Do you make any room requests?

[Robindianne]

We are brand new DVC owners and we are staying at Kidani for the first time ever, and in a studio. Are there things we should request?

Thank you!

 

[disneynutz]

It all depends on your personal preferences. Requests are never guaranteed and you are at the mercy of the room assigner.

Some members makes them and others don't bother.

Bill

 

[dianeschlicht]

I'd wait until you have a few stays under your belt and know what your preferences are. We have had several stays at Jambo, but none at Kidani yet. This week will be our first Kidani stay. I figure for us the real draw is the savannah view, and since we already have that, I make no other requests. For OKW, we sometimes request a specific building or area, but often just take what we get to experience a different area. Who knows, it might be way better than what you expected.

 

[Muhlenberg]

So far, I've always made a request. At SSR, it was Congress Park and close to the parking lot...we ended up in the front of the building on the first floor. At Kidani, it was near an elevator to the parking garage and near the lobby. We ended up 50 steps from the garage elevator, but third "bead" from the lobby and 3rd floor. At BLT it was North side, outside crescent, towards center of the building...and we ended up there, but not the CLOSEST to the north elevators and a high floor.

I was happy with all those, and went with the attitude that I probably wouldn't get my request. So far I haven't requested a different room than what was assigned, and I've tried to keep it general. And so far, my room was ready every time, with arrival after noon.

Good luck with whatever you decide!

 

[AnnaS]

Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't - sometimes (twice with my son's ressie), I forgot, lol.

 

[supersuperwendy]

We requested "close to the lobby" at Kidani. I check-in in 2 months I'll let ya know how it goes!

 

[kendzee94]

Especially at Kidani, you should make a request. We did not have a car and did not make a request. We were the 6th bead out. When we went the time before, we requested close to lobby and really lucked out with the first room off the lobby. If you are looking for a certain savanna, I would also request that too. I was looking forward to watching the giraffes and zebras but was put on the savanna that does not have them. I will never stay at Kidani again without making a specific request....lesson learned. I think that other resorts you may not need to do requests, but I found that my requsts are usually pretty much on target. At the THV's, we requested close to the water, and got a great THV (when looking at the map we were the bottom one), we've also requested "springs" at SSR and placed there twice. We also requested to be close to hospitality house at OKW and were put there also. We are very lucky in getting our requests, and I know others here have not been so lucky. Good luck!

 

[justjudy]

We've only made requests a handful of times. At SSR and OKW they were honored. On our last trip (AKV Kidani) we requested close to the lobby for medical reasons (I fell and fractured a vertebra two weeks before the trip). They put us on the 6th bead out. Kidani is beautiful but, probably needless to say, it was not the best vacation I've ever had.

 

[DebbieB]

I stayed at Kidani for the first time last June. I did not make any requests, we were about half way down the hall at the bottom of the "U". Unfortunately, the animals did not make their way down there very often, the giraffes were only there when they were fed late afternoon. If I stayed there again, I would request close to lobby. The animals were there most of the day.

 

[Robindianne]

Hmm. Thank you all for the great responses. I don't mind the walk being farther from the lobby. Mostly we just want to see animals but I didn't know that some go to certain areas and not others. Is there a way I can find out which animals go where?