Question about AKL

[TinkerBelle920]

We are taking our first DVC trip this January and we will be staying in a studio savannah view in the Jambo House. When we purchased DVC we toured a Kidani studio setup. I was wondering if there is much difference in size between the Kidani and Jambo studios. Also are the Jambo house rooms as nice as the newer ones in Kidani? I know they were built a few years earlier

 

[drusba]

Except for the small "value" point cost rooms, studios in both buildings are about the same size, published sizes are 358 sq ft at Jambo, 359 at Kidani . It is the 1BRs where Kidani is much larger and has the extra bath. Layout in both studios is substantially similar.

 

[DenLo]

A Jambo House Value studio is only 316 sq. ft.. I would consider that to be substantially smaller than the regular studios at either Jambo or Kidani.

One difference is that you can get a lower floor at Kidani than the studios or any DVC Villas at Jambo as the are all on the fifth floor. I would think this would matter if you are getting a savanna view. We ask for a second or third floor SV room for Kidani in order to have a closer view of them.

 

[DebbieB]

The studio bathroom setup is different. At Jambo, the sink is outside the bathroom, the shower & toilet are behind a door. At Kidani, the shower & sink are behind a door and the toilet is behind another door within there. The sink counter seemed a little bigger at Kidani. I think the Jambo setup is better for non-couples, someone could be at the sink while another is showering. At Kidani, there was a built-in closet across from the bathroom plus an armoire in the bed area. I think Jambo just had the armoire, I'm not positive.

 

[TinkerBelle920]

Thanks so much for the info!