Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas Fact Sheet
INTRODUCTION
The Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas will open in 3 stages. To provide quicker access to Disney Vacation Club (DVC) villa accommodations, a number of existing rooms in the Animal Kingdom Lodge were closed and were extensively renovated. The existing Lodge is called Jambo House.
In addition, a brand Disney Vacation Club area is being built called the Kidani Village. This complex will be anchored by a building consisting of studio, one, two and grand villas; a barbeque pavilion, basketball and shuffleboard courts, community hall, gift shop, fitness center, arcade, pool, tennis courts and special kids play area, Uwanja Camp as well as two new eateries — the full service Sana (serving breakfast and dinner) and the pool bar, Marji.
The Disney Vacation Club Kidani Village will share an expanded Sunset Savanna with the Jambo House and will also have it's own Savanna called Pembe.
JAMBO HOUSE VILLAS
The first Disney Vacation Club rooms opened on July 1, 2007. Live Report I — Live Report II
There are 4 types of rooms in the Jambo House: Value, Standard, Savannah and Concierge.
Value rooms are smaller accommodations than one would normally expect at a Disney Vacation Club resort. As an example, the value studio is 316 sq.ft. while the standard studio is 365 sq.ft. The value rooms are being converted from the former "standard rooms" of the AKL (think floors 1-4). There are also some value 2-bedroom villas. About half of the value rooms will have a savanna view.
The "standard" studios are being built in rooms that are part of the "deluxe" category for the lodge, hence the larger size (think floors 5-6). Standard villa views may be of the pool, garden or parking lot.
Approximately 80% of all rooms will have a Savanna View.
Concierge rooms will have access to full Kilimanjaro Club concierge services and amenities. Not all concierge villas have a savanna view. This is the first time a Disney Vacation Club property has offered concierge service.
A total of 216 "keys" make up the combination of studio, one and two bedroom as well as grand villas in the Jambo House. That equates to approximately 109 villas in the exisiting buidling.
Studio Accommodations:
Sleeps 4, queen size bed and full size sofa bed. Flat panel TV and DVD. Wet bar, small refrigerator, microwave and coffee maker, private balcony.
One Bedroom Villas
Value One-bedrooms (629 sqft) sleep 4 persons, all other categies sleep 5. There is no sleeper chair in the Value category. The Master Bedroom has a king size bed, master bathroom with whirlpool tub. There is a queen size sofa bed in living room. Flat panel TV and DVD player in living room, flat panel TV in master bedroom. Full kitchen facilities. Laundry area with stackable washer and dryer. Private balcony. Non-value one bedroom villa is 710 sqft.
Two-bedroom Villas
5 of these rooms are in the value category (945 sqft). Sleeps up to nine. Master bedroom suite with king size bed. Flat panel TV and DVD player in living room, flat panel TV in master bedroom. Full kitchen facilities. Laundry area with stackable washer and dryer. Private balcony. Non-value two bedrooms are 1.075 sq ft.
Grand Villas – one story – all have Savanna view. Sleeps up to 12 persons.
The rooms in the Jambo building were completed by January 29, 2008.
KIDANI VILLAGE
In addition to the differences stated above:
There are no Value or Concierge villas in the Kidani Village.
One bedroom and two bedroom villas will have an additional bathroom off the living room.
The Grand Villas will be 2 levels. There will be 16 Grand Villas.
Kidani Village villas are larger than those in the Jambo House except for the Grand Villas. Estimated size of Kidani villas: Studios 366 sqft; One-bedroom 807 sqft; Two-bedroom 1,173 sqft;Grand Vvillas 2,201 sqft.
New amenities include:
Sanaa – 120 seat table service restarant with a 24 seat lounge. Breakfast and dinner will be offered. Sana means "work of art".
Maji Pool Bar – may also include lunch items. Maji means "water".
Samawati Springs Pool – 4,700 square feet with slide and 2 whirlpool spas
Uwanja Camp – 4,200 sq ft interactive water play area for children to teens.
Barbeque Pavillion
Basketball and Shuffleboard Couts
Community Hall
Johari Treasures
Survival of the Fittest Fitness Center
Safari So Good Arcade
Tennis Court
Other notes about the Kidani Village:
Kidani Village Villas will have their own check-in area, bus stop and parking. The parking for Kidani Village will be underneath the resort.
Kidani Village will officially open on May 1, 2009. At that time, about half of the villas and all of the resort amenities are expected to be completed. The remaining villas will open in the Fall of 2009.
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