Disney January 2011

So we went again to Disney! Think one can get sick of the place and honestly I dont think thats possible.

Well we drove down from NY and had to leave a day early because of a pending snow storm! Had we not left early we would have missed out for sure!

We were staying at Kidani Village. Located near the Animal Kingdom, for DVC (Disney Vacation Club members) Im not a member but my brother is and we were meeting him there. We used his points to stay at the resort. Kidani is one of the newer resorts by Disney featuring a Savannah right outside your window, (if this room option is selected). We opted for a regular room since the days were short and chances are we wouldnt be in the room to see the animals. They had these huge windows in the lobby and in other areas were you could view the animals.





My favorite item was the soap with Mickey right on it!

We had a two bedroom villa that could fit 9 people! There was a king in the master, two queens in the second, a pull out couch and pull out chair! Plenty of room for all of us. I personally love villas as it gives you the ability to have meals in your room. Ive never gotten a dinning plan because of this feature. We ate breakfast every day and had dinner almost every night.

Because we were staying on property, a first for me, we used the extra magic hours at night at all the resorts. Now in January it was not crowded at all to me, heading to the parks after 2pm and staying late really worked out for us. I think the longest time we waiting for anything was about 10 minutes.

We never used Disney Transportation since we were able to park for free at the parks. One night leaving Hollywood studios we jumped on the bus just to 'see' how it was. The bus was really nice and new, they kept it dark which was a little strange, but we got back to the resort in just 10 minutes. I thought it was funny that they went to Kidani Village before Jambo house. MY brother says its because Kidani is exclusive for DVC members and they get priority, I dunno how true that is but it was neat.

My brother is in the military so be sure to check out tickets thru them first. We got a pretty good deal.

January seems to have a lot of areas under construction. One of the water parks was closed, many rides were up for refurbishment, and in the magic kingdom they are building a whole new section! It also seams that a lot of restaurants are closed during extra hours, not sure if it was because of Janaury or if it was normal for the extra magic hours. You can actually get the schedules for the magic hours inside the park so you can plan accordingly.

Will we go back? For sure!