pilferk
Jambo Wildbunch Gang
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2005
Well the best along with OKW, SSR and any future DVC that does share bus service with another resort.
Except AKL has one bus stop....making it better than OWK or SSR, because busses can't get "filled" at a previous stop and pass you by. Obviously, only comparing to CURRENT resorts.
I guess this is a case of hearing what you want to hear.
I agree, I'm just not sure it's ME who's doing it. Simply discounting my information because it contradicts yours seems to indicate that, as well. Notice, I didn't say what you were hearing was wrong (it's not, in my expereince, true for me, but others can feel differently). nor did I discount it. I said I found it odd because I've heard differently, and to see something categorized with such finality, when there is lots of differing opionions on the subject, seemed a bit strange. In addition, I was simply pointing out that when I do hear guest "worries" about transport, they seem to often come from those who have not yet stayed there (not always, but notably often). I don't see how my "anecdotal's" are any less compelling than yours......other than that they're not what you want to hear.
I've been visiting AKL for 4-5 years now. I always strike up conversations with guests there. I hear how great the resort theme is, how good the restaurants are, how cool it is to have coffee with the giraffes, but I have yet to hear a guest regale how wonderful the bus service is. On the contrary, I hear how long the busses take and how "far out" it is from everything. It almost seems to be a compromise between enjoying a great theme vs. being able to enjoy other themes.
Again, I'll point to the data around the DIS boards from the AKL guests posting (look at this very thread). Maybe not the most objective scientific data, to be sure. But then, neither is your "striking up conversations with guests", since it's unqualifed anecdotal data. And, granted, I've not taken to surveying other guests while at AKL, since I'm not really conducting market research. However from reading HERE, I seem to read a lot of prospective guests worrying, a lot of previous guest telling them not to worry, and then those prospective guests coming back from their trips and saying "Hey, you're right....it's not bad".
It may very well be about perspective, but the impression you're giving is MOST people feel as you're espousing. There is ample evidence that's simply not true. Many, many, many people say that AKL transportation is the best on property, bar none. Is AKL somewhat removed from things? Yes. But I'm not sure I'd rate a 20-ish minute bus ride to MK, 5 min to AK, and 10 to 15 min to Epcot or MGM as "remote". Again, maybe it's about perspective....but not everyone, and not even MOSTLY everyone, seems to feel the way you indicate. I'd say it's a pretty even split, at the very least.
I know for me, I ultimately voted to save my add-on dollars for a future CRV. Not because I love the theme at CRV more but because I love its location. AKV is a place I want to try for its theme, and expect I will be able to at 7 mos., but the negatives outweigh the positives. Fortunately I'm not in the situation of a 5 or 9 family. We're either 2-4 or 6-8 guests. That means our decision was based solely on location, theme and resort amenities.
To be clear, the negatives outweigh the positives FOR YOU. You seem to imply that equation would apply to everyone (and you probably do it unintentionally). I would peg the CR and AKV as roughly equal, for us. The thing is CRV isn't available...though we'll probably add on if CRV ever comes to fruition....so AKV's positives make it vastly better FOR OUR FAMILY, with all due consideration, than any other offering currently out. Everyone needs to make that determination on their own.....