We loved it so much. Very relaxing resort and it always smelled so good witht he fire pits going and the restaurants.
My Mom's first trip and she was totally blown away at how beautiful and peaceful WDW could be. We did not do any Disney Parks this trip. Only SeaWorld and Downtown Disney. We just hung at the resort and the pool and relaxed and actually enjoyed the resort. DD(7) really loved the water slide and seeing the animals off our balcony every day.
I would love to stay there again.
Boma was excellent! Desserts!! yum!
We did not do Jiko,but Mara was fine for donuts,muffins and the chicken strips were good. They also had pre made cheese,grapes,pita bread and hummus that was good.
For snack though I would go to the gift shop. You can get a big back of Doritos for $3.59. Not bad. Down at Mara a bag of M&M's were $1.70.
So get snacks upstairs.
The rooms are decorated very nice and I loved the Savanah view.
The only thing we missed was no walking trails like we had at CRB or S/D with the boardwalk so close.
Bus service was fine,but you are pretty remote from Downtown Disney and Epcot. Seemed like it took a bit to get there. Busses were always there to get us though. We never waited. We did ride the Monorail and ate at Ohana at the Poly. Loved it!
Enjoy.... I know we sure did