Its not that its further from the park, its the hallways.
Somehow the Disney Magic machine was able to put 1.2 miles of hallway in a building only a fraction of that distance.
When you begin the trek to your room, its not that bad, you walk to the end of the huge lobby and then enter the first hallway.....the end vanishes in the distance on the horizon.....you finally reach that first goal, begining to feel worse for the wear.....turn that corner and another endless hallway reaches to the horizon......many members feel there should be a rest stop somewhere along this expanse......reaching the end of this leg of your journey brings relief, but alas, its only temperory as you round that corner and see yet another endless corridor stretched out before you......
It exhausts me just reliving that trying experience again in my mind.