Does anyone know the difference between value and standard at AKV?

[wannabprincess]

I was checking the points charts and noticed AKV has a value section. Does anyone know the difference between that and standard?

 

[DVC Mike]

The value rooms are just a bit smaller.

BOOKING CATEGORIES

There are four booking categories at AKV: Value, Standard View, Savanna View and Concierge.

(V) Value: (Jambo House only). Smaller rooms with either a Savanna view or a Standard View (which means pool, garden or parking lot) except that there are no "garden" views at Jambo House, just pool and parking lot. So a Value villa can have a view of the Sunset Savanna, the pool or the parking lot. A Value 1-BR only sleeps 4, versus 5 in all the other 1-BRs, as Value 1-BR do not have the Sleeper chair in the living room.

(S) Standard View: Larger than Value, with a Standard view (pool, garden or parking lot). At Jambo House only, all of the rooms in this booking category have a pool view. All of the Jambo House rooms facing the parking lot are smaller so they are classified as Value rooms. At Kidani Village, the Standard View villas will have a view of the pool, a garden area or a parking lot.

(SV) Savanna View: Larger than Value, with a view of a savanna (approximately 80% of all rooms have a Savanna View; All Grand Villas have a Savanna View)

(C) Killimanjaro Club Concierge: (Jambo House only). Larger than Value, with Concierge services and either a Savanna or Standard View (but no parking lot or garden views, just pool view). Only 5 Concierge units exist; they are all 2-BR lockoffs, for a maximum of 10 rooms if broken up into 1-BR and Studios. Unlike all other DVC accommodations, these rooms get daily housekeeping service and evening turndown with chocolates.

 

[AKV707]

DVC Mike explains it well. To add to that, the value rooms are the same width as the savanna and standard rooms, but they are about 3 1/2 feet less deep.

The value rooms are located in the Giraffe and Ostrich Trails, the 2 wings at the front of the resort. From what I have heard, only 2 2 bedroom lock offs face the parking lot. It appears that the rest of the rooms on the 5th floor of the Giraffe and Ostrich trails that face the parking lot are remaining lodge rooms and are not DVC villas. 40% of the values face the Sunset Savanna, 40% face the pool, and 20% face the parking area.

 

[wannabprincess]

Thanks so much for clarifiy it, I didn't know if maybe it didn't have a balcony or something like that.