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

[wideeyes]

Hi all. I own at AKV, I brought in September while at WDW.

I have booked my first stay there for October staying in a Savanah View studio at Kidani, really looking forward to staying there.

 

[karmakimmie]

Hi all. I own at AKV, I brought in September while at WDW.

I have booked my first stay there for October staying in a Savanah View studio at Kidani, really looking forward to staying there.

hi Claire! I just booked my first stay at AKV for September at Jambo House, and like you, I can't wait! It will be my first DVC trip and I'm not sure how I'll wait that long

 

[wideeyes]

hi Claire! I just booked my first stay at AKV for September at Jambo House, and like you, I can't wait! It will be my first DVC trip and I'm not sure how I'll wait that long

Hi, It is exciting isn't it? My DD who is 7 loves Animals so I know she is going to love it. I can't wait to see what the new pool is like.

We are having our first DVC stay in May at BCV for the flower festival,as my DD also loves flowers and gardening, anything to do with nature really.

Enjoy planning your trip

 

[wideeyes]

Just booked a value 1 bed for some of our trip, they look lovely so really wanted to try one out. So we are doing 8 nights in a studio SV then 4 nights in a value 1 bed, 3 night DCL and 3 nights value 1 bed again. I can't wait now.

 

[Cinderella1122]

I can't wait to book my first stay at AKV as a member! We are looking at 6 nights in a savanna view studio during christmas week


My first stay as a DVC member is in 13 days! I am spending 2 nights at VWL.

 

[Slowbee]

We bought last year and have had 2 stays on our points with our 3rd coming up in 3 weeks.. we love it..

 

[stacikristine]

I've loved reading all of the threads! I'm getting married in 25 days and we've already reserved a studio room at AKV for Sept! Can't wait!

 

[marvali]

We arrive at WDW in exactly five weeks for our first stay at our home resort of AKV. We have been looking forward to it ever since we visited there and ate at Boma on our vacation last summer.

We know the crowds will be huge around New Year's, but we can't wait to experience the holiday season and all the decorations and "magical" atmosphere for the first time.

 

[experiment818]

We are leaving in 9 days for our first trip home to AKV.
We can't wait. We are staying in a 1BR Sav view.
It will be DW, myself and my father. It will be my father's first time going to WDW.

 

[Donald is #1]

We are leaving in 9 days for our first trip home to AKV.
We can't wait. We are staying in a 1BR Sav view.
It will be DW, myself and my father. It will be my father's first time going to WDW.

Have an awesome trip!

 

[blossomz]

Hi all..
I am planning a stay this summer and was trying for a kidani room to see what it is like. We are waitlisted at Jambo..which is fine..I really like it at the main lodge. However..my uncle and his wife and son travel with us and are also members. So they are also waitlisted...I called MS and they put in a note about trying to keep us together..but the bigger concern is if one of us gets Kidani and the other gets Jambo. If a waitlist comes through it automatically cancels the original reservation. So I called the dvc member satisfaction team. There is NO transportation between the 2 resorts at this time..which makes no sense to me! They said they are waiting to hear from members if that is something we want. It is a half mile trek between the 2 if you want to check out the restaurant or go to the new pool. If you all wouldn't mind making a comment to DVC that there clearly needs to be some type of transportation available for DVC members between the 2 so that we can use the amenities at both as promised I would really appreciate it. They did say the more they here from members the better. Thanks...

 

[draw]

It would be a very long walk in a wet bathing suit.

 

[twinklebug]

... There is NO transportation between the 2 resorts at this time..which makes no sense to me! They said they are waiting to hear from members if that is something we want.

Well, there will be some sort of transportation in at least one direction as the park buses will pick up/drop off at both buildings. (BTW - I consider both the Kidani and Jumbo buildings to be the same resort, just separated physically and with separate check in counters to make it a bit easier - please inform me if I am wrong in this regards)

It is a half mile trek between the 2 if you want to check out the restaurant or go to the new pool.

We trek much farther in the parks. 1/2 mile won't kill anyone I know. I hope they do a nice job of creating a landscaped walkway to get from one building to the other though. Walking along the parking lots would detract from the AKV experience.

 

[blossomz]

What MS told me is that they are actually being considered as 2 separate resorts at this time. The buses will run separately, not necessarily stopping first at one building and then the next. I know when I purchased they said that it would be one resort and that guests will be able to access all of the amenities at both...

 

[minnie2]

? how fast are the rooms for Kidini booking up?
We just got back from 7 days at WDW on developer points and DH is Disney fried. Of course me and the kids could have stayed many more days!
Well today is the day I need to book for next yr and DH is being stingy with the points! I want to stay Monday through Friday night and he wants to leave Thursday night. He wants to bank points. With my plan we still back some but not as much as he wants. I am hoping in a few months he comes around once the past trip is a memory.

Now part of me wants to just book my extra day and we can change it if need be but knowing my DH I best not do that. So how hard do you think it will be to add an extra day on in a few months and still get a 1 bedroom with a SV?

 

[Glendamax]

Here are 2 video clips from my trip report, of the one bedroom.

 

[experiment818]

Here are 2 video clips from my trip report, of the one bedroom.

Thanks for the videos. Those are great.
We will be arriving on Dec. 7th and we are staying in a 1 BR, so this was great to get of idea of what the room will look like.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Glenda...enjoyed your videos. We also taped our 1 bedroom in August. My videos are pretty similar to yours so won't post them so as not to bore anyone.

But I thought your pool view was really pretty. Your comments about "embarrassing things" being out for the video was too funny. Gotta love not having daily mousekeeping for reasons such as that

 

[minnie2]

thanks for the videos! They got me so excited for our stay next Nov!

 

[Marc A.]

Are the coffee makers in the villas normal coffee makers or are they like the ones in regular disney rooms???
Anyone have sample fax request letters they have used for AKV's???
thanks