Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge

This is our favorite Disneyworld hotel. The rooms are very clean and comfortable, the restaurants have a great selection of African dishes and you can watch the animals day and night. As with all Disney hotels, the staff is friendly, efficient and helpful. This hotel always has a number of staff members from Africa and they have cultural activities so you can learn more about Africa, its animals and the prople who live there. I highly recommend it.

We stayed at AKL because we ran the Disney 1/2 marathon and it was convenient for transportation to the race. The hotel is beautiful. I was disappointed that my room was changed to a safari view room from a pool view room without consulting whether I was ok with the change. The beds in the room need replacing, they actually squeaked! We payed quite a bit to stay on the Disney property and feel that these issues were not a part of the Magical experience. The public spaces were great, pool was fun, and the food was good.

Sunrise safari Animal View from room Consierge floor was first class

It was a great hotel and we wished that we would have had more time to spend there. I quite enjoyed seeing the wild animals plus seeing them at night with the night goggles.

The hotel is gorgeous! I can't say there is any other hotel like it, I mean there were GIRAFFES right outside our room!!!! Staff was great and friendly. Loved it! Expensive, but definitely worth the money.

the view of the savannah was beautiful. the animals were entertaining at times. lodge was clean and absoutely beautiful. great pool, and good food. choice of three different places to eat. shuttle buses from the airport, and to all the parks. we WILL stay here again it's worth the money.

like being in africa

Clean quiet and restful stay. Enjoyed being able to see the animals around the hotel. I agree with others that it is not necessary to have a room with a view of the savannas as there are plenty of viewing areas.

Love being able to sit on the balcony and watch the giraffes!!! Be sure to bring your binoculars like we did!

Typical Disney Deluxe Hotel experience....but at a discount since this seems to be the least popular hotel in this class. Overall, I think a Disney Deluxe Hotel is the way to go when visiting Disney World. Pro's include: beautiful building with all the expected Disney theme decorations; Rooms are on the Animal Kingdom "savannah" and we saw giraffes, zebras, ostrich and many other types of animals from our "partial view" room; excellent pool facility; Staying on Disney property provides extra hours of park access; of all Disney Deluxe hotels, this one has the quickest access to off-property restaurants; if you rent a car, free parking at all parks. Cons include: limited food options (a top tier restaurant; a very good, but expensive buffet; and a very limited cafeteria); remote location means long travel times to parks/attractions when using Disney bus service (better with a rental car). So you can't really go wrong here. I'd prefer the Wilderness Lodge for quick access to the Magic Kingdom, but that's a small complaint. The hotel quality is great, with typical attention to detail "Disney style". The hotel rooms are a bit small, but they're comfortable and include a small refrigerator for keeping some drinks cool. During longer stays at Disney, we typically tire of their food offerings (which are pretty much terrible at the parks, and expensive at the hotels), so its nice to have quick access to off-premise restaurants. You need a rental car, but its a 5 minute ride to a commercial strip with plenty of options (make a right on Sherberth Rd. after leaving the AKL). One question.....why does check in at Disney Hotels always take so long??????