I just now saw this thread. To clarify--a standard view is not a pool view. There's a somewhat higher room rate ($10/night or so, iirc) for a pool-view room, and, as you might have deduced, the pool-view rooms all have a view of the pool. I think some of the higher floor pool-view rooms may have a somewhat obstructed-by-foliage view of the pool.
Standard-view rooms, as you can see in the photos on the link posted above, don't overlook the pool. They overlook the driveway, entrance, parking lot, etc.
Most people who've stayed at AKL feel it's worth a few extra bucks for the pool view over the standard. The savanna-view rooms are, of course, significantly more per night than either standard or pool view.