I’m glad the OP seems to be willing the give AoA a shot. I’ve never stayed at a deluxe, and the thing that always keeps me away is thinking about what I could do with all that extra money. In the OP’s case, that’s $4,400 extra either to keep in their pocket or to sprinkle like pixie dust over the rest of the vacation. Assuming half days on travel days, that’s over $700 per day! That’s a lot of money! That could be the beginning of the next trip, or it could be HDDR, BBB, amphicar, fireworks cruise, dessert parties, etc. If OP is taking the passholder plunge, then I think they kind of owe it to themselves to try out vacationing this way. The savings over one trip are huge; the savings over multiple trips would be absolutely colossal.
About AoA, I’ll echo the praise for the decor, the food court, and the bus service. The queues are so much better than the Lord of the Flies bus stops everywhere else. I think it’s crazy how often I’ve seen CR, GF, and Poly (and also Boardwalk area) share buses considering what they pay. My only bus horror story is from AKL headed to MK after dinner at Boma— bus took longer than I think it should have, crowd was building going to MK, and then the bus came... already half full with people from Kidani. It got kind of ugly. Pop and AoA not sharing buses is such a luxury. With the OP being in the Nemo suites, taking the Pop bus and walking over will also be very easy.