Animal Kingdom
Villas (AKV) consists of two separate buildings located about a 10-minute walk from each other. (Disney runs a shuttle van between the 2 buildings.)
Jambo House is the name of main building. This building includes both DVC rooms and hotel rooms. Although physically in the same building, the hotel generally is referred to as Animal Kingdom
Lodge (AKL).
AKV
Jambo House contains 4 categories of DVC rooms:
- Value
- Standard View (i.e. parking lot or pool)
- Savanna View
- Club Level
DVC members can book at their "Home Resort" up to 11 months in advance. They can book at all resorts up to 7 months in advance.
Value and Club Level rooms are extremely difficult to book. Club Level rooms generally book first thing in the morning, right at 11 months. Value rooms are slightly less difficult to book, but even these are difficult to book for anything other than a 1-bedroom villa.
Value rooms are former hotel rooms. They are smaller (i.e. less square footage) than Standard or Savanna View rooms.
AKV
Kidani Village is the second building. It's a DVC-only resort, although non-DVC members can book DVC rooms there directly from Disney. It contains only 2 categories of DVC rooms:
- Standard View
- Savanna View
Kidani Village 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom villas include an extra bathroom. For example, a 2-bedroom at Jambo House has 2 bathrooms. A 2-bedroom at Kidani Village includes 3 bathrooms.
Being in the main hotel, Jambo House generally feels more active. Kidani Village generally feels more relaxing.
