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The schedule changes, so check with the front desk. Refillable Mugs Allows guest self-service soft drink refills from quick-service locations in hotels (NOT in theme parks) for $21.99 for the length of stay. Victoria Falls Lounge Victoria Falls is the lounge located in Animal Kingdom Lodge’s Jambo House (the original, and still primary, building) and it is a lounge that we are slightly conflicted about.
Deluxe Studios with Club Level Services
Alternatively, Mears Transportation operates shuttle services between the Disney hotels and other theme parks. In addition to standard/villa room sizes, Jambo House also offers 1-Bedroom, 2-Bedroom, and 3-Bedroom Grand Villas. Additionally, there are multiple classes of rooms within each size, most notably the savanna view and Kilimanjaro Club. Animal Kingdom Jambo House is a Disney Vacation Club point penny pincher’s dream. At the value room’s low of 8 points per night, this is one of the best DVC bang-for-your-buck rooms you can find. AKV Jambo House is also a DVC point big-spenders dream if you want to go for that club-level concierge experience.
Complete Guide to Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House (w/review)
This worked out well for us since it gave the room 2 entrances. Disney recommends a third party company, Kid's Nite Out, to provide babysitting services at the resort hotels. See our Disney World Child Care page for more information. Park tickets are best purchased online in advance either directly through Disney or via our Least Expensive Ticket Calculator.
Savanna View - Club Level Access
Disney's bus service is free but slow, and will probably require you to use an intermediate destination like Disney Springs, to get to your destination. And that can take a couple of hours each way if you're unluckly. Disney hotels have gifts shops near their lobbies with a decent collection of Disney-branded souvenirs. You will also find basic pharmacy items such as sunscreen, aspirin, allergy and cold medicine, baby diapers and formula, shampoo, and the like. Resort hotels with Deluxe Villa rooms offer an assortment of groceries, as well. We had a savannah view on the Zebra Trail side instead of the Arusha Savannah.
Studio - Value
The significance of this savanna really cannot be over-emphasized. This looks like an African savanna, complete with 30 different species of animals. To have this at a hotel in Florida is pretty mind-blowing. (No one? Just me? Okay, moving on…) Returning back, the savanna was totally dark, but it was still peaceful to go out on our balcony and sit and relax. As we indicated in our Wilderness Lodge v. Animal Kingdom Lodge post, Jambo House is actually closer to every park than Wilderness Lodge, aside from Magic Kingdom. The same would hold true between Jambo House and any monorail loop resort and while I’m not going to run the numbers on every hotel, I’m betting it’s also true of a few others.
Rejuvenate both body and spirit in luxurious surroundings while sharing the grandeur of the African wilderness. I love the textured features throughout the room, it’s above and beyond what most Disney World (or any other) hotels offer. We ended up in a 2-bedroom villa at Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo House during our June trip with my family. There were 7 adults and 1 kid in our party and we ended up using DVC points to get our room. The room was a 2-bedroom lock-off meaning that this is a studio room joined with a 1-bedroom villa.
Simply touch the Mickey symbol on your MagicBand to the RFID reader near your room door to gain entry. Read about using MagicBands for park admission, FastPass+ and more. Next to Animal Kingdom Lodge is Kidani Village (opened May 1, 2009), a Disney Vacation Club Resort. It shares the Sunset Savanna with Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House and has its own savanna (opened fall 2009) called Pembe.
Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo House Review
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This is an excellent restaurant — and is very underrated — therefore it’s usually easy to snag a reservation. The Resort’s Quick Service restaurant, Mara is open morning to night and offers great food and poolside dining. Thanks at least in part to this, Animal Kingdom Lodge has developed a reputation as the hotel at which you stay when you want a Walt Disney World trip that emphasizes the resort rather than the parks. It’s a lot like Aulani (Disney’s Resort in Hawaii) in that regard, as a destination unto itself with so much to see and do that you won’t feel you’re missing anything by staying in the resort.
One Bedroom Villas:
It’s unrivaled thematically, offers a treasure trove of details to explore, the most well-rounded dining options of any hotel, and is priced below most other Deluxes. Even before considering the savanna, it’s competitive for best overall resort at Walt Disney World. Only weak transportation options give us any pause about recommending it. Even with that, we are pretty comfortable saying that this is the objectively-best hotel at Walt Disney World.
There is a huge picture window at the far end of the lobby that looks out over 30 acres of land. From here, you can walk out onto an elevated viewing area called Arusha Rock and enjoy the roaming animals. Animal Kingdom Lodge comprises two unique areas, Jambo House and Kidani Village.
Instead of booking through Disney, I’d recommend looking into renting DVC points from a number of sites for the cheapest price possible. Disney provides free bus service to all theme parks, water parks, and Disney Springs. It's almost always faster to drive your car if you have one, except to the Magic Kingdom. Disney resort guests get into each theme park 30 minutes earlier than off-site guests, every day. Complimentary standard self-parking is available for non-resort guests exploring dining, shopping, entertainment, and other experiences during the day. Kidani Village offers an array of recreational activities and facilities, including Samawati Springs, the resort’s feature pool and two spas, and Uwanja Camp, a uniquely themed wet activity playground.
Jambo House is inspired by the traditional “kraal,” which is a horseshoe-curved design that offers views savannas where over 30 species of African wildlife can be seen. There’s also African-themed dining, fun pool areas, a range of room selections, including spacious studios and multi-bedroom villas. Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo House is a Walt Disney World deluxe resort inspired by Asian and African culture, as well as its theme park namesake. Jambo House, as opposed to Kidani Village, is the section of Animal Kingdom Lodge with the main lobby and a few more amentires. This review will take a detailed look at the hotel’s 2-bedroom villa specifically, including our thoughts and photos of the room. The Animal Kingdom Jambo House value rooms and club-level concierge rooms are some of the hardest to get in all of Disney Vacation Club because there are so few of them.
The couch is another pull-out and the chair turns into a twin size bed. The room felt spacious and was a great place to sit and relax at the end of the night. You can walk between the Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House and Kidani Village. For all other resort destinations, the fastest option is an Uber, Lyft, or taxi.
Considering the room and excellent experience at Animal Kingdom Lodge, I’d recommend staying there with a large group. Of course, there are cheaper places to stay and splitting the group up into rooms may end up being more cost effective. But if you want to stay all together and on-site then the 2-bedroom villa at Jambo House is a fantastic choice. Since I’ve already reviewed Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo House as a whole, I’m not going to dive deep into the hotel today.
The studio rooms at AKV Jambo House offer you a conventional DVC studio room with a queen bed and a sofa bed. The 1-bedroom DVC room offers a queen bed and a sofa bed and has the unusual perk of a bathroom that’s exterior to the bedroom. If you’re sharing your DVC room with others, not having to pass through the master bedroom to get to the bathroom is a rare treat.
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