I've been to Disney more times than I can count, but since I live only 100 miles away, it's never a "big" Disney experience. The nicest Disney hotel I've stayed at is Shades of Green, when travelling with my late father (he was retired military). Other than that, I've either camped at Fort Wilderness, stayed at one of the value hotels or off-property. I've been *in* most of the hotels, either just to gawk, or for a character breakfast (Contemporary and Polynesian) and a character dinner at the Grand Floridian...
So, here's my question: rumor has it that the stars stayed at AKL last year. Why? Is it a higher level hotel than the Grand Floridian? I always thought the GF was the most exclusive, followed by the other Magic Kingdom hotels. Is AKL nicer?