***The Official AKV Owners And Lovers Thread***. Come And Chat

[drusba]

We are staying in a dedicated 2 bedroom in December and have a couple of questions about the 2nd bedroom. Is there a wall that one of the queen beds could be pushed against? Granddaughter travels when she sleeps. Also, just out of curiosity what is in the area that would be door and small fridge/microwave area?

Neither of the beds are next to a wall but one is fairly near the wall that separates the bedroom from the bathroom. I do not know if the bed can be moved (the beds at least look very heavy). You can request bed rails and if you need them, you should make that request long before you arrive because there are limited numbers. There is a closet and just room space where the mini kitchen would otherwise be.

 

[sabrecmc]

We just booked Kidani for March 7-14. It will be my nephew's first visit to Disney World. The whole family is going with! That is the beauty of DVC, to me. We haven't stayed at Kidani yet, but the pool and splash area looked really fun. I think he will enjoy seeing the animals. He is just now learning his animal sounds. We got this the other day:

Mom: What does the duck say?
Brady: Quack, quack!
Mom: What does the monkey say?
Brady: Ooo-ooo-aah-aah
Mom: What does Mom say?
Brady: No, no, no!

Hee. Kids.

 

[wendybeth75]

I'm official!!! We closed and I am just waiting for my points to. Be loaded! 200 points at AKV! Yippee !!!!

 

[mirandaperez10]

I will be official soon we are waiting for disney to ok our akv buy. Hoping to stay January 15-21!!

Faith, Trust, and..PIXIE DUST.

 

[Pumbas]

Thinking of adding on points... aKL is a beautiful resort. Does the cost to feed the animals increase the MFs.

 

[psac]

Thinking of adding on points... aKL is a beautiful resort. Does the cost to feed the animals increase the MFs.

The maint fees at AKL are pretty high, but the annual increases have been at a reasonable percent. Seems like they knew it would be expensive and started at that as opposed to some of the places with low fees that have been going up by very high percents lately.

 

[psac]

I'm official!!! We closed and I am just waiting for my points to. Be loaded! 200 points at AKV! Yippee !!!!

I will be official soon we are waiting for disney to ok our akv buy. Hoping to stay January 15-21!!

Faith, Trust, and..PIXIE DUST.

Welcome home!!

 

[Doingitagain]

We have never had a car when staying on property. We have three rooms this next visit, and we have a family driving over to visit us one afternoon. Will they be able to park their car somewhere? Any special instructions I should give them?

 

[cantoine]

Just got my congratulations letter in the mail today!!!!! We are officially DVC AKL owners!!!!!!!! Heading down in 42 days for our first visit home!!!!!!! Have a 2 bedroom savanna room booked. My friend and her 3 children will be joing us. What are some of the things to do at the resort? We have never stayed here. Our first night we have a reservation at Boma, and some time to swim and of course check out some animals. Any tips to help enhance our trip is much appreciated

 

[MickeyT]

We check in for our first stay as owners at Jambo on Friday. Grabbed a 1BR CL for 7 nights as a splurge due to a boat load of points on our resale purchase. It will be 5 of us in there but we're planning a lot of resort/pool time this trip. Also have Harmbe Nights and Sunrise Safari booked so this trip is AKL focused!

I've read the good and the bad about the DVC CL so I'm holding back to see if it's worth all the points I ponied up.

 

[psac]

We check in for our first stay as owners at Jambo on Friday. Grabbed a 1BR CL for 7 nights as a splurge due to a boat load of points on our resale purchase. It will be 5 of us in there but we're planning a lot of resort/pool time this trip. Also have Harmbe Nights and Sunrise Safari booked so this trip is AKL focused!

I've read the good and the bad about the DVC CL so I'm holding back to see if it's worth all the points I ponied up.

Enjoy! Give us a report when you get back!

 

[Disneylifeforme]

Anyone checking out in the next few days leaving a stroller or waters or snacks?

 

[jennifer in canada]

Maybe we should start a thread of sorts for item exchange when leaving?? We always have extra bottles of water, snacks, water toys that we leave behind after our stay (luggage is too full most times to keep the little extras) going again in September. If anyone is interested, send me a pm and maybe we can set something up, I don't even mind organizing it!

 

[CocosMeme]

I'm official!!! We closed and I am just waiting for my points to. Be loaded! 200 points at AKV! Yippee !!!!

I will be official soon we are waiting for disney to ok our akv buy. Hoping to stay January 15-21!!

Faith, Trust, and..PIXIE DUST.

Just got my congratulations letter in the mail today!!!!! We are officially DVC AKL owners!!!!!!!! Heading down in 42 days for our first visit home!!!!!!! Have a 2 bedroom savanna room booked. My friend and her 3 children will be joing us. What are some of the things to do at the resort? We have never stayed here. Our first night we have a reservation at Boma, and some time to swim and of course check out some animals. Any tips to help enhance our trip is much appreciated

Congratulations and Welcome Home! We bought AKL 7 years ago and have loved every visit. In fact when we have stayed at other resorts we always book a dinner at Jiko (our favorite restaurant at Disney) just to visit our home away from home. We have stayed at all the others and enjoy them for various reasons, but AKL is "home". We finally figured out that when staying elsewhere we book at least 2 nights there at the beginning or end of our trip to chill out.

 

[Marypoppins14]

We have never had a car when staying on property. We have three rooms this next visit, and we have a family driving over to visit us one afternoon. Will they be able to park their car somewhere? Any special instructions I should give them?

I would add them to your reservation if space permits. This will enable them to park as a guest. Otherwise you can check with the front desk about adding them as day guests. There may be a small fee involved, but it gives them the right to access the pool and other facilities.

 

[Marypoppins14]

We just booked Kidani for March 7-14. It will be my nephew's first visit to Disney World. The whole family is going with! That is the beauty of DVC, to me. We haven't stayed at Kidani yet, but the pool and splash area looked really fun. I think he will enjoy seeing the animals. He is just now learning his animal sounds. We got this the other day:

Mom: What does the duck say?
Brady: Quack, quack!
Mom: What does the monkey say?
Brady: Ooo-ooo-aah-aah
Mom: What does Mom say?
Brady: No, no, no!

Hee. Kids.

Love this.

 

[Marypoppins14]

We return "home" to Kidani for one night following a split stay at BWV-VGF and 3-night Dream cruise in 2 weeks. Really Really looking forward to it!

 

[Nanajo1]

You can get a parking pass when you check in.

 

[elrod1]

First trip to Kidani over Christmas week. Can anyone give some insight as to what time the firepit/storytelling activities take place that time of year? Thanks!

 

[leeholmes1]

I am hoping to switch to AKV at the 7 month window. What are the odds of getting a value 2 bedroom in June. I saw there are currently none available. Sorry if this has already been asked I tried reading the whole thread but it is 142 pages.