AKR will handle 1 cruise excursion per day max and they get their own boat. If doing the 2 tank morning dives you'll never see them as they run them by the gift shop b4 shuttling back to the port
AKR is a lot more isolated than Sunset House - the nearest other things to do are their dolphin programs or a nearby gardens. Beyond that you'll need a car or a lot of people take cabs - some are vans at a pp cost - usually $10/ride.
Thier shore dive is shallow and not great. There's also a muck dive in the lagoon and they have a shallow wreck sometimes used for training.
Cocoview on the south side is similar but the shore diving is much better, both a wall and their deliberately put down wreck - the Prince Albert. Cocoview does NOT have a pool. It's also on it's own little island - all access is via their boats.Both resorts have good security in place.
I'm not sure any of the over water cabanas in either place are more than 2 bedrooms either. CCV has some house rentals connected to the resort.
Really for shore diving - Roatan is NOT it. The resort dives are private, two of the other listed shore dives are private for the properties that front them and there's almost nowhere to rent tanks.
Bonaire would have a lot of options - besides all the shore dives, most of the resorts bundle accommodations, all shore diving, some boat dives, often breakfast and the Plaza Resort is a full AI. Also many of the resorts - Buddy;s, Habitat, the Divi Flamingo, have condos on property as well as rooms. And there;s about a dozen condo properties with on-site or pre-arranged dive facilities, some ot those are Belmar, Port Bonaire, Hamlet Oasis, etc. You can even find house rentals with an affiliated dive operation that will deliver tanks for shore diving or has locations where you can pick them uo.
Not a lot do on Bonaire otherwise though, there;s some caves to see once, the Flamingos, the Donkey Farm - that's about it. Kitesurfing and Coco Beach club but those tend to be sunburn.
Curacao is a bigger version of Bonaiire with the same or better shore dive options. Lots more to do there non-dive also - shopping downtown is famous, the Aquarium, Ostrich Farm, Some historical things like old forts, etc. Enough to do downtown that there's a tour.
If you're anti-cruise - they're there also. Mostly downtown since that's where the port is. We really only saw them once when a cruise excursion dropped a bunch of snorkelers on the Tugboat dive site - it's only 17' deep. If you go out w/o the kds, there's real nightlife on Curacao, casinos etc.
Sunscape as mentioned is the AI resort with a shore dive and onsite boat operator. Lions Dive to the south another option - they're in a touristy area by the aquarium and Ocean Encounters main shop next door. Lions Dive also has larger accommodations - some with full kitchens.
with kids, I'd go to Curacao over Bonaire - much more to keep them entertained.
