Just back from a wonderful stay at AKL - Jambo House. We booked a standard room and on our requests (that I put in during online check-in and my
travel agent also put in requests) I asked for a partial savannah room close to the lobby. Well it was granted, we got room 3210 (first room I believe on the Kudu trail) it was wonderful after getting back from long days at the park, and while our savannah view wasn't the prettiest, our kids were stoked to be able to see several different times of animals each day, including giraffes and zebras. The noise level was also not a problem. It was our first deluxe stay and we were really happy with our choice. The only complaint I had was bus service was not too reliable, it would say a bus would be arriving in 5 minutes and then keep updating and it would actually be 20-30 minutes. And on our last day we went to try and get a bus to Disney Springs and even at 9L45 a.m. no bus time was scheduled in
MDE or on the screens at the bus stop. I will also say we used the Minnie Van service three times during our stay and were very happy with it (the drivers were all experts at installing the carseats and making sure they were installing them correctly based on my girls ages and weights - I'm a carseat fanatic and I was really impressed that all three drivers were able to get two seats installed correctly each time.) And we also experienced a little pixie dust on our arrival day - when we went to pick up our reusable mugs (from the dining plan) a lovely castmember let us get a 4th for free for our 2-year old daughter. She only used it for water so other than the cost of the cup didn't cost disney anything, but it made her day to get to be a "big girl" like her older sister.