Jambo refurbishment progress?

[jenhelgren]

Has the refurbishment started at Jambo yet? I know it was planned for May 2026 and Kidani was ahead of schedule so I'm wondering how long until the studios are completed. My daughter refuses to sleep on the pull out sofa so we are eagerly awaiting the murphy beds

 

[TheThousandthSoul]

Has the refurbishment started at Jambo yet? I know it was planned for May 2026 and Kidani was ahead of schedule so I'm wondering how long until the studios are completed. My daughter refuses to sleep on the pull out sofa so we are eagerly awaiting the murphy beds

FWIW - 2 weeks ago, there was still a wing at Kidani (near the Pembe Savannah) that was closed with workers.

 

[jenhelgren]

FWIW - 2 weeks ago, there was still a wing at Kidani (near the Pembe Savannah) that was closed with workers.

Wow-I hadnt heard that and thought Kidani was considered complete so I was hopeful for Jambo getting some much needed updates soon. I guess its going to be a 2027 thing for us....

 

[sndral]

All I’ve read thus far is that a couple of people w/ club stays booked have been moved & they were told the club villas (and the lounge) were scheduled to be down for refurb. Nov. - Jan. ‘27, based on the original timeline of May ‘26 - Jan. ‘27 for Jambo, I assume they’ll start on the value/regular 5th floor villas this month & likely finish in November before they move up to the 6th floor .

 

[TheThousandthSoul]

Wow-I hadnt heard that and thought Kidani was considered complete so I was hopeful for Jambo getting some much needed updates soon. I guess its going to be a 2027 thing for us....

I thought that too.
I took a wrong turn on Floor 2 from the Rafiki elevator and ended in a construction zone .

 

[muppets3d]

It won't start until they're done at Kidani.

 

[peacefrogdog]

Are they doing them in stages or all at once?

 

[Mirabell Rose]

All I’ve read thus far is that a couple of people w/ club stays booked have been moved & they were told the club villas (and the lounge) were scheduled to be down for refurb. Nov. - Jan. ‘27, based on the original timeline of May ‘26 - Jan. ‘27 for Jambo, I assume they’ll start on the value/regular 5th floor villas this month & likely finish in November before they move up to the 6th floor .

Values are being done same time as club. We know this because they blocked out booking them back last December. They opened back up for booking I believe for February stays.

 

[Mirabell Rose]

Are they doing them in stages or all at once?

The thought is they will do entire halls at a time as that’s what they did at Kidani.

 

[sndral]

Values are being done same time as club. We know this because they blocked out booking them back last December. They opened back up for booking I believe for February stays.

Thanks. I guess this means I missed my chance to grab a value villa .

 

[Mirabell Rose]

Thanks. I guess this means I missed my chance to grab a value villa .

Yeah, but usually you have to book 8am at 11 months out to even have a chance at a studio or 2 bedroom. 1 bedrooms last a bit longer. But they recently revised the points chart and the values aren’t as much difference from the regulars as they used to be, so you didn’t miss as much.

 

[peacefrogdog]

Have snagged some value villas before that had decent savanna views. Each time I placed a waitlist request and it came through. So keep trying.

 

[peacefrogdog]

I've seen some vids showing the KV refurbs, showing a partial island in the kitchen, with sink and area for barstool. If I recall correctly they had those in the original villas, but that Jambo had a table-like island without a sink. Has anyone seem schematics for how the kitchens in refurbed JH villas will look? Specifically, whether they will have a newly created kitchen island? I'm guessing no as they would have to connect plumbing.

 

[muppets3d]

I've seen some vids showing the KV refurbs, showing a partial island in the kitchen, with sink and area for barstool. If I recall correctly they had those in the original villas, but that Jambo had a table-like island without a sink. Has anyone seem schematics for how the kitchens in refurbed JH villas will look? Specifically, whether they will have a newly created kitchen island? I'm guessing no as they would have to connect plumbing.

We haven't seen anything about the JH refurb, and probably won't until the first rooms are made available for guests later this year.

 

[Mirabell Rose]

I've seen some vids showing the KV refurbs, showing a partial island in the kitchen, with sink and area for barstool. If I recall correctly they had those in the original villas, but that Jambo had a table-like island without a sink. Has anyone seem schematics for how the kitchens in refurbed JH villas will look? Specifically, whether they will have a newly created kitchen island? I'm guessing no as they would have to connect plumbing.

I would guess as you are. I have been in the new Kidani villas and they kept the same kitchen layout.

 

[zackiedawg]

The thought is they will do entire halls at a time as that’s what they did at Kidani.

They did the same at Boardwalk a few years back when they had their refurb. They'd hit one floor, and cut off an entire hall wing - resort view/boardwalk view, and garden view all in that section...then the other half of the hall, then move to the next floor.

 

[pogopossum]

Just checked out of Jambo this morning. The refurb was in progress on all floors of the wing with rooms ending in 251-284.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Just checked out of Jambo this morning. The refurb was in progress on all floors of the wing with rooms ending in 251-284.

Great to hear, thanks. I just hope that the refurbishment at Jambo looks as nice as at Kidani

 

[Debbie Jean]

I’m currently in a value 1 bed overlooking the pool. Nothing going on here.

 

[KC Mouse]

Has the refurbishment started at Jambo yet? I know it was planned for May 2026 and Kidani was ahead of schedule so I'm wondering how long until the studios are completed. My daughter refuses to sleep on the pull out sofa so we are eagerly awaiting the murphy beds

We just got back and I walked every single 5th floor hallway to discover that the only thing shut down was in 5253-5272. It looks like they are doing it one section at a time. Check out this room finder site to help put it into perspective. https://touringplans.com/hotel_maps...cks]=any&rooms=true&commit_str=''&no_map=true