Has anyone else ever tried a new WDW resort that is out of their comfort zone (not your "home" resort) and ended up being impressed and happy with the decision to branch out?

For a long time, we were regulars at the YC (still are!), but in the last few years we've branched out and tried AKL and BW. We were nervous both times that we would miss our home base, but ended up loving our new resort choices.

It was really fun to still be at WDW, but have a new resort experience. We still consider YC to be our home resort, but we had a blast at AKL and BW!

Any one else have this experience?