I absolutely love the AC. We make sure we spend at least one whole night there every trip. For some reason, we get singled out by the cast repeatedly every time we go. On our most recent trip, my brother and his girlfriend accompanied me & my fiancee. It was their first trip to WDW (and he was 28-can you believe it?). The AC completely blew their minds, from the cast members and the talking wall decor to the sinking bar stools. At one point we stayed in the lobby while most of the people went into one of the rooms for a show. My brother was flabbergasted when he & I came out of the men's room and found Hathaway Brown at the bar trying to pick up the girls. I remember him saying to my fiancee as he was staring at her chest "Oh, so you're a teacher, huh? Why don't we get together when you have no class?". Funny stuff even though the line was lifted from Rodney Dangerfield.
I may be in the minority, but on the same trip, we tried CW twice, and didn't like it. First of all, we came to PI to drink, and the poor waitress was in the weeds so it was tough to get a drink. So we left & went to AC. The next time we checked out a show, it just wasn't funny. The cast asked a guy in the audience some questions about himself then made up a song about him. I still remember the first line "Bob is here with his wife Kris, & he works at a bank". Not Funny. Next they did a story with each cast member contributing a line in quick succession. If a cast member hesitated or stuttered, they were eliminated. This wasn't too bad. I also remember them humiliating a heckler. That was the funniest part of the show. I don't remember what else the show consisted of, but we left disappointed because we had heard nothing but good things.