Have stayed at both. Our stay at SSR was marred by the fact we were in the furthest group of villas from everything. As you enter SSR, we were on the immediate left. Our kids are old enough to go to the pools by themselves, but the walk was pretty far. And the resort was just too generic in theming for us. At Kidani, there are the animals, gorgeous lobby, easy to walk to everything, plus a really nice pool.