mshanson3121
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Where are these located - Jambo or Kidani? What is the difference between the two places? Can you still use all the same pools etc?
Value studios are very limited in number and extremely hard for owners to book. The chances of renting one are very small.Where are these located - Jambo or Kidani? What is the difference between the two places? Can you still use all the same pools etc?
Unless things have changed the park buses stop first at Kidani then pick up at Jambo. The DS buses stop first at Jambo then pick up at Kidani. The shuttle you mention is so convenient, it drops off/picks up right by the lobbies (ask bell services if you don’t know where to wait) & runs between the two resorts constantly,…
Guests traveling from Kidani to Jambo can also hop on any bus since they share bus service and Kidani is always the first to be picked up. There is also a walking pathway between the two.
I know this feeling but I respond opposite where I feel like I don’t want to pay for savannah view when I have chance to get it for free on value lol. I’m actually more likely to upgrade to savannah if I can’t get value since the odds for free savannah view seem much higher for value vs standard lol.We stayed in a value 1-bedroom last spring break. We were lucky enough to get one of the "Savannah" view ones. We did value because at the time we needed the low points option. I don't think I would ever do a value again for this reason. I go to AKL to see the animals off my balcony.....I do not want the risk of staring at a parking lot for a week. It was stressful the whole time before the trip trying to figure out the likelihood of us getting a parking lot view. It worked out and we were blessed but I would have been very sad if it hadn't. Other resorts have standard views and to me it's fine and worth the points savings but with AKL....I gotta have my savannah!
I know this feeling but I respond opposite where I feel like I don’t want to pay for savannah view when I have chance to get it for free on value lol. I’m actually more likely to upgrade to savannah if I can’t get value since the odds for free savannah view seem much higher for value vs standard lol.
This is good to know, I’ve always did math on total including kidani but never checked math in jambo specific or thought through requests that could help. How does the partial view here compare to view from value rooms that have savanah?Chances of getting a standard view that has savanna view are actually higher than getting savanna view with a value room. 40% of the value rooms have savanna view and you cannot request location so it is luck-of-the-draw.
A little more than 50% of the standard view rooms at Jambo have savanna view (the rest are pool view). Moreover, if, when reserving a standard view room, you make a request for a room along Kudo Trail (the left side of the Jambo building) and succeed in getting that request, your room will have savanna view because all standards on that side of the building have savanna view.
We were at Victoria falls last week and as we came out the resort shuttle was loading.During normal times, there is a bus that runs continuously during the day and evening between the two front entrances. Do not know if that is running again yet, although it should be since buildings are now fully open again.
We’ve tried five times to get a value and only got one once.