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[RickNJane]

What’s the best thing about being a DVC owner at AKV?

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[muppets3d]

I know the club rooms are hard to get but staying club level is the best part of owning at AKV. All the other great parts of the resort don't require ownership of AKV points. You can easily spend SSR points at AKV for example. It's fairly easy to get at 7 months.

 

[sndral]

What’s the best thing about being a DVC owner at AKV?

& Boma .

 

[MattB2G]

We love the pool at Jambo, which is one of the bigger and deeper ones on Disney Properties. It is also pretty quite most of the time...... comparably.

 

[IsDVCForMe?]

We love the pool at Jambo, which is one of the bigger and deeper ones on Disney Properties. It is also pretty quit most of the time...... comparably.

Your 2nd part is a good one. We stayed at AKL a few months ago and it was great. Super quiet.

Before we went to WDW though, we kept hearing about how POFQ was so quiet and calm. Took a bus to HS and then over to POFQ for beignets. The resort was NOT quiet or calm. The complete opposite of AKL.

 

[muppets3d]

Your 2nd part is a good one. We stayed at AKL a few months ago and it was great. Super quiet.

Before we went to WDW though, we kept hearing about how POFQ was so quiet and calm. Took a bus to HS and then over to POFQ for beignets. The resort was NOT quiet or calm. The complete opposite of AKL.

Well the lobby of POFQ can be happening but the resort property as a whole is rather serene.

 

[IsDVCForMe?]

Well the lobby of POFQ can be happening but the resort property as a whole is rather serene.

We went out to the playground and checked out the pool area. That was rowdy!

 

[aka Charles]

Cool! Thanks for the info! That works out fine then because it means that we will not have to worry about potentially being displaced and we already know what to expect. I was a little worried that we would have the club level booked and then get bumped out because the room would get taken offline for refurbishment. That is how my luck usually runs.

If you have club level booked, you should not have to worry about getting bumped.
We were booked in a CL studio a couple years ago and they had a maintenance issue with a couple of the sixth floor CL rooms.
They gave us a Savanna View studio on the fifth floor and linked full Club Level access for us to use the CL lounge anytime we wanted.
It was one of the best stays we have had.
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[TexasErin]

If you have club level booked, you should not have to worry about getting bumped.
We were booked in a CL studio a couple years ago and they had a maintenance issue with a couple of the sixth floor CL rooms.
They gave us a Savanna View studio on the fifth floor and linked full Club Level access for us to use the CL lounge anytime we wanted.
It was one of the best stays we have had.
.

We have had the same thing happen. It made grabbing a snack very inconvenient. We didn't want to use one set of elevators to go down from our room to the lobby....walk across the lobby.....take another set of elevators up to the lounge. We did not avail ourselves of the free drinks/quick breakfast/snacks nearly as much as we would have. We have been fortunate to stay club level a handful of times. If we are ever bumped to an area across Jambo, we will ask for points back, which we should have done.

 

[intamin]

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I think you forgot animals but otherwise decent list

 

[Elephantay]

From what members here have discovered, it seems like the Club level rooms are being refurbished all at once in December 2026 (and it seems like the Value rooms are all being refurbished at once in late January 2027) - so your room will not be refurbished.

I hadn’t heard these details, thanks for posting. Wondering if I should continue stalking looking for studios or a two bedroom in September…?

 

[jayt684]

Hey folks! In case a fellow owner would be interested in a Jambo Value Studio stay for Thanksgiving 2026:

While preparing for our 11-month booking window for our December 2026 trip earlier this year, we lucked into a 4-night Jambo Value Studio reservation for Thanksgiving 2026 that someone else released. After further thought and planning, we’ve decided to keep our December plans and cancel the Thanksgiving booking.

Given how difficult it is to reserve a Value Studio, I’d prefer that an AKL owner have an opportunity to book it for their family trip instead of it falling into a reseller’s hands.

If interested, please message me - happy to coordinate a time to release it to maximize your chance at getting it!

Jambo Value Studio:
Check-in: 11/25/2026 (Wednesday)
Check-out: 11/29/2026 (Sunday)