AKL LITE unofficial FAQ thread#10 - I believe that's known as a 'Jambo Dozen'

[Dragonfly_34]

We will staying at Jambo House in a one-bedroom villa (standard view) - does anyone know if those are only on certain floors or are they spread out throughout all of the floors?

 

[iona]

I think they're all on the 5th floor although I'm not 100% sure...

 

[DizDaD7]

We will staying at Jambo House in a one-bedroom villa (standard view) - does anyone know if those are only on certain floors or are they spread out throughout all of the floors?

All of 5th floor in Jambo is DVC. But I think some 6th floor CL too...

 

[Dragonfly_34]

We aren't DVC members though....we just booked a one-bedroom villa through Disney. That's why I wasn't sure what floor we'd be on.

 

[dolphingirl47]

guess who booked a trip to WDW this morning....

That is great news. When are you going and where are you staying?

Corinna

 

[teriandcb]

Hi! Jumping in on this forum ☺. My DH and I are staying at AKL from October 27th through the 31st and taking our 4 1/2 yo grandson. We have booked a Savannah view with a bunk bed. I have stayed at lots of Disney resorts but never at AKL before. We are really excited! We also scheduled for Mickey' s Not So Scary Halloween party. This will be a celebration of my husband finishing his chemo for leukemia and a chance to spend some special time with our oldest grandson! Does anyone have suggestions on if we should try and request a certain Savannah view or are they all pretty good. Can't wait for the trip!

 

[laceyinwonderland]

Can anyone give me some pointers.... I am about to do our online check in... I didn't realize AKL would have so many options! The choices are: Corner room, Kudu trail view, Near elevator, arushu savanna view, near lobby, or sunset savanna view. I can choose two. We are staying on rented DVC points, in a standard studio. So I know the views options are probably moot, right? Anyone have any advice? Thanks in advance!

 

[jeffbear]

Does anyone have suggestions on if we should try and request a certain Savannah view or are they all pretty good. Can't wait for the trip!

It's a pretty big resort, so personally I'd rather use up my preferences on being close to the lobby or an elevator and let the particular savannah go down the list.

But that's me.

 

[PNO4TE]

guess who booked a trip to WDW this morning....

I am hoping it was you!!!!

 

[jeffbear]

Can anyone give me some pointers.... I am about to do our online check in... I didn't realize AKL would have so many options! The choices are: Corner room, Kudu trail view, Near elevator, arushu savanna view, near lobby, or sunset savanna view. I can choose two. We are staying on rented DVC points, in a standard studio. So I know the views options are probably moot, right? Anyone have any advice? Thanks in advance!

My advice is the same as to the other similar question ... personally I'd burn the first option on either being near the lobby or near the elevator (or both). The resort is pretty spread out and for our bunch not having to walk down a mile of corridors makes a bigger difference than which savannah we get.

Again ... that's me. Other views may vary.

 

[laceyinwonderland]

My advice is the same as to the other similar question ... personally I'd burn the first option on either being near the lobby or near the elevator (or both). The resort is pretty spread out and for our bunch not having to walk down a mile of corridors makes a bigger difference than which savannah we get.

Again ... that's me. Other views may vary.

That sounds like good advice! From what I can tell from the map on mouse savers, our room will be on the inside square, more like a pool view anyway. We will not be using disney transport, but driving our own car, so would being close to the lobby also be convient to the parking lot too?

 

[dgbg100106]

That is great news. When are you going and where are you staying?

Corinna

May 5th - 8th, BCV for flower and garden...

 

[dgbg100106]

Hi! Jumping in on this forum ☺. My DH and I are staying at AKL from October 27th through the 31st and taking our 4 1/2 yo grandson. We have booked a Savannah view with a bunk bed. I have stayed at lots of Disney resorts but never at AKL before. We are really excited! We also scheduled for Mickey' s Not So Scary Halloween party. This will be a celebration of my husband finishing his chemo for leukemia and a chance to spend some special time with our oldest grandson! Does anyone have suggestions on if we should try and request a certain Savannah view or are they all pretty good. Can't wait for the trip!

October
aaarcher86, Sep 26th – 6th, Kidani
Paula Sedley-Burke, Sep 28th - 1st, BCV
Paula Sedley-Burke, 1st – 2nd, VGF
Rarity, 25th – Nov 1st, Jambo House
AliceandAriel, 25th – Nov 1st, AKV Kidani
Tarcc, 25th - Nov 8th, AKL
Weswife, 26th – 31st, AKL
Disney Mom12, 26th – Nov 4th, AKL CL
Teriandcb, 27th – 31st, AKL
Kimmar067, 29th – Nov 2nd, AKL
PNO4TE, 31st – Nov 2nd, Kidani

 

[dgbg100106]

I am hoping it was you!!!!

It was me!!!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

May 5th - 8th, BCV for flower and garden...

That sounds wonderful. We loved BCV in December and the Flower and Garden Festival is on the bucket list. All going well and if the dates are roughly the same as this year, I will finally get to tick this off the list next year.

Corinna

 

[DevonsDisneyMom]

Well we haven't even been home for 3 weeks from our May trip and our next Disney adventure is already set!!! Can you add us to the guest list? We'll be there December 7th to the 12th!!!

 

[jeffbear]

That sounds like good advice! From what I can tell from the map on mouse savers, our room will be on the inside square, more like a pool view anyway. We will not be using disney transport, but driving our own car, so would being close to the lobby also be convient to the parking lot too?

Yeah ... it should be pretty close to the lobby and/or the mid-wing elevator which would allow you to cut across the pool deck.

 

[ThisIsJason]

Booked May 5th-11th 2015. Kidani Savannah view! Oh, this is going to be a long countdown.

 

[AngiTN]

My first post where I get to refer to our trip as "next month"! It may be the beginning of June and our trip isn't till the end of July but it's still next month

 

[LMO429]

We have 4 adults and 1 child (age 6) staying in a 1 bedroom villa at Kidani. We went with Kidani because it has the 2 full bathrooms (our only other option was BLT and it was sold out) How comfortable will we be in this layout?

How are the pull out mattresses