I don't know the answer to your 1st question, but I have an opinion on your 2nd question. We'd choose WL for a standard view room. We stayed in a standard view room at AKL in November and never actually got the feel for the resort, which is mostly about the animals which of course we rarely saw. But you mentioned you're rarely in the room, so..... maybe you wouldn't mind the AKL. You didn't ask for comparisons, but one particular thing to note is that WL has the water activities and bike rentals and jogging path, AKL does not. Just depends on what you like in a resort. Also, you can take water transporation to MK from WL. AKL is strictly buses everywhere. On that note, both resorts are absolutely breathtaking -- you would love either one. They just offer different things to do, so it totally depends on your taste.