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....well, all you Jamborinos, new lodgers, and welcomed guests ~
We are now on our FIFTH installment of the never-ending AKL Lite thread. So, grab a Zebra Dome and a cup of Kenya pressed pot coffee and join us:
Hotel Policies & Fees ~ Jambo House
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
PoliciesExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Guests must show current government-issued proof of identity at the time of check-in.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Pets not allowed
Check-in time starts at: 3 PM
Check-out time is: 11 AM
FeesThe following fees and deposits are charged by the property at either check-in or check-out.
Valet parking: $10 per 24-hour period with in/out privileges
Self parking: complimentary
This list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Special Check-In InstructionsResort Airline Check-In Service allows guests to check luggage and receive boarding passes at the hotel. This service accepts one bag per passenger on JetBlue. Guests wishing to check multiple bags on JetBlue or any bags on AirTran, Alaska, American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United, or US Airways must call 407-284-1231 (5 AM - 11 PM) to pay luggage fees prior to check-in, or guests can check bags at the airport. Guests must pre-book Disney's Magical Express, a complimentary transfer from the Orlando airport to the hotel. Visit www.disneysmagicalexpress.com/USA for registration. This service picks up and delivers luggage directly to guestrooms for those arriving between 5 AM - 10 PM. Guests must claim their own bags after hours.
Accessibility Options
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.
Accessibility equipment for the deaf
Accessible bathroom
Accessible path of travel
Braille or raised signage
Handicapped parking
In-room accessibility
Roll-in shower
Property Amenities
Two miles west of Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park, this African-themed resort borders a wildlife reserve. Complimentary activities include flamingo and pelican feedings, games with savannah guides, storytelling, night-vision tracking, and a horticulture show-and-tell. Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge has a large zero-entry outdoor pool with a 67-foot-long slide, a separate children's pool, and two spa tubs. There is also a kids' club (surcharge), playground, and game arcade on site. The Zahanati Massage & Fitness Center offers exercise equipment, personal training, and spa services (surcharge). The Zawadi Marketplace sells African-themed gifts and souvenirs. Two restaurants serve multi-cultural cuisine.
The resort offers complimentary transportation via motorcoach to the Walt Disney World® Theme Parks.
Smoking is permitted only in designated exterior areas.
Disney's Magical Express: Guests of this resort are eligible for complimentary Disney's Magical Express service. Motor coaches pick up guests at Orlando International Airport and drop off at Walt Disney World® Resort Hotels. Disney staff members pick up bags and deliver them straight to guestrooms (for arrivals between 5 AM and 10 PM). Guests arriving outside of these hours should pick up their baggage at baggage claim to carry with them on the motor coach.
24-hour front desk
Air-conditioned public areas
Airport transportation (complimentary)
Arcade/game room
ATM/banking
Babysitting or child care
Valet parking (surcharge)
Bar/lounge
Breakfast available (surcharge)
Business services
Coffee shop or café
Complimentary newspapers in lobby
Concierge desk
Dry cleaning/laundry service
Elevator/lift
Fireplace in lobby
Gift shops or newsstand
Health club
Children's club
Laundry facilities
Massage - spa treatment room(s)
Multilingual staff
Number of floors: 5
Number of rooms: 1293
Patio
Poolside bar
Porter/bellhop
Restaurant(s) in hotel
Safe-deposit box - front desk
Sauna
Security guard
Shopping on site
Smoke-free property
Steam room
Swimming pool - children's
Swimming pool - outdoor
Television in lobby
Currency exchange
Express check- in
Express check-out
Theme park shuttle (complimentary)
Waterslide
Tours/ticket assistance
Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Parking (free)
Valet parking
Room service (24 hours)
Year Built 2001
Number of restaurants 3
Self parking
Number of buildings/towers 1
Suitable for children
Wheelchair accessible
Rooms
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge guestrooms are all decorated with hand-carved wood furniture from Africa. Wood-paddle ceiling fans, earth tones, and wall hangings combine to evoke a safari atmosphere. All rooms have private furnished balconies, many with views of the pool, the resort, or the savannah.
Guestrooms include high-speed Internet access (surcharge), compact refrigerators, and TVs with complimentary Disney and ESPN channels. Complimentary newspapers are delivered on weekdays.
Kilimanjaro Club rooms offer bathrobes, turndown service, and access to an exclusive lounge that includes personalized front-desk and guest services. A daily Continental breakfast, midday snacks, and evening wine and cheese are among the complimentary amenities offered in the lounge.
All guestrooms are smoke-free, including private balconies.
Room Amenities
Air conditioning
Balcony
Non-smoking only
Ceiling fan
In-room childcare (surcharge)
Climate control
Clock radio
Coffee/tea maker
Complimentary weekday newspaper
Complimentary toiletries
Cribs (infant beds) available
Patio
Direct-dial phone
Electronic/magnetic keys
Extra towels/bedding
Multi-line phone
Free local calls
Hair dryer
Housekeeping
In-room safe
Iron/ironing board
Microwave
Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Refrigerator
Private bathroom
In-room massage available
Voice mail
Wake-up calls
Desk
Electronic check-out
Speakerphone
iPod docking station
Satellite television service
Wireless high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Blackout drapes/curtains
Wheelchair accessible
Hide room amenities Air conditioning
Balcony
Non-smoking only
Housekeeping
In-room safe
Iron/ironing board
Dining
Jiko - The Cooking Place - Stylish restaurant serving creative American cooking with a blend of multicultural influences from the Mediterranean coast, India, Europe, and Africa. Includes seafood, steak, chicken, and vegetarian offerings. South African wines. Reservations strongly recommended. Nightly dinner.
Boma - Flavors of Africa - Designed to replicate an African marketplace with open kitchens and a thatched roof. Buffet-style dining that includes salads, vegetarian dishes, grilled seafood, and roasted meats inspired by the varied flavors of over 50 African countries. Reservations strongly recommended. Breakfast and dinner.
The Mara - Quick-service food court. Light fare such as hamburgers, salads, sandwiches, and pizzas. Open from early morning to late evening.
Victoria Falls Lounge - Quiet bar overlooking Boma - Flavors of Africa. Specialty coffees, tea, and cocktails. Open from late afternoon to late evening.
Uzima Springs - Poolside bar adjacent to zero-entry pool. Cold beverages, frozen specialty drinks, and cocktails. Open from mid-morning to early evening, weather permitting.
Room service - Available from early morning to late evening.
Recreation
The most popular activity at this Lake Buena Vista resort is observing the exotic animals who wander the savannah-like grounds. Guests can stop by viewing areas to catch glimpses of giraffes, ostriches, impalas, and zebras. The large zero-entry pool offers a gently sloping entrance accessible to young children and guests without full mobility, while a 67-foot-long slide zips swimmers into the center with a splash. There is also a children's pool, 24-hour playground, game arcade, and two spa tubs on site.
Supervised children's activities for ages 4-12 are offered at Simba's Clubhouse, and include Disney movies, computer games, and dinner (surcharges apply). Guests of all ages can venture on a safari or watch the animals roaming about the savannah from the resort public viewing spaces. Complimentary programs include flamingo and pelican feedings, games with savannah guides, storytelling, night-vision tracking, and a horticulture show-and-tell.
The Zahanati Massage & Fitness Center provides treadmills, stationary bikes, free weights, and complimentary use of a sauna and steam room. Guests can also receive a variety of spa treatments (surcharge).
Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course and Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park are both one mile from the resort. Complimentary transportation is offered. The guest services desk can assist with reservations on any one of Disney's five tour-caliber golf courses, all located on Walt Disney World® Resort property. A nine-hole course is also available.
The recreational activities listed below are available on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Golfing nearby
Golf - driving range nearby
Golf - miniature nearby
Sailing nearby
Swimming on site
Tennis nearby
Hiking/biking trails nearby
Horse riding/rental nearby
Parasailing nearby
Bird watching on site
Playground on site
Bicycle rentals nearby
Fishing nearby
Golf lessons available nearby
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Most Jambo House rooms sleep four–two each in two queens. Rooms with a queen and two bunk beds are also available. The bunk beds are 5’9″ long, and 39″ wide. For some reason, bunk rooms are more expensive. Rooms with one king bed, or one king and a daybed, are also available.
You can add to this capacity of four a child younger than three who sleeps in a crib. A crib fits well between the closet and TV credenza, where the door to the connecting room is shown in the floorplan.
The Animal Kingdom resort is surrounded by four savannas, each of which is populated by dozens of wild African mammals and birds.
Most rooms have a view of these savannas…and waking up to a giraffe outside your balcony is a very cool way to start your day!
Savanna views are also available from many public spaces
All Disney deluxe resorts have standard rooms.
They also all have preferred rooms–standard rooms for which more is charged, because of better views, closer proximity to a resort’s central services, or both; concierge rooms, which Disney calls “club” rooms; and suites.
At Jambo House at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, standard, preferred and club/concierge rooms sleep four, in two queen beds.
Rooms of the same size are also available with a queen and bunk beds; a king; and a king and a daybed. (To see a floorplan, click here for the first page of this review.)
Preferred rooms include “Savanna” and “Pool” views.
While this site generally recommends that first time family visitors should avoid preferred rooms (as the value is not there, since you won’t be in your room much) it makes an exception for Jambo House at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, where you should always pay for a savanna view.
Club rooms–which the rest of the world calls concierge rooms–are not worth the extra cost for most first time family visitors. However, they may be well worth it for families intending to spend more time at the Animal Kingdom Lodge than implied by this site’s itineraries. TikimanPages.com has a great discussion of the value of concierge rooms here. It’s focused on the Polynesian, but applies to all club rooms.
Suites sleeping 6 to 8 people are available for families seeking a particularly comfortable visit–see this for more on suites at Walt Disney World.
(You will see references here and there to “Deluxe Rooms” at the Animal Kingdom Lodge–these rooms were all eliminated when Disney Vacation Club villas were added.)
(To each of the capacity figures above, you can add one more kid under 3 at time of check in who sleeps in a crib.)
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge is described on Walt Disney World’s website as an
“African lodge-style resort amidst a 43-acre wildlife preserve. The Resort offers authentic African-inspired architecture and the kraal African-village landscape design—a semi-circle design popular in Africa which offers expansive views of the surrounding savanna and its many animal inhabitants. Thatched ceilings, large beams, hand-carved golden-tone furnishings, real African artifacts and a vast mud fireplace in the main lobby surround you in the inimitable spirit of Africa.”
“Just outside the main lobby, an elevated rock platform—Arusha Rock—offers up-close glimpses of the animals and a panoramic view of the sprawling grounds. In addition to animals, thousands of indigenous African shrubs and grasses—including the most recognized canopy tree of Africa, the copperpod—paint a picture reminiscent of the unspoiled African grasslands.”
The resort opened in April 2001 and since has been changed twice.
In the first change, Disney Vacation Club villas replaced a number of rooms in the Animal Kingdom Lodge itself.
In the second, a new Disney Vacation Club resort in a new building–Kidani Village–opened next door. At the same time as Kidani Village opened, the name of the main resort was changed to Jambo House.
Jambo House is one large building. You enter into the glorious lobby, with check-in and other services on the left, and a gift shop on the right. Further on the right but down a few levels are Jambo House’s two great restaurants–Jiko and Boma, and its quick service option, Mara. Between the lobby and these restaurants is a wonderful bar, the Victoria Falls Lounge. Still further on the right is the spectacular Uzima pool.
The lodging components of Jambo House are divided into four “trails,” Ostrich, Giraffe, Zebra and Kudu.
Giraffe Trail has only pool and standard views–avoid it, although it is very convenient to buses and gym.
Ostrich Trail is short and very lightly trafficked, and convenient to the lobby. About half its rooms have views of the Sunset Savanna. A savanna view room here is the best choice for families looking for quiet.
Kudu Trail is very long. It rooms almost all have savanna views–most of the Sunset Savanna, but many of the Arusha Savanna. Kudu Trail has less traffic than Zebra Trail, because it is not convenient to anything.
Zebra Trail is as long as Kudu trail, but more convenient to the restaurants and pools. Its rooms have a mix of views–pool views, Uzima Savanna views, and Arusha Savanna views.
Jambo House at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge’s strengths for first time visitors are its stunning theme and great kid appeal, it pool, and its great dining at Jiko and Boma.
We are now on our FIFTH installment of the never-ending AKL Lite thread. So, grab a Zebra Dome and a cup of Kenya pressed pot coffee and join us:
Hotel Policies & Fees ~ Jambo House
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
PoliciesExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Guests must show current government-issued proof of identity at the time of check-in.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Pets not allowed
Check-in time starts at: 3 PM
Check-out time is: 11 AM
FeesThe following fees and deposits are charged by the property at either check-in or check-out.
Valet parking: $10 per 24-hour period with in/out privileges
Self parking: complimentary
This list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Special Check-In InstructionsResort Airline Check-In Service allows guests to check luggage and receive boarding passes at the hotel. This service accepts one bag per passenger on JetBlue. Guests wishing to check multiple bags on JetBlue or any bags on AirTran, Alaska, American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United, or US Airways must call 407-284-1231 (5 AM - 11 PM) to pay luggage fees prior to check-in, or guests can check bags at the airport. Guests must pre-book Disney's Magical Express, a complimentary transfer from the Orlando airport to the hotel. Visit www.disneysmagicalexpress.com/USA for registration. This service picks up and delivers luggage directly to guestrooms for those arriving between 5 AM - 10 PM. Guests must claim their own bags after hours.
Accessibility Options
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.
Accessibility equipment for the deaf
Accessible bathroom
Accessible path of travel
Braille or raised signage
Handicapped parking
In-room accessibility
Roll-in shower
Property Amenities
Two miles west of Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park, this African-themed resort borders a wildlife reserve. Complimentary activities include flamingo and pelican feedings, games with savannah guides, storytelling, night-vision tracking, and a horticulture show-and-tell. Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge has a large zero-entry outdoor pool with a 67-foot-long slide, a separate children's pool, and two spa tubs. There is also a kids' club (surcharge), playground, and game arcade on site. The Zahanati Massage & Fitness Center offers exercise equipment, personal training, and spa services (surcharge). The Zawadi Marketplace sells African-themed gifts and souvenirs. Two restaurants serve multi-cultural cuisine.
The resort offers complimentary transportation via motorcoach to the Walt Disney World® Theme Parks.
Smoking is permitted only in designated exterior areas.
Disney's Magical Express: Guests of this resort are eligible for complimentary Disney's Magical Express service. Motor coaches pick up guests at Orlando International Airport and drop off at Walt Disney World® Resort Hotels. Disney staff members pick up bags and deliver them straight to guestrooms (for arrivals between 5 AM and 10 PM). Guests arriving outside of these hours should pick up their baggage at baggage claim to carry with them on the motor coach.
24-hour front desk
Air-conditioned public areas
Airport transportation (complimentary)
Arcade/game room
ATM/banking
Babysitting or child care
Valet parking (surcharge)
Bar/lounge
Breakfast available (surcharge)
Business services
Coffee shop or café
Complimentary newspapers in lobby
Concierge desk
Dry cleaning/laundry service
Elevator/lift
Fireplace in lobby
Gift shops or newsstand
Health club
Children's club
Laundry facilities
Massage - spa treatment room(s)
Multilingual staff
Number of floors: 5
Number of rooms: 1293
Patio
Poolside bar
Porter/bellhop
Restaurant(s) in hotel
Safe-deposit box - front desk
Sauna
Security guard
Shopping on site
Smoke-free property
Steam room
Swimming pool - children's
Swimming pool - outdoor
Television in lobby
Currency exchange
Express check- in
Express check-out
Theme park shuttle (complimentary)
Waterslide
Tours/ticket assistance
Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Parking (free)
Valet parking
Room service (24 hours)
Year Built 2001
Number of restaurants 3
Self parking
Number of buildings/towers 1
Suitable for children
Wheelchair accessible
Rooms
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge guestrooms are all decorated with hand-carved wood furniture from Africa. Wood-paddle ceiling fans, earth tones, and wall hangings combine to evoke a safari atmosphere. All rooms have private furnished balconies, many with views of the pool, the resort, or the savannah.
Guestrooms include high-speed Internet access (surcharge), compact refrigerators, and TVs with complimentary Disney and ESPN channels. Complimentary newspapers are delivered on weekdays.
Kilimanjaro Club rooms offer bathrobes, turndown service, and access to an exclusive lounge that includes personalized front-desk and guest services. A daily Continental breakfast, midday snacks, and evening wine and cheese are among the complimentary amenities offered in the lounge.
All guestrooms are smoke-free, including private balconies.
Room Amenities
Air conditioning
Balcony
Non-smoking only
Ceiling fan
In-room childcare (surcharge)
Climate control
Clock radio
Coffee/tea maker
Complimentary weekday newspaper
Complimentary toiletries
Cribs (infant beds) available
Patio
Direct-dial phone
Electronic/magnetic keys
Extra towels/bedding
Multi-line phone
Free local calls
Hair dryer
Housekeeping
In-room safe
Iron/ironing board
Microwave
Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Refrigerator
Private bathroom
In-room massage available
Voice mail
Wake-up calls
Desk
Electronic check-out
Speakerphone
iPod docking station
Satellite television service
Wireless high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Blackout drapes/curtains
Wheelchair accessible
Hide room amenities Air conditioning
Balcony
Non-smoking only
Housekeeping
In-room safe
Iron/ironing board
Dining
Jiko - The Cooking Place - Stylish restaurant serving creative American cooking with a blend of multicultural influences from the Mediterranean coast, India, Europe, and Africa. Includes seafood, steak, chicken, and vegetarian offerings. South African wines. Reservations strongly recommended. Nightly dinner.
Boma - Flavors of Africa - Designed to replicate an African marketplace with open kitchens and a thatched roof. Buffet-style dining that includes salads, vegetarian dishes, grilled seafood, and roasted meats inspired by the varied flavors of over 50 African countries. Reservations strongly recommended. Breakfast and dinner.
The Mara - Quick-service food court. Light fare such as hamburgers, salads, sandwiches, and pizzas. Open from early morning to late evening.
Victoria Falls Lounge - Quiet bar overlooking Boma - Flavors of Africa. Specialty coffees, tea, and cocktails. Open from late afternoon to late evening.
Uzima Springs - Poolside bar adjacent to zero-entry pool. Cold beverages, frozen specialty drinks, and cocktails. Open from mid-morning to early evening, weather permitting.
Room service - Available from early morning to late evening.
Recreation
The most popular activity at this Lake Buena Vista resort is observing the exotic animals who wander the savannah-like grounds. Guests can stop by viewing areas to catch glimpses of giraffes, ostriches, impalas, and zebras. The large zero-entry pool offers a gently sloping entrance accessible to young children and guests without full mobility, while a 67-foot-long slide zips swimmers into the center with a splash. There is also a children's pool, 24-hour playground, game arcade, and two spa tubs on site.
Supervised children's activities for ages 4-12 are offered at Simba's Clubhouse, and include Disney movies, computer games, and dinner (surcharges apply). Guests of all ages can venture on a safari or watch the animals roaming about the savannah from the resort public viewing spaces. Complimentary programs include flamingo and pelican feedings, games with savannah guides, storytelling, night-vision tracking, and a horticulture show-and-tell.
The Zahanati Massage & Fitness Center provides treadmills, stationary bikes, free weights, and complimentary use of a sauna and steam room. Guests can also receive a variety of spa treatments (surcharge).
Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course and Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park are both one mile from the resort. Complimentary transportation is offered. The guest services desk can assist with reservations on any one of Disney's five tour-caliber golf courses, all located on Walt Disney World® Resort property. A nine-hole course is also available.
The recreational activities listed below are available on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Golfing nearby
Golf - driving range nearby
Golf - miniature nearby
Sailing nearby
Swimming on site
Tennis nearby
Hiking/biking trails nearby
Horse riding/rental nearby
Parasailing nearby
Bird watching on site
Playground on site
Bicycle rentals nearby
Fishing nearby
Golf lessons available nearby
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Most Jambo House rooms sleep four–two each in two queens. Rooms with a queen and two bunk beds are also available. The bunk beds are 5’9″ long, and 39″ wide. For some reason, bunk rooms are more expensive. Rooms with one king bed, or one king and a daybed, are also available.
You can add to this capacity of four a child younger than three who sleeps in a crib. A crib fits well between the closet and TV credenza, where the door to the connecting room is shown in the floorplan.
The Animal Kingdom resort is surrounded by four savannas, each of which is populated by dozens of wild African mammals and birds.
Most rooms have a view of these savannas…and waking up to a giraffe outside your balcony is a very cool way to start your day!
Savanna views are also available from many public spaces
All Disney deluxe resorts have standard rooms.
They also all have preferred rooms–standard rooms for which more is charged, because of better views, closer proximity to a resort’s central services, or both; concierge rooms, which Disney calls “club” rooms; and suites.
At Jambo House at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, standard, preferred and club/concierge rooms sleep four, in two queen beds.
Rooms of the same size are also available with a queen and bunk beds; a king; and a king and a daybed. (To see a floorplan, click here for the first page of this review.)
Preferred rooms include “Savanna” and “Pool” views.
While this site generally recommends that first time family visitors should avoid preferred rooms (as the value is not there, since you won’t be in your room much) it makes an exception for Jambo House at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, where you should always pay for a savanna view.
Club rooms–which the rest of the world calls concierge rooms–are not worth the extra cost for most first time family visitors. However, they may be well worth it for families intending to spend more time at the Animal Kingdom Lodge than implied by this site’s itineraries. TikimanPages.com has a great discussion of the value of concierge rooms here. It’s focused on the Polynesian, but applies to all club rooms.
Suites sleeping 6 to 8 people are available for families seeking a particularly comfortable visit–see this for more on suites at Walt Disney World.
(You will see references here and there to “Deluxe Rooms” at the Animal Kingdom Lodge–these rooms were all eliminated when Disney Vacation Club villas were added.)
(To each of the capacity figures above, you can add one more kid under 3 at time of check in who sleeps in a crib.)
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge is described on Walt Disney World’s website as an
“African lodge-style resort amidst a 43-acre wildlife preserve. The Resort offers authentic African-inspired architecture and the kraal African-village landscape design—a semi-circle design popular in Africa which offers expansive views of the surrounding savanna and its many animal inhabitants. Thatched ceilings, large beams, hand-carved golden-tone furnishings, real African artifacts and a vast mud fireplace in the main lobby surround you in the inimitable spirit of Africa.”
“Just outside the main lobby, an elevated rock platform—Arusha Rock—offers up-close glimpses of the animals and a panoramic view of the sprawling grounds. In addition to animals, thousands of indigenous African shrubs and grasses—including the most recognized canopy tree of Africa, the copperpod—paint a picture reminiscent of the unspoiled African grasslands.”
The resort opened in April 2001 and since has been changed twice.
In the first change, Disney Vacation Club villas replaced a number of rooms in the Animal Kingdom Lodge itself.
In the second, a new Disney Vacation Club resort in a new building–Kidani Village–opened next door. At the same time as Kidani Village opened, the name of the main resort was changed to Jambo House.
Jambo House is one large building. You enter into the glorious lobby, with check-in and other services on the left, and a gift shop on the right. Further on the right but down a few levels are Jambo House’s two great restaurants–Jiko and Boma, and its quick service option, Mara. Between the lobby and these restaurants is a wonderful bar, the Victoria Falls Lounge. Still further on the right is the spectacular Uzima pool.
The lodging components of Jambo House are divided into four “trails,” Ostrich, Giraffe, Zebra and Kudu.
Giraffe Trail has only pool and standard views–avoid it, although it is very convenient to buses and gym.
Ostrich Trail is short and very lightly trafficked, and convenient to the lobby. About half its rooms have views of the Sunset Savanna. A savanna view room here is the best choice for families looking for quiet.
Kudu Trail is very long. It rooms almost all have savanna views–most of the Sunset Savanna, but many of the Arusha Savanna. Kudu Trail has less traffic than Zebra Trail, because it is not convenient to anything.
Zebra Trail is as long as Kudu trail, but more convenient to the restaurants and pools. Its rooms have a mix of views–pool views, Uzima Savanna views, and Arusha Savanna views.
Jambo House at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge’s strengths for first time visitors are its stunning theme and great kid appeal, it pool, and its great dining at Jiko and Boma.
[BTW ~ each link that you use will have a link to the previous thread....well, except for the VERY FIRST ONE...
and you should put it on your 'To Do' list...
I wouldn't mind staying there one day. It looks like a beautiful resort. 
somebody's network crashed twice 
