i did my mcc recently at oxford.
the instrucors are really top class. best kind of instructors I have come across yet.
Also at the moment its alot cheaper but just to let you know, one of their sim's fell of its legs and now is non motion.
they try to put you on as much motion as possible.
but that might help you make your mind up. but they are extremely professional.
As for the hand flying part. Two sims are fully hand flown. the other three are meant to be like a real flight where you put to autopilot on after flaps up and trust me you will be glad its on cuz alot of stuff happens and you will forget to do alot like talk to the passengers on route.
one failure is a hydraulic system failure which knocks out the autopilot anyway.
If i were to do a mcc course again I would go for Oxford
hope that helps