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

[Donald is #1]

Quick question for all you AKV lovers.

Does Kidani have the 1 bed standard view? Wasn't sure if this was just a Jambo house exclusive. Never stayed at AKV yet. Also, there are 2 bathrooms in the 1 bedroom correct?

Yes the 1 BRs at Kidani have 2 bathrooms. I don't remember the answer to your first question, sorry.

 

[Mr_Potts]

We spent July 8 to 13 in a 2 bedroom, Savannah view at Kidani and were simply blown away. Talk about wow factor! Our balcony had to be 70 feet long. There was always some activity out on the Savannah. Even when the animals were in for one or two hours we enjoyed watching how the crew cleaned up after them and tended Sunset Savannah! Cast members from places like Botswana and South Africa seemed to be everywhere, with big smiles on their faces, and a real willingness to discuss their lives back home. Don't miss the tour of the lobby and artwork--it is a great chance to appreciate what the Imagineers have assembled. We only had one issue and it was taken care of admirably. We discovered at bed time that the sofa bed would not open because someone had forced it closed, bending a rod. The night duty manager came to the room and stayed with us until the problem was fixed by two engineers with a crowbar! Afterwards the manager even insisted on making up the bed himself. To make up for our inconvenience he gave us free full housekeeping for the remainder of our stay. It was really nice to come home to a made up bed! My mother actually had tears in her eyes when we had to leave, because she had so enjoyed the animals. I wanted to cry over leaving that huge walk in shower. This 5 night visit was an incentive given at the Member Cruise last year for adding on at BLT. Maybe the fact that it was a freebie has influenced my loving it so much. But if I had it to do over I might have added on at Kidani instead. Congratulations to everyone who bought there. You will love your home.

 

[mickeysmyboy]

We spent July 8 to 13 in a 2 bedroom, Savannah view at Kidani and were simply blown away. Talk about wow factor! Our balcony had to be 70 feet long. There was always some activity out on the Savannah. Even when the animals were in for one or two hours we enjoyed watching how the crew cleaned up after them and tended Sunset Savannah! Cast members from places like Botswana and South Africa seemed to be everywhere, with big smiles on their faces, and a real willingness to discuss their lives back home. Don't miss the tour of the lobby and artwork--it is a great chance to appreciate what the Imagineers have assembled. We only had one issue and it was taken care of admirably. We discovered at bed time that the sofa bed would not open because someone had forced it closed, bending a rod. The night duty manager came to the room and stayed with us until the problem was fixed by two engineers with a crowbar! Afterwards the manager even insisted on making up the bed himself. To make up for our inconvenience he gave us free full housekeeping for the remainder of our stay. It was really nice to come home to a made up bed! My mother actually had tears in her eyes when we had to leave, because she had so enjoyed the animals. I wanted to cry over leaving that huge walk in shower. This 5 night visit was an incentive given at the Member Cruise last year for adding on at BLT. Maybe the fact that it was a freebie has influenced my loving it so much. But if I had it to do over I might have added on at Kidani instead. Congratulations to everyone who bought there. You will love your home.

WOW! Sounds like you had a wonderful time and wonderful service! I can't wait for our first trip home in January! I have this vision of myself sitting on that HUGE balcony sipping my coffee in the morning

 

[Mr_Potts]

WOW! Sounds like you had a wonderful time and wonderful service! I can't wait for our first trip home in January! I have this vision of myself sitting on that HUGE balcony sipping my coffee in the morning

Not only will you be sipping your coffee there in the morning, you will be out there in the middle of the night too. The animals sleep right outside your room. Silly me--the first night I thought they were cardboard cutouts at first because they are so still at night! The zebra liked to sleep right near our balcony. Have a great first trip home!

 

[KPH500]

Not only will you be sipping your coffee there in the morning, you will be out there in the middle of the night too. The animals sleep right outside your room. Silly me--the first night I thought they were cardboard cutouts at first because they are so still at night! The zebra liked to sleep right near our balcony. Have a great first trip home!

Seriously? I didn't know that! I really can't wait to go now!!

 

[MamaCrush]

Not only will you be sipping your coffee there in the morning, you will be out there in the middle of the night too. The animals sleep right outside your room. Silly me--the first night I thought they were cardboard cutouts at first because they are so still at night! The zebra liked to sleep right near our balcony. Have a great first trip home!

Wow! So cool... What section of Kidani were you in and which floor? DH and I are going right before Labor Day and staying in a SV Studio. I'm not sure which area to request yet, and this sounds like fun!

 

[Paulieuk1969]

Quick question for all you AKV lovers.

Does Kidani have the 1 bed standard view? Wasn't sure if this was just a Jambo house exclusive. Never stayed at AKV yet.

Kidani has standard view studio, 1 bedroom & 2 bedroom villas. Standard view at Kidani can either look out on the pool, garden or car park.

Concierge and Value villas are exclusive to Jambo house.

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Not only will you be sipping your coffee there in the morning, you will be out there in the middle of the night too. The animals sleep right outside your room. Silly me--the first night I thought they were cardboard cutouts at first because they are so still at night! The zebra liked to sleep right near our balcony. Have a great first trip home!

WOW! Now I'll never sleep!

 

[Mr_Potts]

Wow! So cool... What section of Kidani were you in and which floor? DH and I are going right before Labor Day and staying in a SV Studio. I'm not sure which area to request yet, and this sounds like fun!

We were on the third floor, three beads to the right (as you face the Savannah) away from the lobby. I think the lower floors are best for that feeling of closeness to the Savannah. Another reason I loved this section was that the elevator by our room took us right down to the Timon parking garage, from which we could easily get right to the bus stop. This was great late at night: straight from the bus to our elevator in a couple of seconds! You will see the animals from whatever section you are in; other than some of the big cattle all the animals move around quite a bit. But whenever the giraffes are around you know it from the excitement on the balconies! Have a great trip home!

 

[pinnocchiosdad]

I am trying to get an AKV owners action commitee started. If anyone has any concerns that they would like addressed with management about either KV or JH, please post on my new forum. Thank you.

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2239149

 

[pinnocchiosdad]

i am trying to get an akv owners action commitee started. If anyone has any concerns that they would like addressed with management about either kv or jh, please post on my new forum. Thank you.

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2239149

sorry folks, but the moderators have closed my thread.

 

[twinklebug]

Just want to say we got back from a 4 night stay at Kidani (studio-savanna view) this week and loved every moment if it!

The resort is beautiful in every way. We saw them adding 10 new palms and bamboo to the savanna and had some laughs as the giraffes attempted to storm the new folliage as the workmen took their lunch break and left just 3 keepers to fight off them with a small pickup, a golf cart and a small green cart. Got some great video of it & a zebra helped to push off the giraffes after he was told a stern NO!

BTW - the "small" lobby is just perfect for a DVC building... there are so many other rooms and balconies added on it's very large and homey.

 

[RLRDA]

Putting the finishing touches on packing - leaving tomorrow A.M. for our 2nd trip to AKV and 1st time trying concierge! It'll be great to see Kidani this time around

 

[Donald is #1]

Putting the finishing touches on packing - leaving tomorrow A.M. for our 2nd trip to AKV and 1st time trying concierge! It'll be great to see Kidani this time around

Have a great time!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Has anyone used the sleeper chair in Kidani? Are they as comfortable as the sleeper sofas?

 

[Donald is #1]

Has anyone used the sleeper chair in Kidani? Are they as comfortable as the sleeper sofas?

My niece used it during our trip last fall and liked it.

 

[zumbergc]

anyone hear when the pembe savannah is going to be open? Just wondering, we are going to be around labor day weekend, and was wondering if it warrented a trip to check it out?

Otherwise i suspect we will wait until dec when we stay at kidani.

TIA

 

[Donald is #1]

anyone hear when the pembe savannah is going to be open? Just wondering, we are going to be around labor day weekend, and was wondering if it warrented a trip to check it out?

Otherwise i suspect we will wait until dec when we stay at kidani.

TIA

I haven't seen anything posted except for "September". So maybe you will be in luck.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

My niece used it during our trip last fall and liked it.

Thanks!

 

[huey578]

Just wondering if phase 2 at Kidani has officially opened?