tonight the epcot bus home stopped here first and then went to jambo. i also noticed earlier today the same thing occured, odd as I thought we had to get bus at jambo(dtd bus) to get here, but maybe they are trying some ideas
We were an Magic Kingdom today and the bus stopped at Jambo first and then came on to Kidani. Oddly it then changed to returning to the Studios. When we got on this morning we were the only ones joining at Kidani but it was then packed after Jambo so when all rooms are open I could imagine it may need some thought. There was a man there yesterday noting times and people with a clipboard so I imagine it will all be up in the air for a while.
I asked and the CM I spoke to in reception didn't think tables in wonderland was accepted anywhere except Saana but I didn't get a high level of confidence. We are hopefully going to try and fit Saana in again before we leave so I'll ask there.
The layout from the parking garage is around 4 elevators, Timon, Zazu, Rafiki and Pumba, oddly the lift to the lobby doesn't have a name and pops up outside by the front door. Timon and Zazu are both in the wing which is open.
Our room is between the 2 lifts and DD4 and I walked over, down the Zazu elevator and over to Jambo gift shop as the shop here didn't have AAA batteries. We were there did some shopping and back in under 20 mins I was surprised it wasn't actually all that far. No major roads to cross and a fair amount of foot traffic, I would have thought it might be quicker than getting the bus.
I had a look at the BBQ area earlier, there are 4 grills and 4 picnic tables all overlooking a lake. It is close to the road though with lots of buses coming by all the time when the planting matures and creates a little more screening it will be very nice over there. The is a pedestrian crossing over to it just before a four way stop for traffic.
Don't think I have seen this before anywhere either, the community hall is stocked with the usual board games, 3 PS2s, pool table, fussball (?) (table football for us Brits) Wii on big screen TV, sports equipment hire, crayons/coloring pencils etc. It isn't as big as some perhaps but does have a balcony running the full length overlooking the Savanna which is a bonus.
Someone else asked about the sinks in the 1 bed, unlike the master in Jambo (although they only have one bath in a one bed) there is only 1 sink in the master. We put the jacuzzi on tonight and I guess it may have sat for a month or too without being used since installation and all this scum came out
a call to maintenance tomorrow to see if they can flush it. That is the first and only thing I could possibly find to fault we were worried about being here for opening, I have seen snag lists for new homes and hotels run into the hundreds.
The man in the shop told us about the recycling bins in the rooms, studios may not have them but 1 bed+ do. They take anything glass, paper, cardboard, aluminum, plastic. He said that there were what seems like hundreds of people downstairs that sort the rubbish all day to minimize waste.
There was much merriment earlier we were walking back to the room and we could hear a group of people laughing, between each of the sections are windows to the Savanna our daughter was running on a little and got there before us and it wasn't until she pointed out that two Zebra were 'cuddling' that we noticed why everyone was laughing. Some kind of talk about the 'circle of life' may be needed!