The adventure of a jungle safari comes alive right before your eyes at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. With lush surroundings and beautiful savannahs, you'll be transported to another world when you step through the front doors. From restaurants, viewing platforms, and possibly even your room, you can watch zebra, giraffes and gazelles roam free and graze in their natural environments. Little ones can learn more about the fascinating animals, and even be a junior researcher for a day. And when you're not watching the animals in awe, you can take a dip in one of the pools, feast on some good food, or hit the parks in a matter of minutes! The adventure never ends here.
Amenities
Babysitting service
Kids Club
Wheelchair access
Families
Safari
Bar
Fitness Centre/Gym
Free Parking
Free transport to theme parks
Games Room
Internet Access
Laundry Service
Where is it
Disney's Animal Kingdom Resort area. Transfer time from airport: approx 30 minutes.
Hotel information
972 rooms on 5 floors in 1 building with 9 lifts. All have a patio or balcony, air-conditioning, cable TV with Disney Channel, tea/cofee makin facilities, safe, mini-fridge, hairdryer, iron and ironing board.
Resort View Rooms feature views of the parking area or rooftop, with either 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 people.
Water View Rooms feature views of the pool, with either 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 people.
Savanna View Roms feature views of the savannas, with either 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 people.
Club Level Rooms are the same as above, and include access to the club level lounge, serving refreshments throughout the day, personalised front desk and guest services, and access to the concierge service at the Kiliminjaro Club.
Use of the Walt Disney World Resort Transportation System is included in your stay: This hotel has Disney Bus Transporation to access all areas within Walt Disney World Resort.
Complimentary self-parking. Valet parking $39 per night (payable locally, fee subject to change).
Sanaa (East-African cuisine overlooking the savannah, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner), Jiko – The Cooking Place (speciality restaurant, open for dinner), Boma – Flavours of Africa (family restaurant, all-you-can-eat buffet, open for breakfast and dinner), Maji Pool Bar (open for lunch), and The Mara (quick service). Victoria Falls Lounge, Sanaa Lounge, Uzima Springs Pool Bar (serving snacks) and Cape Town Lounge and Wine Bar.
Feature pool, kids pool and whirlpool. Feature pool, water play area and whirlpool also located at the villas. Games arcade*. Playground. Jogging trail. Movies under the stars. Campfire activities. Health club with spa services*. Animal programmes*. 30-acre savannah.
Disney-themed shop. Complimentary WiFi. Disney bus transportation. Minnie Van service*. Laundry and dry-cleaning services*. Babysitting service*. Room service*.
Wheelchair accessible rooms available on request. Please note that these rooms are subject to availability and may be restricted to specific room categories and bedding arrangements. Rooms and facilities vary between hotels so please check at the time of booking. To discover all the special assistance services we offer please see additional information below.
Maximum stay 21 nights.
*Denotes local charge.
Please note: Rollaway beds are no longer available.
Based on 8969 reviews
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No way is it “Deluxe”!
Aug 30, 2025ktr11Flagstaff, Arizona
A deluxe hotel? No way! I thought I’d splurge a little and chose to stay at WDW Animal Kingdom Lodge. A WDW “deluxe hotel”?! Not at all. Frayed carpets and rooms that are quite small. 2 adults and 2 children in a room and not even enough space in the one foot closet (yes! One foot! I’m not exaggerating) to hang our clothes! Oh, we could see…
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A deluxe hotel? No way! I thought I’d splurge a little and chose to stay at WDW Animal Kingdom Lodge. A WDW “deluxe hotel”?! Not at all. Frayed carpets and rooms that are quite small. 2 adults and 2 children in a room and not even enough space in the one foot closet (yes! One foot! I’m not exaggerating) to hang our clothes! Oh, we could see the Savannah! Big deal! The extra cost was not worth the small size of the room. Oh! And be aware, Jambo house is a separate building than the outdated and in need of repair lodge. Don’t waste your money! Caribbean Beach or Port Orleans is a better choice in my opinion.
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Wow!
Aug 27, 2025Joanna KLondon, United Kingdom
We recently stayed in Animal Kingdom lodge for our Disney trip - wow! What a stunning hotel! We were upgraded to a Savannah view which was a wonderful bit of Disney magic - and it made the trip! Having a balcony and being able to watch the animals from our own room was amazing! We only did a short trip so Disney tickets were expensive but this…
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We recently stayed in Animal Kingdom lodge for our Disney trip - wow! What a stunning hotel! We were upgraded to a Savannah view which was a wonderful bit of Disney magic - and it made the trip! Having a balcony and being able to watch the animals from our own room was amazing! We only did a short trip so Disney tickets were expensive but this hotel was an amazing experience and worth every penny. We have stayed in a number of other Disney resort hotels before but this was by far our favourite! Lobby was beautiful, lots of little details in the decor everywhere that added to the Disney magic. The pool area at jambo house was great, our daughter enjoyed it! We are in Boma for breakfast which was excellent. The quick service restaurant was ok, but limited choices that were same daily (no pasta for kids).
All the staff were excellent and couldn’t have been more helpful. I would 100% stay here again and I recommend if the budget allows to do the Savannah view as this was definitely the most special bit about staying here. Rooms were also very lovely and comfortable.
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This is NOT a deluxe hotel
Aug 19, 2025kathleensD9745FJ
This is not a deluxe hotel
- at 6am every day they use super loud machine to clean pool deck. There are probably 100 rooms impacted by massive noise at 6am daily. Woke us up every day.
- very few umbrellas for shade by pool. This is absurd. At Grand CA pool in Disneyland - nearly every chair has umbrellas if you want shade. Almost NO shade here…
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This is not a deluxe hotel
- at 6am every day they use super loud machine to clean pool deck. There are probably 100 rooms impacted by massive noise at 6am daily. Woke us up every day.
- very few umbrellas for shade by pool. This is absurd. At Grand CA pool in Disneyland - nearly every chair has umbrellas if you want shade. Almost NO shade here for adults to sit by pool.
- bus service was very slow for us - we waited more than 20 minutes several times so gave up and used Uber instead for the rest of our stay.
the lobby is beautiful and this hotel has a lot of potential. Beds are good. Restaurants are good but the Mara is kind of messy and the drink stations don’t work. Ice often gone. No unsweetened tea even though it’s supposed to be there. Drinks run out - like hot chocolate is just water and they don’t check it so you have to go tell them.
Employees are great of course but they seem overworked at the Mara.
It’s a good mid tier hotel but definitely not deluxe. I am not a Disney World expert but all the Disneyland hotels are way better than this hotel.
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Adventure
Aug 19, 2025Kebba SBanjul, Gambia
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I travel in farafenni and spend night at moneberic Lodge around the fire 🔥 service station I sleep in a room with air conditioning with the price of D800 per night per room I recommend travellers who are looking for a place to sleep in farafenni please contact vybz a very good and experienced person I recommend to stay with vybz and all your needs will be solved please if you need him WhatsApp him with this number +220 2854159 that's he's WhatsApp just tell him that your friend soldier that's my name tell him soldier direct me to you and you will get discount for D700 room with air conditioning
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Stealing, unhelpful staff and absolutely no Disney magic stay somewhere else
Aug 13, 2025Stay67129014333
Rude staff. Not friendly or helpful . Issue with items being taken by housekeeping and staff are unhelpful with this with no update despite returning back to the hotel within a few hours and calling them repeatedly. Advised to file police report and known items were in room and staff from housekeeping were the only people who had been in the…
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Rude staff. Not friendly or helpful . Issue with items being taken by housekeeping and staff are unhelpful with this with no update despite returning back to the hotel within a few hours and calling them repeatedly. Advised to file police report and known items were in room and staff from housekeeping were the only people who had been in the room.
Service offered in response to this was appalling and very sad to spoil a families holiday . Communication needs improving and staff needs have to be considered as staff are miserable and unhelpful. I would expect more of any hotel staff despite a huge amount of effort in taxis back and forth to oversee the lost:stolen item process and repeated calls to be told they’d put me through to the legal team to spend more time of my holiday dealing with their issues with their own staff. I’d never stay here again
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No way is it “Deluxe”!
