TheMouseForLess Resort Reviews

TheMouseForLess members review Walt Disney World resorts.

Animal Kingdom Lodge
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WDW Website: Animal Kingdom Lodge

Submitted By: Judy Yeddo

Name Of Resort: Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House – Studio with Savanna View

Date Of Stay: 8/29/09 – 9/6/09

Type Of Resort: Disney Deluxe - DVC

Rate Paid During Your Stay: Stayed using DVC points.

Room Sleeps: 4

Please Rate The Following On A Scale From 1-10 (10 being the best):

Theming: 10
Room Size: 10
Amenities: 8 (only because we really did not like the food selection at the food court)
Quality: 10
Cleanliness: 10
Transportation: 10
Recreation: 10
Value: 10

Over All Rating: 10

Don't Miss: Night vision goggles for the sunrise.

Room Location Suggestion: After I booked this, I realized that I would want to be close by to a laundry facility since we were staying in a studio and would not have a washer or dryer in the room. So I requested a room close the laundry, and not too far from a smoking location. We were just a few rooms down from the laundry room, which was great, so I did not have to lug the bag to far, although there are only two washers and four dryers. So this meant some waiting for one to become available. We are staying at Kidani in February of 2010 and I hope the laundry facilities are larger over there. May put in a similar request. We had animals outside our room at all hours of the day and it varied which was nice. We saw giraffes quite a few times and they often who nap at night not too far from our room and the last night there was one pretty much right next to our room sleeping. DD really enjoyed having the animals outside the room, and I would not hesitate to get a room with this view again if I had the points. It was nice to have the animals outside the room for me as well on the mornings that DD did not want to get out of bed. Gave me something to do besides watch tv. Unfortunately the best photos I took of the savanna were also the ones that some how never made it on to my computer :o(

The Mouse For Less Tip: To save money, I would either stay at this resort with your own DVC points or rent them from another member, even if it meant passing up free dining, the money you would save on the room would outweigh and savings of the dining plan. Also, staying on points, it was not that many more points for the savanna and to me it was worth the extra points, because even when there were only a few animals on the savanna the view of the savanna itself is amazing.

Submitted By: Cyndi Lee (36)along with the I pretend I dont like Disney world but secretly I do Husband(45) and my two children DD 14 and DS 11

Name Of Resort: Animal Kingdom Lodge

Date Of Stay: October 19th - 26th, 2008

Type Of Resort: Disney Deluxe

Rate Paid During Your Stay: 89.00 a night I believe.

Room Sleeps: 4

Please Rate The Following On A Scale From 1-10 (10 being the best):

Theming: 10
Room Size: 9
Amenities: 10
Quality: 10
Cleanliness: 10
Transportation: N/A drove from ILL
Recreation: 10
Value: 10

Over All Rating: 10

Don't Miss: EVERYTHING- but on the back side of the pool one afternoon we found Flamingo's being feed and the caregiver was very knowlegable about them and what they eat, something fun I just happened to run into while walking around the pool area.

Room Location Suggestion: Well a Savanna room for sure, otherwise I would have to say its just not worth it to spend the money to stay in a Value room, I would hate to spend so much money to look at the parking lot when you know there are such wonderful views of the animals.

With that said your room location can be a hike. what seemed like a 5 minute walk just from the lobby to our room and then add that on just to get something from the counter service, that unless has another magical way in, you have to go down the stairs outside and all the way around to get to. however I just didnt mind!!

The Mouse For Less Tip: There is so much to see, I would like to add that my kids were dissappointed that they didnt not server scoopable Ice cream like they do at POR RS & FQ. This may be because you can get banana splits and the like from the room service menu. They do however have wrapped ice cream like mickey ears and bars.

Submitted By: Leah Durgin

Name Of Resort: Animal Kingdom Lodge

Date Of Stay: 06/06/08 - 06/11/08

Type Of Resort: Disney Deluxe

Rate Paid During Your Stay: $179.00/night with Annual Passholder Discount.

Room Sleeps: 4

Please Rate The Following On A Scale From 1-10 (10 being the best):

Theming: 10 (our room had a view of the animals)
Room Size: 8
Amenities: 7
Quality: 7
Cleanliness: 7
Transportation: NA - We rented a car.
Recreation: 6
Value: 8 (with the discount - I would not pay full price to stay at AKL)

Over All Rating: 7

Don't Miss: The artifacts on every floor of the hotel.

Room Location Suggestion: We stayed in a room that took us approximately 8 minutes to reach from the lobby of the hotel. Although seeing the animals outside our door every day was great, the walk to and from the room was horrible.

The Mouse For Less Tip: When staying at AKL, ask for a room close to the front of the hotel. You can always walk the different floors and see many animals through the large windows along the way if you choose to.

Comments: Although AKL was a nice hotel and my daughter was thrilled to see giraffes every time we were in the room, we would not stay there again. It's too far from the parks (even when renting a car) and the hotel is very spread out. We also didn't find the pool area to be big enough for the amount of guests at the hotel.

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