The AKL is a gorgeous resort and seeing the animals roaming is a great bonus. The rooms are nice and the bus service was awesome IMO (we went last September). We did have a lousy Savannah view and housekeeping issues (they put us in a dirty room and customer service wasn't helpful, wasted the first day dealing with that). BUT from what I hear we had some rare bad luck at the AK and that being said, I think the AK is a great resort.
My DD loved the resort and wanted to stay there again on our next trip but we've decided to try a different resort "just because". However, I'm thinking of squeezing the AKL in for a few nights during our trip just because it truly is a beautiful place to stay, and the pool was great too!
For the record, the bus rides to/from the parks were quick and easy. I was really impressed with the bus service. The longest we waited at the resort for a bus was 10 minutes tops, but that was only once. Normally we only waited a couple minutes at most.