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  1. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    That was not our experience at all. There was a limited menu (and they would let you order most Sanaa items) from the lounge inside Sanaa. I walked up to the bar and ordered a drink and a couple of appetizers to go. I had my drink while I waited, then took the apps back to the room. I'm sure...
  2. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    We were at Kidani 6/28-7/2. The gift shop with limited ready to go items closed at 9:00 pm. The lounge at Sanaa was open until 11:00 with take out available.
  3. HomerHog

    Magic bands???

    it is very unpredictable right now. We received MB in the mail about 3-4 weeks after we cancelled a one-night hotel night. For our DVC stay, the order said it was being processed and would ship soon for over a month. It shipped on our checkout day.
  4. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    Last week, it was mostly trivia games. One or two CMs would stand with a microphone near one side of the zero entry. They did: - parks trivia - movie trivia - name the character based on the color palette card - name the song, movie it is from, and character - park attraction word scrambles...
  5. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    We absolutely noticed this. The resort was very empty when we arrived. I know for sure less than 50 check-ins one day. The CMs at arrival, the front desk, and lobby seemed put out that we were there. The food service CMs and recreation staff at the pool were great. My theory was that many of the...
  6. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    Exactly. We saw these pics had been posted on Twitter right as we arrived to Kidani and went to the pool bar to get snack. That moment was the busiest we saw the pool from Sunday-Wednesday. If you look closely, it is mostly family groups together with everyone keeping to themselves. About an...
  7. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    I was expecting Standard. They gave us Savanna.
  8. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    I called to try to change ours as outlined earlier in the thread. At the time, I was told that our reservation was not flagged as impacted (even though we knew it was) and we would receive a phone call IF there was a need to change. Two days later, I get the call. I missed it. They left a...
  9. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    Got my phone call this morning for Jambo Value 2 BR 6/28-7/2. We were moved to Kidani with them “gifting” the additional points. We prefer Jambo over Kidani, but I completely understand the business decision to keep Jambo closed until the hotel side opens or bookings warrant it. As an AKV...
  10. HomerHog

    Booking avalible by phone for plans 6/22-7-10

    Thanks for all the feedback. We are looking forward to it. I knew that it is typically a CS. I was not clear if something was changing since it is labeled differently as "Kidani Breakfast at Sanaa" on the resort reopening list.
  11. HomerHog

    Booking avalible by phone for plans 6/22-7-10

    I had missed that. Thank you!
  12. HomerHog

    Booking avalible by phone for plans 6/22-7-10

    Was anyone able to get Sanaa breakfast? That was our only hold up. I don't anticipate it booking quickly. They were not taking ADRs before 11:30. When I looked back at the list, I saw it is listed as "Kidani Breakfast at Sanaa". Not clear if that is a separate ADR listing. Going to check back.
  13. HomerHog

    Booking avalible by phone for plans 6/22-7-10

    Got in after an hour and 15 minutes on hold with dining. CM was super helpful, polite, and excited. We got everything we wanted within 15 minutes of our requested times. Took about 10 minutes to get all of our reservations then about 10 minutes to go through all the disclaimers and add celebrations.
  14. HomerHog

    Booking avalible by phone for plans 6/22-7-10

    I haven't been able to get through. Main dining as dropped twice. Gotten a busy signal every time I have tried DVC since 8:00 CDT. Currently approaching 1 hour hold with dining.
  15. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    We have always been booked for Jambo. Originally, 6/27-7/5. After the reopening announcement meant no parks, we modified to 6/28-7/2 resort only. We could easily spend several days just hanging out at Jambo. Then came the roller coaster. It was on the original CM restaurant recall list, but...
  16. HomerHog

    Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House Closed for Initial Walt Disney World Resort Reopening

    We still have a Jambo reservation for 6/28-7/2. Have not been contacted about moving. We are OK either way. The lack of information and communication is absolutely ridiculous.
  17. HomerHog

    Do we get magic bands when we make a reservation but don't buy park tickets?

    Placed our order for 6/28 earlier this week, shipped the next day.
  18. HomerHog

    BCV can use Boardwalks Pool during SAB Closure

    SAB is likely in the same boat as all of Jambo, DVC cannot fully fund the opening. Many of these amenities we enjoy, we only pay a very small portion of the operating cost with the hotel unit picking up the bulk of the tab. Cost prohibitive to open for DVC only.
  19. HomerHog

    Calling Member Services

    I tried for 2 days after the initial reopening annoucement with no luck. Finally filled out the e-mail on the website. Got a response yesterday, 11 days later that said to call. Got in right at opening this morning. It said 25 minute wait, actual 44 minutes. Keep trying.
  20. HomerHog

    Hypothetical Legal Question-Jambo House

    I was finally able to get in on the phone right at 9:00 EDT (8:00 for me). Estimated wait time was 25 mins, actual was 44. We had reservations in a Jambo value June 28-July 2 (originally June 28-July 5) which obviously need to be adjusted. I called and just said we needed to see what we had to...




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