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We just got back from another wonderful stay at Kidani. I always request, in priority order: "Sunset Savanna, Lowest floor". I make the request by phone to Member Services, months in advance. I prefer the Sunset Savanna over Pembe because Pembe does not have giraffes or zebras. My second...

They are currently working on the section closest to Jambo House, on the savanna side. Given their current pace, they should be done with most/all of this entire end of the resort by July. They start work around 9am and finish by 5pm so guests who spend the day at the parks would not be...

Finally, this morning they are covering the black paint with the usual balcony colors. Whew! After so many disappointing changes to the resorts over the years, it was easy for me to believe they were eliminating paint colors to save money on future maintenance. LOL. It remains to be seen if...

Update: the color is coming back! See update below... Kidani is being painted. The colorful railings are being painted BLACK! Given how plain the outer walls and balcony separators are, the multi-colored railings add badly needed color and theming to Kidani's exterior. It is so...

There is an upside to transferred points retaining their home resort. Say I want to book a reservation at a resort I don't own, and that reservation must be made at the 11-month mark. If I can arrange a point transfer from someone who owns that resort, I can book that resort 11 months out using...

LOL! I wish I could ignore the dues payment this year and just say to DVC "Bill? What bill? I never received any bill." but I doubt that will work.

OP: As already stated, you should get a statement in the mail, provided your local post office manages to deliver it to you without setting it on fire. That's what happened to my dues statement today. My DH subscribes to the post office's "Informed Delivery" service and included in the images...

What makes up a Unit can vary from resort to resort. For example, in Jambo House at AKV, the majority of Units are two 2BRs or 3 dedicated studios or 1 GV. But there are also some Units that consist of three 2BRs or 4 dedicated studios or Two 2BRs + 1 dedicated studio and possibly some other...

If someone's deed has a Unit number but no building name: Units 1 through 56 are in Jambo House. I don't know the actual range of Unit numbers for Kidani but anything above 56 would be in Kidani.

The only time it would matter which Unit you own at a particular resort is if your Unit becomes uninhabitable. For example, if there is a fire or a hurricane that damages a particular bungalow at the Poly, Disney could opt to tear that bungalow down and not rebuild it. The owners of the Unit...

Transferred points retain their home resort and UY. If you receive a transfer of Grand Californian points, you can use them to book that resort 11 months out. As zavandor stated, you will have to call MS to make the reservation because you will not be able to see the transferred VGC points in...

OP: I hope they take that room out of service until the problems are fixed but just in case, for the benefit of those who have stays at BWV coming up, could you post the room number?

OTU points are points MS has lying around from contracts owned by Disney. They could be any resort, and quite possibly any "state" (banked, current, borrowed) but they are valid for the UY in which your trip takes place. I'm currently in my Oct 2017 UY. If I call today to book a trip that will...

Is your daughter and husband's SSR contract the same UY as your contract? If so, MS should combine the transferred points to their contract's points, allowing your daughter to make the reservation online. If their contract has a different UY than their contract, then the points cannot be added...

Regarding the $75 annual travel credit, the email states: I wonder if EBCI purchases are eligible? EBCI is different from "Upgraded Boarding" and it's also not an "inflight purchase".

Good point about printing the boarding passes at the airport. We ran into the new kiosks this spring. We walked up to a kiosk to print boarding passes and were surprised when the kiosk also printed our luggage tags. There was a helpful Southwest employee in the kiosk area showing people how to...

Yes. At 24 hours or less from departure, you can go through the "check in" process to see what boarding position you were assigned and print your boarding passes. It seems counter intuitive to click the "check in" button when EBCI already checked you in automatically at 36 hours out, but that's...

You can ask for your full cleaning day to be changed, but in my experience, it can be hit or miss whether they show up on the alternate day you requested. We did this once on a stay at BWV. We called housekeeping and requested to have the full cleaning on day 5 instead of day 4. They did skip...

Great! Be sure to save that confirmation number. You will need it in the future when you want to access the Travel Funds you earned by repricing your flight.

Yes. Use the "Change" option and then select the same flight at the new, lower price. You will get Travel Funds in the amount of the difference in the fare, or points back if you booked with points. By using the "Change" option, your confirmation number stays the same. EBCI is tied to the...