We also loved our stay at AKL and had absolutely no issues with the transportation. Just for S&G, using ourlaughingplace's transportation wizard, I compaired the travel times from AKL, Poly, WL and BWI to DHS, AK, DTD, EC and MK. The results are as follows:
AKL:
To DHS-19 mins, To AK-18 mins, To DTD-26 mins, To EC-20 mins, to MK-21 mins.
Poly:
To DHS- 20 mins, To AK-26 mins, To DTD-27 mins, To EC-45 mins (that is taking monorail to TTC then from TTC to EC), and MK-13 mins.
WL:
To DHS- 23 mins, To AK-29 mins, to DTD-37 mins, To EC-22 mins, To MK- 13 mins by boat, 8 by bus.
BWI:
To DHS- 25 min walk, To AK-23 mins, to DTD- 19 mins, to EC-8 min walk, To MK-14 mins.
Take it for what it is. Of course, this does not factor in time spent waiting for transportation to get to the resort and traffic. To me it just shows that the EC resorts will lead to the least travel time and AKL is not really "in the middle of no where" the way the haters would lead you to believe.