Bay Lake Tower sits lower on your list. Just curious why? Seems like that would be a great one. Never been. Agree AKL is fantastic.
On paper, yeah BLT should have been epic. In reality, for us, it was not. We've stayed there twice and probably won't do it again unless we really need to stay at a MK resort and the Poly and VGF are already fully booked. Our pros & cons, based on our two stays, would look like:
PRO:
Great views, we had a lake view one stay and a partial theme park view on another.
Walking to MK is pretty awesome.
Lobby smells awesome, but so do many other DVC lobbies.
CON:
Check-in experience on both visits was horrible
The rooms were heavily worn and not what we expected.
Sliding bathroom doors with no latch or lock!?!? When did I book a room in an RV, oh wait, at least RV bathroom doors have a latch and a lock.
Getting to every other Disney park is a PITA and can take a while. Folks like to complain about AKL transportation, something I've never had issue with, but BLT transportation is worse IMO unless you are going to MK.
No food option!! Why do I have to trek all the way to the Contemporary to eat or eat at a pool!?!?
Perhaps I went in with too high of expectations.