Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge in Orlando, FL

The resort is beautiful. You will feel as if you're in Africa on the Savannah. The rooms are clean and well thought out for storage and amenities. The common areas are beautiful. The staff are friendly and always willing to answer your questions. It's been a great place to stay.

One of the coolest hotels I've ever stayed in hands down. Every morning we were greeted by giraffes and other safari animals outside our window. The pool is warm and perfect for kids. The Boma restaurant is great and unique, make sure you reserve ahead of time! The only detractor was noisy families above us, but that's not the resort's fault. All in all a truly fabulous, memorable stay that we'll remember for a lifetime.

Cleanliness here is genuinely exceptional, and the staff are overwhelmingly warm and helpful — though our check-in experience left something to be desired. We think we were simply unlucky with the cast member we got, as this seems to be a one-off rather than the norm. Dining-wise, we used the Disney dining package so only ate at the hotel a few times. Boma was enjoyable but very busy — we waited 30 minutes to be seated despite having a reservation. We also ate at the Mara, which delivered good food and great service. The pool bar was a highlight with outstanding service throughout. The grounds are simply wonderful. The pool could have been a touch warmer, but that’s a personal thing — I do feel the cold! One practical note for anyone considering staying here: it’s further from Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios than other deluxe resorts, and you’ll need to take a bus to all parks. That said, bus wait times are generally short and the stops are comfortable and shaded. Overall, a truly unique resort experience. 4 out of 5.

I wanted to love animal kingdom lodge but honestly it was just ‘ok’. For the price I just wanted more. First the good..it’s a nice hotel, spacious and the staff are so nice and helpful. It’s clean and fairly quiet for a Disney hotel. We stayed in Jambo and I know it’s about to get refurbished and boy does it need it! We had a room with a kitchen due to our kids food allergy. The kitchen was poorly equipped. Who needs 20 glasses but only 2 pans? No kettle. No k cup coffee machine. And things in the cupboards were put away dirty. This is mainly because the dishwasher doesn’t work well at all, it’s old and full of lime scale .It all needs a complete overhaul. We had a pool view room and it was nice, except there is really loud music going all day long. It does stop at about 8pm but if you have little kids who need to nap this wouldn’t work well. Also the lobby is huge but the hotel is lit so dimly everywhere. I’m not sure who decided this would be the vibe but it’s odd. Trying to check in when you can barely see the paperwork is weird to me. The Mara and the restaurants and bar all have similar lighting. It’s giving depressing date night rather than vibrant Disney hotel. The bed is comfy but the sofa bed..what in the world! The mattress is so thin the springs poke out it’s absolutely awful. My kid slept on it and he complained it was uncomfortable. I cannot imagine any adult being ok on this. The other chair that turns into a single bed was much better. The thermostat in the bedroom needs work. If you set it at 66 it alternates between freezing cold air and heat which was so uncomfortable and not how ac should work! You don’t need the heat to come on to regulate the temp in any ac system I’ve ever seen. So every night you’d get 30 mins of cold air and then 30 mins of hot air. No way to turn it off. Just unpleasant all around. This was just in the bedroom section it seemed to work ok in the living room. This ruined my sleep most nights. There’s a couple of giraffes and a few other animals and birds which is nice. It is pretty far from the parks although the buses are fairly efficient. You definitely miss the monorail if you’re used to that. It took a good 30 minutes to get to magic kingdom after waiting 20 minutes for the bus. Coming back from Disney Springs we had to wait nearly an hour for a bus in the evening. Frustrating. We have stayed at various other Disney properties and this one was disappointing when all these little annoyances added up. Having just been to Aulani in Hawaii which was beyond fantastic this was just not comparable and it cost the same. Let’s hope the refurb addresses some of these issues. I’m my opinion there are many other better hotels on the Disney property.

Room 3108 do not stay in this room. There is a crew door that slams and closes all night until midnight at least. Every day at 530 am a loud cart like sound would go up and down the length of the room in the ceiling. Final night I had to go to bed to wake up early for the airport and I could not sleep it sounded like basketballs just banging up and down until at least 1am. I don’t know what is above that room but it was the noisiest hotel experience I’ve ever had. After long days at Disney it was hell tryin to sleep. I complained to the front desk and was offered ear plugs. Are you kidding me? Ask for the top floor at this resort if u want to sleep.