With the return of After Hours, the perk of a couple of hours for extended evenings that in our experience have been quite crowded, really doesn't mean much to us. I've always been a devoted fan of the Deluxe resorts, but have been doing resort switches just to include the eeh's at the MK during our stays. I really do love our Deluxe resorts, but there's just nothing in the way of perks to justify staying there. Discounts have been abysmal and there were actually no AP discounts at all for our last stay- not out of availability- there wasn't an offer at all.
After Hours are pricey, but IF they continue with the same crowd levels they had before, worth every penny. AP's get a pretty decent discount so I can buy for the whole family. We can get more done in 3 hours at AH's than we can all day in a busy park and the experience is much more pleasant. And what I spend for those tickets will be offset and more by a less expensive resort. I really like POFQ, so most likely that's going to be my resort of choice until they decide to offer something that makes a Deluxe worth the price for us. I paid over $700 a night for our BC stay- I can get any moderate for much, much less. I'm sad to give them up, but even I get to the point where I see it's just not worth what I'm paying. EEH's were the last shred of perks linked to a deluxe stay.