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From: Darrell Jefress on 26 Oct 2009 18:19 "alex" <apk(a)g-c-data-concepts.com> wrote in message news:xqoFm.102652$5n1.5378(a)attbi_s21... > What drove us off property Saturday night was our experience at the AKL > Boma buffet. Granted it was Saturday, but the wait was 2 hours. The > pager that notifies your seating is ready only works in the close > proximity of the Boma front desk. That meant I was shackled to that > miserably small and crowded waiting area. I'm sorry that they told you that, because the pagers will, in fact, work all through the main lobby upstairs. I wouldn't go outside to the savanna, but there is plenty in the lobby and even the gift shop that could have kept you entertained. DJJ
From: Darrell Jefress on 26 Oct 2009 19:07 "Ginny Favers" <ginnyfavers(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:hc57a8$ad7$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > alex wrote: > And the sad thing is you didn't miss much. Boma's quality has declined > over the past few years. I would think you could find far better meals in > Dr. Phillips and Celebration, and the Swan & Dolphin, for that matter, for > the same price. Goodness, I could not agree less. I too had heard the rumors of Boma's decline, but our meal on 9/22 was just as good as any other we've had there. I look forward to going back next January. I've never been able to eat there on a Wednesday before, so maybe I'll get to try some dishes that had not been in the rotation on my earlier visits. Perhaps it's not as consistently good as in the past, but for one night in September, it was fabulous as ever. N via D
From: alex on 26 Oct 2009 19:28 Darrell Jefress wrote: > > I'm sorry that they told you that, because the pagers will, in fact, > work all through the main lobby upstairs. I wouldn't go outside to the > savanna, but there is plenty in the lobby and even the gift shop that > could have kept you entertained. > > DJJ I was told that it would work at the bar (upstairs) and around the waiting area but not outside the building. The metal inside the walls shields the signal and makes the pager useless outside. I wanted to sit at pool, walk around the savanna area, or at least sit at the Maya dining area. It seems that a few signal repeaters throughout the building would allow guests to enjoy the resort (and not crowd the waiting area). Given the popularity of text messaging, it might be better to send a SMS to the guest instead of using the antiquated pagers. Alex
From: alex on 26 Oct 2009 19:34 Darrell Jefress wrote: > > Perhaps it's not as consistently good as in the past, but for one night > in September, it was fabulous as ever. > > N via D I've never had a bad meal at the Boma and that's why I tried to return. The quality probably depends on the day of the week and the time of day (maybe later meals are worse). That Saturday night was setting up to be a miserable experience. It looked overly crowded and noisy. There was a consistent line at the buffet and every table was taken. I didn't feel disappointed when we left early (I was actually relieved). Alex
From: Ginny Favers on 27 Oct 2009 12:31
Darrell Jefress wrote: > > "Ginny Favers" <ginnyfavers(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:hc57a8$ad7$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> alex wrote: > >> And the sad thing is you didn't miss much. Boma's quality has >> declined over the past few years. I would think you could find far >> better meals in Dr. Phillips and Celebration, and the Swan & Dolphin, >> for that matter, for the same price. > > Goodness, I could not agree less. I too had heard the rumors of Boma's > decline, but our meal on 9/22 was just as good as any other we've had > there. I look forward to going back next January. I've never been able > to eat there on a Wednesday before, so maybe I'll get to try some dishes > that had not been in the rotation on my earlier visits. > > Perhaps it's not as consistently good as in the past, but for one night > in September, it was fabulous as ever. > > N via D Glad to hear that. I've had two mediocre meals there and gave up. If I had friends that wanted to meet there, I'd give it another try. But I don't think I'd go out of my way to book a meal there again, just for myself. If I was staying at AKL again, the falafel pita from the Mara was so freaking good, I'd just eat that! ~Amanda |