ML_LovesDisney
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A few random thoughts:
Here at Kidani Village now and I have to admit I was a little nervous as everyone has varying opinions, but we LOVE it. Room is great (1BR standard view), we are the first bus stop to get off when coming back from parks, and getting on to go to the parks as well, and great pool. It is not as far from everything as I initially thought, only about a 13 minute bus ride back to the resort from Epcot last night. It has helped me immensely to eat less because there is no QS
so DH and I have said we really have cut down on our usual eating since there is not easy access to food. For some, this may be a down side, but we have not minded it. Jambo is a farrrrrrr walk (15 minute walk is far to me 
) but Sanaa is great, and VERY reasonably priced. I was amazed at our bill total for the 4 of us for dinner, and it's right downstairs. Also, you can get room service that comes from Sanaa but of course it's more expensive than if you just went to the restaurant.
I would probably never waste points on a savanna view simply because if I walk down the hall a few feet from my room and look out the big window, I can see the savanna. That being said, we are not people who sit out on the balcony all that much, so take that opinion with a grain of salt.
EDIT to say one negative was the dark lighting in the room, I forgot to mention that.
Here at Kidani Village now and I have to admit I was a little nervous as everyone has varying opinions, but we LOVE it. Room is great (1BR standard view), we are the first bus stop to get off when coming back from parks, and getting on to go to the parks as well, and great pool. It is not as far from everything as I initially thought, only about a 13 minute bus ride back to the resort from Epcot last night. It has helped me immensely to eat less because there is no QS
so DH and I have said we really have cut down on our usual eating since there is not easy access to food. For some, this may be a down side, but we have not minded it. Jambo is a farrrrrrr walk (15 minute walk is far to me ) but Sanaa is great, and VERY reasonably priced. I was amazed at our bill total for the 4 of us for dinner, and it's right downstairs. Also, you can get room service that comes from Sanaa but of course it's more expensive than if you just went to the restaurant.I would probably never waste points on a savanna view simply because if I walk down the hall a few feet from my room and look out the big window, I can see the savanna. That being said, we are not people who sit out on the balcony all that much, so take that opinion with a grain of salt.
EDIT to say one negative was the dark lighting in the room, I forgot to mention that.
We have stayed in two standard view rooms over the past two year. The first was on the 4th floor looking down on the bus stop. Not a great view, but it was December, it was dark at night, and we were in the parks most nights until late, so view didn't matter. Last fall, we had a standard view facing the pool area. We were just to the left of the fence for the Pembe savanna and we basically felt like we had a savanna view. If you have extra points to do a savanna view sometime, I would recommend it. Although the resort does have several excellent viewing areas, there is something very special about being able to sit on your balcony and look out onto the savanna.
