AKL-Jambo (one bedroom villa) pull out bed

[Disneylovingmomof2]

Hi all, I wanted to see if I am alone in being shocked and quite frankly disgusted at the state of the Jambo house one bedroom villa pull out bed? We are Poly DVC owners but booked a last minute trip and only AKL was left so I snagged the one bedroom. I’m fine with an outdated room and don’t even care about the old curtains and furniture but I am honestly disgusted at the queen pullout “bed.”
I slept on it and my back was grinding against the metal frame the entire night because the “mattress” is a flimsy piece of fabric that looks like it’s about 15 years old. Am I missing something here or are AKL owners just dealing with this? I don’t consider myself high maintenance so someone please bring me back to reality if this is what we are considering acceptable now??

 

[pangyal]

I am here with my mom now and always let her take the bedroom, and the pullout is as excruciating as ever. The refurb cannot come soon enough. FYI: You can call Housekeeping for a mattress topper to take away some of the creaking and stabbing, but I find that I also need earplugs to block out the sounds coming from the torture device as I shift during the night. The sad part is, they used to be super comfortable (a decade ago, literally).

TLDR: I agree with you that these beds are long past their prime. They will be installing the Murphy beds with the refurb, thankfully.

 

[Disneylovingmomof2]

I am here with my mom now and always let her take the bedroom, and the pullout is as excruciating as ever. The refurb cannot come soon enough. FYI: You can call Housekeeping for a mattress topper to take away some of the creaking and stabbing, but I find that I also need earplugs to block out the sounds coming from the torture device as I shift during the night. The sad part is, they used to be super comfortable (a decade ago, literally).

TLDR: I agree with you that these beds are long past their prime. They will be installing the Murphy beds with the refurb, thankfully.

I am not even trying to be dramatic but I feel like they are really misrepresenting what these rooms are because quite frankly I wouldn’t even consider this a useable bed. The topper might help but this is supposed to be a deluxe resort!

 

[VGCgroupie]

Hi all, I wanted to see if I am alone in being shocked and quite frankly disgusted at the state of the Jambo house one bedroom villa pull out bed? We are Poly DVC owners but booked a last minute trip and only AKL was left so I snagged the one bedroom. I’m fine with an outdated room and don’t even care about the old curtains and furniture but I am honestly disgusted at the queen pullout “bed.”
I slept on it and my back was grinding against the metal frame the entire night because the “mattress” is a flimsy piece of fabric that looks like it’s about 15 years old. Am I missing something here or are AKL owners just dealing with this? I don’t consider myself high maintenance so someone please bring me back to reality if this is what we are considering acceptable now??

Just returned and I was not impressed by AKV condition sadly.

 

[EilonwyWanderer]

Yeah, my kids hate when we stay at AKL because they get the pull out bed and it's uncomfortable. Compared to the murphy beds at the Grand Floridian they're a HUGE step down.

 

[Disneylovingmomof2]

Yeah, my kids hate when we stay at AKL because they get the pull out bed and it's uncomfortable. Compared to the murphy beds at the Grand Floridian they're a HUGE step down.

I will not book here again! I wish I would have done a cash room this trip and saved our points.

 

[MarkNC2Disney]

Plopping my 7 year olds on that + 3yo on the single in a few months

That’s a pretty pathetic experience for a deluxe hotel.

 

[sndral]

My solution to the Jambo sofa bed was to book a 2 br. instead .
Before that I abandoned the sofa bed & slept on the sleeper chair in the livingroom which at least didn’t have that horrible metal bar. The VGF’s sofa beds (before they were replaced w/ the Murphy bed set up) were far more comfortable than Jambo’s sofa beds, those Jambo sofa beds were uniquely bad IMO.
Plus, the Jambo villas were first offered in 2007, they had a soft goods refurb in 2016 which didn’t replace the sofa bed mattresses AFAIK, those mattresses will be 19 or 20 years old by the time they’re replaced in late 2026/early 2027 & are well past their use by date.

 

[Disneylovingmomof2]

My solution to the Jambo sofa bed was to book a 2 br. instead .
Before that I abandoned the sofa bed & slept on the sleeper chair in the livingroom which at least didn’t have that horrible metal bar. The VGF’s sofa beds (before they were replaced w/ the Murphy bed set up) were far more comfortable than Jambo’s sofa beds, those Jambo sofa beds were uniquely bad IMO.
Plus, the Jambo villas were first offered in 2007, they had a soft goods refurb in 2016 which didn’t replace the sofa bed mattresses AFAIK, those mattresses will be 19 or 20 years old by the time they’re replaced in late 2026/early 2027 & are well past their use by date.

Honestly when I pulled that sheet back and looked at it I was shocked. Not sure how they are getting away with it. Maybe a toddler would be ok but I would never tell someone that is an actual legitimate bed.