Advice on AKV Kidani vs AKV Jambo- 2 BR

[VLee]

We are in the process of trying to decide between staying at Kidani or Jambo in a 2 BR, probably Standard (all values gone).
We have stayed several times at Jambo in studios, value, standard, and concierge, but never 2 BR. We have visited the pool at Kidani.
What are some of your preferences of one location over the other? If we do decide to go for Savannah view, any suggestions?

 

[Kidanifan08]

The Kidani 2BR has 3 full bathrooms, which is a great feature with 3 or more adults/teens. We love that the park buses stop at Kidani first. I don't mind not having a QS option at Kidani.

 

[erionm]

All Jambo House 2BR are lock-offs. Kidani Village has lock-off and dedicated 2BR. The KV 2BR is larger by about 100 square feet.

 

[drusba]

I like the three restaurants at Jambo, the larger lobby, bigger store, and larger pool with a lot of shaded areas. However, if I am going to stay in a 2BR I am going to Kidani. They are huge in comparison to Jambo's, have three bathrooms, the master has both bath and shower (Jambo's is combined), and if you have savanna view and make a request for close to lobby you will have one the best locations on site. Sanaa is a great restaurant. The pool is fine, parking under the building is ideal if you have car, and room size wins hands down.

 

[quirty30]

I like the three restaurants at Jambo, the larger lobby, bigger store, and larger pool with a lot of shaded areas. However, if I am going to stay in a 2BR I am going to Kidani. They are huge in comparison to Jambo's, have three bathrooms, the master has both bath and shower (Jambo's is combined), and if you have savanna view and make a request for close to lobby you will have one the best locations on site. Sanaa is a great restaurant. The pool is fine, parking under the building is ideal if you have car, and room size wins hands down.

Agree with this completely. We do also stay at Jambo, but only to enjoy Concierge level. But I would choose Kidani hands down otherwise.

 

[VLee]

Thanks. I appreciate all of the comments.

If we decide to go with a STANDARD 2 BR (instead of savannah), at Kidani, how is the view for the Standards there? The size and number of baths seem to be a great reason by themselves, but wondering how the view would be?

 

[Mrs Hobbes]

Can i jump in this thread and ask about storage? We stayed in a standard 2 bed at Jambo a couple of years ago and we were limited on closet space for hanging clothes, our friends in the studio bit had half a wardrobe, there was a closet in the kitchen area and another wardrobe in the master room.

So in a dedicated 2 bed at Kidani what closet/ wardrobe space is there? Can some one break it down for me

 

[drusba]

At Kidani for standard, you get pool or road view. The pool view is really more of folliage with the pool area partly seeable somewhat in the distance.

As to closet space, I have stayed in a Jambo 2BR and a dedicated Kidani 2BR and what I can mainly remember is that the 2R Kidani had a lot more closet (and drawer) space than Jambo. It also had in the wall closets. I remember there was one near front door, one in second bedroom and one in the master bath area

 

[cvjw]

We much prefer KV over JH - just for the size of the villa, the storage issues, and the extra bathroom. We prefer the master bath at KV to the much smaller one at JH.