Animal Kingdom Villa views/levels

[ironpig70]

Looking at all my options and its a pretty close race between a value suite and a villa. Only thing I dnt know is the difference in levels of the villas.

So can somebody break down the first 2 as I think I get the last 2.

1) value

2) standard

3) savannah I get you can see animals

40 club I get is some special level.

 

[erionm]

Value refers to the Size of the room. The Values are approximately 3 feet shorter from the entry to the balcony. They only exist in Jambo House and can have either a pool view, parking lot view or savanna view.

Standard View:
In Jambo House will primary overlook the Uzima Pool. There are some that have partial savanna views.
In Kidani Village may have pool view, parking lot view or a partial savanna view.

 

[jambo5564]

Value could also have you in a room that surrounds and looks down on the lobby

 

[erionm]

Value could also have you in a room that surrounds and looks down on the lobby

The ones directly over the lobby in Jambo House are not part of the Value category.

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[LisaS]

Value could also have you in a room that surrounds and looks down on the lobby

To add to what erionm said, those rooms are not part of DVC. When they converted the 5th floor of AKL to DVC, a handful of rooms were not converted and are still part of the hotel. If you look at this map the areas in white were not converted. Fortunately for DVC members, most of the rooms that face the front entrance and parking lot were not converted, they were kept as hotel rooms. They also did not convert the two suites that face Arusha.

The rooms that run along the Sunset Savanna side of the lobby are AKV Savanna View, the rooms that run along the pool side of the lobby are AKV Standard View.

 

[Kellitinkerbelli]

Here is a map I found that has all the locations of the DVC villa rooms on the 5th floor.
It is a great help in requesting your room view.

http://www.parkinfo2go.com/dvc-akv/floor5-large.html

 

[MarineFam]

Here is a map I found that has all the locations of the DVC villa rooms on the 5th floor.
It is a great help in requesting your room view.

http://www.parkinfo2go.com/dvc-akv/floor5-large.html

Do you have a map that you found of Kidani like that? Very Helpful!

 

[LisaS]

Here is a map I found that has all the locations of the DVC villa rooms on the 5th floor.
It is a great help in requesting your room view.

http://www.parkinfo2go.com/dvc-akv/floor5-large.html

Yes it is a great map! You will find a link to it in the reply above yours.

 

[Simba's Mom]

The notion of standard rooms being "partial" savannah view is subjective. I had a savannah view, then 6 weeks later went back and reserved standard view. I thought the view of the savannah was just as nice from my standard view. Frankly the first thing I did was run to my computer and the Members' website to be sure they hadn't accidentally charged me wrong.

You decide.

Savannah view-


Standard view-

 

[zavandor]

When do you need this reservation?
DVC rooms are difficult to get with short notice (where short in some periods means 7 months), so your options might be already limited.
Values and Concierge are difficult to get, while standard and Savannah are easier.

 

[wiigirl]

Here is a map I found that has all the locations of the DVC villa rooms on the 5th floor.
It is a great help in requesting your room view.

http://www.parkinfo2go.com/dvc-akv/floor5-large.html

Thanks!

 

[LisaS]

When do you need this reservation?
DVC rooms are difficult to get with short notice (where short in some periods means 7 months), so your options might be already limited.
Values and Concierge are difficult to get, while standard and Savannah are easier.

This thread is 3 months old. I suspect (hope!) the OP has already booked something by now.

 

[kim532]

On the map that was posted, which rooms are value category?

 

[LisaS]

On the map that was posted, which rooms are value category?

The Value rooms are the ones on the Ostrich and Giraffe trails.

 

[Redeemed]

On the above map, which rooms are considered "standard" view?

 

[Deb & Bill]

On the above map, which rooms are considered "standard" view?

Mainly the ones facing the pool.