillness. The sound of crickets and birds quietly drift across as you head to the doors. There’s a savannah out there, I’m told. Very Lion King. Also the last time you will see a sunrise photo from me. Check in was very smooth, but they had no anniversary buttons left.…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”14770″ alignment=”none”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]This spot is for all the other little tidbits that aren’t quite part of the trip but someone might find interesting. I’ve got some reviews, some crafts, and just a few other observations that I didn’t want to clutter in the regular posts. Some of this might get techy as I talk photography stuff. Feel free to skip past that. ;)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Getting an extended view… I purchased the Memory Maker package again this trip, as I already know and love the benefits of stopping at the photopass photographers in the parks, and having all of the ride photos bundled in. That only tells part of the story…

I had a last minute work item that kept me downtown late, and so we didn’t get the early start we had wanted on our drive. In fact, it was nearly 2 in the afternoon when we finally got rolling. Most of the evening before and early morning spent doing this: Finally though we had everything packed, in the car, all the cats were accounted for, the house/cat sitter had all they needed, and we were ready to get on our way. We decided to take I-77 south so we could get the pretty mountain view with the fall colors, and figured on stopping somewhere around Charlotte, NC for the…