DVC Resort Spotlight Series! Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge & Kidani Village

[@LARKXHIN]

It's always amazing to hear that Pete's been covering this for almost as long as I've been alive. He's an inspiration!

[@bettyannerisley943]

We stayed on the Savanna 3floor. It was absolutely awesome and beautiful.Every morning having coffee is just the best ever.🦒🦓

[@gillianessien7417]

I love Pete’s jewellery 😍

[@tutuluvsminnie7129]

i love the parking garage area under Kidani building. It is nice to park in the shade and choose to take the elevator closest to your car

[@rpmartin93]

After watching these podcasts for a very long time we finally rented points from the fore mentioned rental store last February and stayed at Jambo house for a week. We absolutely fell in love with the resort and we have a second trip coming up in January with our grandkids. We are not quite ready to purchase yet but have rented another week of points. I tried to encourage the wife to maybe try another resort like boardwalk but she shot that idea down quickly. The first time we rented a standard view but it was one of those standards that really are savanna view. This time my wife said rent the savanna view and take no chances.

[@castlecircle7612]

Staying at AK over Christmas and New Years, it is one of my home resorts. I have enjoyed every stay here. It is Art, the entire resort is Art. The Breakfast Buffet is AMAZING, be prepared to try foods you never have before. I am looking forward to going Home for the Holidays.

[@matthewnelson5699]

Staying for first time in early Feb. Hoping our Savannah room is worth it for those 3 nights.

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

hope is not a plan …… find a site that tracks the different room views and request a specific room.

[@Carynhaywood]

Savanna view is worth it even for one night!

[@Science_Labs_]

It really is, but make sure you take your time and enjoy your balcony. We brought our breakfast back to the room from the Mara and ate on the balcony every morning. Even on park days, we slow rolled the morning to enjoy the balcony view. Any time we were “in the room” we were on the balcony.

[@niki3701]

It is 100 percent worth it!!!! Be sure to take the time to bring a cup of coffee to your balcony and just take it in.

[@Itsrichardash]

This video sealed the deal for me. I just signed the paperwork today for a 50-point contract at AKL. I'm so excited!!

[@dee_mcgee11]

DH and I are amoung the countless DVC members who booked AKV as their Welcome Home stay.

[@stevenweatherman7325]

Thank you for the conversation about my favorite resort. I've stayed at several resorts, but I keep coming back to Jambo House. This is where I will stay when I return to celebrate Chapek's firing.

[@WilsonFlyer]

And the resort management team are top-drawer! The best on property.

[@ginafriebel2568]

We stayed at a three bedroom villa at the main lodge and it was so ruin down. The cast member said they have been updated rooms but have not done this one yet. I guess it was just bad timing.

[@jackylsmith8138]

Kidani has some long hallways if you get a room towards the end. Which means long walk to busses and back at the end of the day.

[@InMyCruisingEra]

Staying at AKL next month before my Merrytime Wish sailing!

[@gdilla4452]

Love this Hotel,when My wife and I joined DVC this was the one resort I wanted but we chose the Rivera because it’s the newest and gives us more years

[@julesT246]

This show reallllllllly makes me want to go to my home resort. Love AKL!

[@mise7372]

don't forget the gift shop at Jambo

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

love the AKL. just spent 3 nights in a great savannah view but officially a non savannah view room.

[@rolfe195]

I love the size of the rooms, but with heavy furnishings the rooms tend to seem dark.

[@jeremyclark12]

I’ve been in withdrawal without y’all!!

[@bobbafett1971]

Good luck at 11 month..always tough for value. I've tried since 2008. Tough to get.

[@bucketfootbaseball]

We bought at VGF earlier this year (location, location, location), but definitely want to do a split stay that includes AKL in the future.

[@BobDoesReviews]

animal kingdom lodge is a destination like Amy said. Ever since i was a kid, my parents and I always took a day to visit the resorts. AKL is a copycat of Wilderness Lodge (a bit) but is epic. Good food. Beautiful lobby. Fun shop.

[@mise7372]

be there in a few weeks again!

[@michellejirousek977]

I chose AKL as my home resort and love it. I really enjoyed Kidani, the pool and splash pad area is awesome. It was especially fun for my wheelchair dependent guest who especially loved the splash pad!!!!! It's a great choice if you're travelling with kids or just adults.

[@michellebrill5328]

We just closed on AKL and I can’t wait for our points to be loaded. My whole family is excited to stay there.

[@richards1243]

Love AKL but rooms are a bit outdated at least for the studios and 1 bedroom.

[@JustKev57]

Kidani Village is a Home Resort for us. We Love the atmosphere (and the Parking) BUT We just stayed there Nov. 4th and 5th and the Pool Bar at Kidani is GARBAGE! We sat at the bar and there were like 6 cast members working, one said to us "Are you ordering drinks? because I take care of food only" I said well send someone over to take our drink order, CM replied "You'll have to move to there side" WHAT?! I got up, walked to the other side and said we are seated on that side can you take our drink order, 2nd CM came over to where we were. Then I asked about food options, Chips, Hot Dogs or Pretzels. I ordered 2 pretzels (Mickey no longer available) and Drink CM told Food CM the order (RIDICULOUS!!) Then the pretzels were taken out of the spinning warmer, sprayed with water and salt applied and pretzels were stale. I'm thinking to myself am I in the Twilight Zone? That outdoor Service is an Absolute Farce. Beautiful Resort, horrible Pool Side Bar / Snack Service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #NOMOREMAGIC

[@ashleyfisher154]

Joe Rhode ! He needs to come back !!!

[@doc_mario]

Walking path is a great idea UNTIL you realize that AK is not as close as you might think.

[@SpencersVentures]

Love AKL so much! Everything there is top notch! Everyone needs to experience the "Boma coma" LOL The attention to detail is everything at AKL. Maybe Joe Rhode will come out of retirement. Every thing he touches turns to gold!

[@BobDoesReviews]

Best way to start my week

[@bridgettturner7787]

Pete, let’s see some different nail colors. Your shirts are beautiful. ❤

[@CBK_JJ]

Positives to 1bdrm kidani. view was great, food is awsome, service is good and customer service are very nice and professional they also check bed bugs before we arrived. negatives room was not dusted or carpet was not vacuumed around the couch even the carpet was dirty. even though they check for bed bugs i find one dead one burried in the pull out bed sheet. pull out bed is uncomfortable but i think that is pretty standard. the bench is to high for the table my legs touch the bottom of the table. the jet tub when i ran it some dirt and grim and whatever other things floated around you can see it clearly when drained cause stick to side. last the pool don't know if it was suppose to heated but when i went it was not i was freezing while in the pool. still even with these negatives still enjoyed staying there.

[@js-ov6ig]

Video idea: What if Joe Rohde would have been in charge of creating a star wars themed hotel

[@williamoleary9330]

Pete!!!

[@emilysolomon5977]

I want to goooo!

[@patriciajackson1457]

Funny story, one year when my kids were young we went out to use the night vision goggles to see the animals. I’ve always joked calling giraffes “ji raffs” like bugs bunny. I did this telling my kids what I saw through the goggles, the guide (cm) said “ it’s pronounced giraffe”, we all got a chuckle out of that cause my kids knew what I was mimicking.😂 Sadly, we never ate there because kids were picky back then.

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

shhhhh don’t talk about the value rooms in jambo. be aware the jambo dvc rooms still have the horrendous pull out couches.

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

dam you paul. i paid $300 per night on the points rental for my value studio. i could hand feed the giraffes.

[@dianefehring5626]

Sadly architect Peter Dominick passed away from a heart attack in 2009 at the young age of 67.

[@BobDoesReviews]

Better have Big Fat Panda sign a non-compete-clause..... lol jk

[@scottsdaleswim]

Love the show but next time need to mute the mic of whoever is nose breathing directly into it. Very distracting

[@alvisdumblebone8277]

If you are not an adventurous eater you will not enjoy this resorts restaurants. and good luck getting into sanaa ( the bread service is over rated)

[@dejayreal]

Unpopular opinion , whispering canyon ruins the lobby of wilderness lodge.