I just booked our first visit to the Wilderness Lodge in a standard view room. Can I ask for a magic kingdom view? I was a little confused with the newer categories I was reading about such as Nature view and Nature view with Fireworks. They all seem to be showing up as the same rooms on Touring Plans. I am so excited to stay at WL. We've stayed at most Disney resorts except for CR and CBR. Our usual favorite is AKL but I didn't want to go there this October due to the pool refurbishment. It is just my husband and I this time, we are a retired couple and he has some difficulty walking long distances.
Congratulations! We absolutely love WL, especially for some of the attributes that you are already familiar with from AKL. The thing that puts it over the top for us is the boat transportation and general proximity to MK. Bay Lake is also really beautiful.
We always book Standard View, and have stayed in many different categories of room in different locations throughout the resort. Don't be afraid to request the attributes you are looking for in a room, no matter which category you booked. Yes, there is a new highly priced category for the rooms with the best fireworks views, but the room next door might well be a Standard view room, or you could get one of these higher classified rooms with a Standard View reservation. The key is to be willing to take what you get, and to realize that there is no bad room at WL. Your Standard View reservation means you can get any room at the Lodge, since all rooms are Standard View or better. Understandably, those who pay more for a specific area will have first shot at those, and will be guaranteed their category room or better. You may get a nice view, or may not, but you'll still be at WL.
Our favorite request is High Floor in Standard View, because it gets you a better view and you get further from the loading dock area below. We personally also really like rooms that open to the lobby, because the views inside the building there are great, but this comes at the cost of the better park/fireworks view. In your case, requesting a room near an elevator might be important as well, and that definitely does not conflict with your request for a nice view. There are elevators about 1/3 of the way down the wings from the lobby toward the lake that take you down to just outside Roaring Fork, the resort's main QS restaurant on the 1st floor.
Happy planning and enjoy your trip!