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

[LoveMickey]

Making my way through this thread, but I have a question.

Do you check in at Kidani or at Jambo House?

Also, we'll be taking Disney Transportation to the cruise ship from Kidani. Where do you get picked up.

Thanks guys.

 

[twinklebug]

Making my way through this thread, but I have a question.

Do you check in at Kidani or at Jambo House?

Also, we'll be taking Disney Transportation to the cruise ship from Kidani. Where do you get picked up.

Thanks guys.

Hi LoveMickey -

Kidani has it's own check in counter for you to check in at.

The waiting are for the buses is right outside the Kidani lobby, on the 'island' on the outside of the doors (the same place you wait for Magical Express). Be sure to be a bit early. I missed our ME bus at SSR one year as it came 20 minutes early.

 

[LoveMickey]

Thanks Twinklebug. I did see that DME bus stop was right outside Kidani, but I was referring to the Cruise line Disney transfers.

Is that the same? Our travel Agent has us being picked up at Animal Kingdom Lodge and I wanted to make sure that we are picked up at the correct location.

Happy Easter

 

[twinklebug]

Thanks Twinklebug. I did see that DME bus stop was right outside Kidani, but I was referring to the Cruise line Disney transfers.

Is that the same? Our travel Agent has us being picked up at Animal Kingdom Lodge and I wanted to make sure that we are picked up at the correct location.

Happy Easter

Yes, same stop.
Note - Mears is the operating bus line for both ME and the DCL transfer buses. They interchange the Cruise line and ME buses all the time, so be sure to question all buses that approach even if they have the Magical Express emblem on the side (and don't assume a DCL logo'd bus is going your way - I'd hate to see you end up at the airport )

 

[LoveMickey]

Oh that would not be fun. We want to be on the cruise.

We have dinner ressie for Sanaa for the evening before the cruise.

I saw something about Medallion Rubbings. What is that?

 

[TLPL]

When we check in to our value studio last week, the CM told my DH we have access to the Club Concierge level. I wasn't there with him at that moment and he was shocked/ surprise/ too afraid to question them. Anyway, we tried our keys in the elevators and the gate by the stairs, they works!! Now has someone experienced this before? Are we experiencing a magic moment? This is our first time bringing our adopted son to WDW, but they possibly don't know that. Unless they study our record and see all the sudden we have a 7 yo with a last name that's combination of both of our last names.... Oh Anyway we are thrilled we got to enjoy the breakfast in the morning and dessert/ wine in the evening. Their wine selection are really good ( my DH saids).

 

[Patricia1]

Very cool, good for you! We've stayed numerous times and never had this offer. We have stayed concierge and loved it!

 

[twinklebug]

When we check in to our value studio last week, the CM told my DH we have access to the Club Concierge level. I wasn't there with him at that moment and he was shocked/ surprise/ too afraid to question them. Anyway, we tried our keys in the elevators and the gate by the stairs, they works!! Now has someone experienced this before? Are we experiencing a magic moment? This is our first time bringing our adopted son to WDW, but they possibly don't know that. Unless they study our record and see all the sudden we have a 7 yo with a last name that's combination of both of our last names.... Oh Anyway we are thrilled we got to enjoy the breakfast in the morning and dessert/ wine in the evening. Their wine selection are really good ( my DH saids).

Pixie dust

This may be a substitution due to unavailability of the Value room you booked, the CM at the front desk should have explained to you what happened.

You should check your point balance to make sure they didn't take extra points for the room without your authorization. If they did, go to the front desk to clarify the situation.

 

[twinklebug]

Very cool, good for you! We've stayed numerous times and never had this offer. We have stayed concierge and loved it!

Not to pick, but rather to stop any mis-information before it starts...

This was not an 'offer'. The rare occurrence that a DVC stay is moved to a more point-expensive room is due to either overbooking of rooms or a room temporarily taken out of circulation for maintenance.

It could be that someone didn't leave which caused the value studios to be overbooked.
In FL it's against the law to force anyone out of a room even when their stay is done - I've heard of this happening when the prior guest was ill and unable to fly home that day. They are charged for that room of course but the guests scheduled to get that room have to be bumped to another.

 

[LisaS]

Not to pick, but rather to stop any mis-information before it starts...

This was not an 'offer'. The rare occurrence that a DVC stay is moved to a more point-expensive room is due to either overbooking of rooms or a room temporarily taken out of circulation for maintenance.

It could be that someone didn't leave which caused the value studios to be overbooked.
In FL it's against the law to force anyone out of a room even when their stay is done - I've heard of this happening when the prior guest was ill and unable to fly home that day. They are charged for that room of course but the guests scheduled to get that room have to be bumped to another.

Maybe I misunderstood TLPL's post but I got the impression that they booked a Value room and got a Value room but were given access to the Concierge Lounge. TLPL, could you clarify? Was your room on the 5th floor along the Ostrich or Giraffe trail? Or were you assigned a room on the 6th floor near the concierge lounge?

 

[TLPL]

Maybe I misunderstood TLPL's post but I got the impression that they booked a Value room and got a Value room but were given access to the Concierge Lounge. TLPL, could you clarify? Was your room on the 5th floor along the Ostrich or Giraffe trail? Or were you assigned a room on the 6th floor near the concierge lounge?

Yes I booked a value room and assigned to a value room pool view. I am sure it is a value room. And my use year has 0 point left so they can't just charge me for a better room even if they want to.

 

[twinklebug]

Yes I booked a value room and assigned to a value room pool view. I am sure it is a value room. And my use year has 0 point left so they can't just charge me for a better room even if they want to.

Interesting. Maybe they didn't have enough folk up in Concierge to eat all the zebra domes?

Enjoy!

 

[pixie08]

This is very odd. I agree that is a deluxe studio was given, there was a substitution due to unavailability. However, if a value studio was given this makes no sense!

Either way enjoy it!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Yes I booked a value room and assigned to a value room pool view. I am sure it is a value room. And my use year has 0 point left so they can't just charge me for a better room even if they want to.

Great that you got such a terrific upgrade!

 

[N365PA]

Just checking in as a new AKV owner. We sent our check and real estate paperwork today and look forward to many stays!

 

[Patricia1]

Just checking in as a new AKV owner. We sent our check and real estate paperwork today and look forward to many stays!

You'll love it, it's a great place! congratulations!

 

[SAT887]

We just booked a stay here for September! A 1 bed standard view at Kidani, requesting a pool view. We need to be cheap on points, but even with a roadway view is there a lot of trees to still give it that great AKV feel? Regardless we will be in WDW

 

[ITGirl50]

We just booked a stay here for September! A 1 bed standard view at Kidani, requesting a pool view. We need to be cheap on points, but even with a roadway view is there a lot of trees to still give it that great AKV feel? Regardless we will be in WDW

We have stayed standard view 1-bedroom a couple of times. We request near the bus stop. That puts us near the lobby, close to the bus stop and closer to Jambo. The pool view would put you way on the other end of the resort, very far from Jambo and the bus. We don't usually bring a car, so I have no desire to walk a mile to get to my room after a long day of walking at the parks. The view really isn't that bad. The parking is under the resort, so you don't have a view of parking. You just see a field across from the resort road (not a public street).

 

[SAT887]

We have stayed standard view 1-bedroom a couple of times. We request near the bus stop. That puts us near the lobby, close to the bus stop and closer to Jambo. The pool view would put you way on the other end of the resort, very far from Jambo and the bus. We don't usually bring a car, so I have no desire to walk a mile to get to my room after a long day of walking at the parks. The view really isn't that bad. The parking is under the resort, so you don't have a view of parking. You just see a field across from the resort road (not a public street).

Thanks for the input! We will be renting a car so the walk isn't a big deal for us. We are early risers and my kids will sleep in later than us so it's good to know wherever we end up it's not of a large parking lot! How far would you say the pool is from the location you request?

 

[ITGirl50]

Thanks for the input! We will be renting a car so the walk isn't a big deal for us. We are early risers and my kids will sleep in later than us so it's good to know wherever we end up it's not of a large parking lot! How far would you say the pool is from the location you request?

It's not that bad of a walk to the pool, but if you want to use the pool a lot, you should request near the pool. We really don't use the pool because we usually travel during cooler months. The buildings for Kidani are all connected (Though I did hear, you may have to go down to the lobby to walk all the way through the buildings). There are no long walks across parking lots to get anywhere.