Also TkRaz I believe talked about the two combined having more rooms than SSR, that is misleading at best. The two properties are completely seperate entities. It will require quite a hike to go from one to the other. They are also both self sufficient.
The fact that it is "quite a hike" to move between the two is exactly my point. Whether they are self sufficient or not is in the eye of the beholder.
Are you saying that guests staying in the Kindani Village will never want to dine at Boma or Jiko? Are you saying that guests staying in Jambo House will never want to use the new pool with the water play area?
Disney isn't marketing this as two separate resorts. People who book a room at AKV will have every expectation of being able to dine at Boma and Jiko. Whether they find it to be convenient or not remains to be seen.
AKV is roughly half the size of SSR as a point of reference for a true comparison.
If you'll look back you'll see that the original comment being addressed simply said "SSR to big" (sic). I qualified my response by pointing out that there will be fewer DVC rooms at AKV but more total rooms. Whether that is viewed as a negative or not depends upon what one truly values.
For instance, I think it's clear looking at the resort map that every room at SSR will be closer to a bus stop than many rooms at AKL/AKV. There are no less than 5 bus stops scattered throughout SSR while at AKL/AKV is likely to have only two stops since busses can only run along one side of the resort.
AKL busses are more likely to be overcrowded as well. It's a given that AKL and AKV will share busses (if BW/BWV shares with the Dolphin and Swan, these two certainly will share). So, AKL has comparatively more rooms being serviced by one bus route.
All SSR rooms will be closer to a pool than many rooms at AKL/AKV. SSR has four pools. AKL/AKV has two.
Although exact measurements are impossible, I would also bet that all of the rooms at SSR are closer to its restaurants (Artist's Palette and The Turf Club) than some of the rooms at AKV will be to Boma and Jiko. AKV rooms at the far end of Kindani Village will have to walk thru the entire building, outside along the parking lot and over to the main entrance of Jambo House to make it to those restaurants.
The point here being that while SSR may(?) cover more acerage, that may or may not be a negative depending upon your point of view. Without knowing the nature of the "SSR is too big" comment, it's difficult to specifically comment on it. However, I think I've successfully pointed out how many amenities at SSR are just as close, if not closer, to guest rooms at SSR as they are at AKV.
If nothing else, let's just say this: They are both d*mn big resorts!!!
TkRaz should add the size of BCV,BC, and YC to the BCV totals if he wants to be fair. That would make the BCV the biggest DVC Resort and we all know that isn't true. This would be even more of a fair comparison because BCV is solely relying on BC/YC facilties. It shares the feature pool and resaturants, AKV does not.
The title of the thread is "Considering SSR or AKV". It doesn't seem like the OP is interested in bringing BCV into the debate.
But since you mentioned it, AKL/AKV is still larger.
BC/YC have 1200 rooms. Add the 208 Villas and you get around 1408 rooms.
AKL will have about 1000 rooms after the conversions, plus over 450 villas for 1450+ rooms. If you count all of the lockoffs as two units, then AKL/AKV is 15-20% larger than BC/BCV/YC.
And how true it is!
