One night at Jambo vs Kidani

[perchy]

One mom
Two teen girls
One preteen girl

One night…our first night with no parks arrival day or “departure” day, where we head to Poly next. (Essentially, I decided to add a night ahead of our originally planned trip.)

I wanted Savannah view and was going for Kidani, and that’s waitlisted.

Meanwhile, I booked a Standard at Jambo. I know sometimes you can get a partial Savannah view in a standard at Jambo.

Should I keep trying for Kidani? Or do you think Jambo is better for a one nighter?

I am thinking of trying to request a late checkout so I can hang in the room a bit. But that might only buy me an hour.

Thoughts?

 

[Wayland10]

Jambo. There’s just so much more to do.

 

[supersnoop]

I thought it was Kidani where you could get partial savanna views in a standard. I'd agree with the above; there's more to do, or, at least, a more grand experience at Jambo. The pool at Kidani is very nice, and Sanaa is great, but otherwise, I'd go with Jambo.

 

[sndral]

Request Kudu trail if you want a savanna view when you have a standard view booked in Jambo. A lot of the Jambo standard views have ‘lesser’ savanna views, very few of the Kidani standards do.

 

[Best Aunt]

I am thinking of trying to request a late checkout so I can hang in the room a bit. But that might only buy me an hour.

I didn't know DVC would do late checkouts. At some DVC resorts (I'm looking at you, BWV) housekeeping used to start banging on the door early on your checkout date. But I haven't been since the pandemic started.

 

[PalmettoPath]

I would stick with Jambo if I were in your position.

 

[georgiagirl2]

Are you in a studio? I like the Jambo studio bathroom configuration better than Kidani's if there are more than 2 people staying. Jambo has the vanity outside the toilet and bathtub room, so that one person can be showering while others are getting ready at the vanity. At Kidani, it's all in one space with a separate water closet for the toilet.

 

[nursejackie]

Jambo for sure. We stayed in Kidani and I didn't particulary feel part of the resort. If I get the chance again, it would definitely be Jambo.