Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge- Kidani Village

This weekend the Hubs and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary! I can't believe how quickly time has gone by; still feels like it was yesterday. Every year since we got married we spend our Anniversary at our favorite place Disney World. Last year we became Disney Vacation Club Members and although we do live a few hours away from the Disney Parks, it has been the most rewarding investment we have made.
This trip we stayed at the Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge- Kidani Village with Savannah view.

                                   

We arrived late on Thursday night, I think it was little passed midnight. As soon as I walked in the room I dropped everything and ran out to our balcony to see what I'd find. It was really dark so I couldn't really get any pictures, but you could see shadows of some of the animals walking around and you could hear them too. I giddy like a little girl and could not wait till morning. 

Since we arrived late and obviously were too excited to sleep, we decided to explore the resort and see what we would find. We asked the concierge if any of the restaurants were opened late and they mentioned that "The Mara" was opened until 1:30am. However it is located in the Jambo House about an 8 minute walk. The weather was really nice so we decided to take a walk to the other village. The Mara was only serving flat breads at that time, however they do have sandwiches, salads, fruits, drinks, novelty treats, and like a little bakery. Here's a picture of the dining hall.

We walked thru the beautiful lobbies of the Kidani Village and the Jambo House... I was mesmerized with the details that were put in to every piece of art and furniture.

                                    Here are some pictures I took of the lobbies and sitting areas.

Here are pictures of our room, it was so tastefully decorated.

I love how there's an accent tile border with animal prints.

The next morning we woke up at 6am and the first thing I did was look out themy balcony, and yes!!!! there were a few animals in sight, and of course, I ran back in the room and woke the Hubs up, I didn't want him to miss out on this experience. He wasn't too pleased, but he did get out of bed to see.

                                               

I was a bit bummed cause I absolutely love giraffes, however none of them hungout by our room. Maybe next time.

Since Animal Kingdom was offering Extra Magic Hours from 8:00am-9:00am and we've come to Disney atleast 7 times since Avatar's Flight of Passage opened and the lines have been 5 hours + long, so we thought if we get there super early we'd have a better chance of getting on the ride without having to wait the ridiculous amount of time in line. Sure enough, we arrived at the park around 7:30am and the line for the Resort Guests was insane!!!!! We managed to check in a by 8:00am and only had to wait 150 minutes (2.5 hours) I must tell you...it was worth every second of the wait.

 We wanted to ride it again, but the line was at 300 minutes by the time we got off, so we said forget it! But if you haven't had a chance to ride the Flight of Passage, It is a MUST do!

After a full day at the parks, we returned to our resort to relax. We discovered that they offer a night time safari tour. It was pretty cool to watch the animals at night, even if it was thru the lights of the safari truck. Definitely something we want to try the next time.

                                 Had to take one last picture before leaving this amazing resort. 

                                              

If you've never visited the Animal Kingdom Resort you must definitely add it to your bucket list. 

Till our next adventure!