Does Kidani village have building numbers?

[David Gardner]

I'm trying to figure out how to do a room request at Kidani Village. I'm used to the buildings either having a number (Pop Century, POR) or a name (Poly).

At Kidani, it appears to be that the first two numbers of the room designate the floor level, and the last two designate an ever-increasing distance from the lobby. Are there any building numbers, so that I could say "Building X, Y, or Z"?

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

Unlike the other resorts you name, it's only one building. You could request by savannah/trail name (if you have a savannah room) or elevator/parking garage section, I suppose. What exactly is it you are trying to request?

 

[David Gardner]

My wife uses a wheelchair at Disney (can't stand or walk for long periods), so I'm looking for something, say, in the first four...don't know what to call them if they're not buildings. Segments? the overhead view looks like two caterpillars, so I'll use segments. Somethinig in the first four segments to the left of the lobby upon entering, so that we're not all the way at the end, and within a reasonable distance of the pool.

 

[keaster]

I think the best thing would be to request first floor, close to lobby.

 

[Happiest.Haunt_999]

Low floor, closest to lobby. I'm pretty sure the first floor at Kidani is actually something like the 3rd because of the parking garage underneath.

 

[larissawbb]

Ask to be near the rafiki elevator. You will be near the pool and not far from the lobby.

 

[Marionnette]

My wife uses a wheelchair at Disney (can't stand or walk for long periods), so I'm looking for something, say, in the first four...don't know what to call them if they're not buildings. Segments? the overhead view looks like two caterpillars, so I'll use segments. Somethinig in the first four segments to the left of the lobby upon entering, so that we're not all the way at the end, and within a reasonable distance of the pool.

Kidani is designed to look like a necklace from above. Each section is sometimes referred to as a "bead". However, the parking garage sections all have names (Pumbaa, Timon, Simba, etc.). If you have a car, then any villa that is close to an elevator will work. If you want to be near the bus stop, request "close to lobby". If the pool is more important, then "close to pool" is a better request. If you have a savanna view, the lowest floor may not be the best view. If you have requested a HA villa, then you may end up with whatever is open on the day that you check in.

Using the elevators is not much of a problem. Unlike some DVC resorts where there are only a couple of elevators, there are plenty at Kidani and they run pretty quickly. So having an upper floor villa is not necessarily a bad thing.