I did not notice any noise from that great location that I was at.. and I am one of those people that notice unnecessary noises. The rooms are all located inside a main building. Our room happened to be a savannah room, so I was not on the side of the building that would have a window, that could possibly hear buses or other road noises. But as far as people in the hallways, it was not bothersome at all. The rooms are separated just enough, to not actually be right at the lobby.
I will say as far as requests go, on our last trip, we asked to be near the lobby 2nd floor, and we were still placed half way around the semi circle hallway. In the future I will ask to go up a floor rather than down the hallway to be close to the lobby. I decided I would rather go up and be above the area I want, instead of further down the hall.
The only good thing about being at the end of the other end of the long hallway is if you are planning on walking to Jambo for the restaurants, or use those pools instead. But if you are near the lobby area, and walking is an issue, and you want to go to Jambo, you can wait for the shuttle. If you are going to the pool at Kidani, you will have to go by the Kidani lobby to get there.