Approximate Driving Times to Attractions:
Air Boat Rides (Boggy Creek): 20 - 25 Minutes
Airport (Orlando International): 30 - 35 Minutes
Airport (Sanford): 50 - 55 Minutes
Airport (Tampa): 60 - 65 Minutes
Aquatica: 15 - 20 Minutes
Beach (Clearwater Beach): 85 - 90 Minutes
Beach (Daytona Beach): 85 - 90 Minutes
Blizzard Beach: 10 - 15 Minutes
Busch Gardens: 60 - 65 Minutes
Celebration - 10-15 minutes
Cypress Gardens: 25 - 30 Minutes
Dinosaur World: 40 - 45 Minutes
Discovery Cove: 15 - 20 Minutes
Disney's Animal Kingdom: 5 - 10 Minutes
Disney's Epcot: 10 - 15 Minutes
Disney's Hollywood Studios: 10 - 15 Minutes
Disney's Magic Kingdom: 10 - 15 Minutes
Downtown Disney: 15 - 20 Minutes
Florida Mall: 20 - 25 Minutes
Gatorland: 20 - 25 Minutes
Golf Course (Nearest): Less than 5 minutes
Islands of Adventure: 20 - 25 Minutes
Kennedy Space Center: 70 - 75 Minutes
Pharmacy (Nearest): Less than 5 minutes
Premium Outlets: 10 - 15 Minutes
Ripleys Believe It Or Not!: 15 - 20 Minutes
Seaworld: 15 - 20 Minutes
Supermarket (Nearest): Less than 5 minutes
Walmart Nearest - by 192 - 10 minuets
Typhoon Lagoon: 10 - 15 Minutes
Universal Studios: 20 - 25 Minutes
Wet 'n Wild: 20 - 25 Minutes
Wonderworks: 15 - 20 Minutes
Kissimmee: 10 Minutes
Useful Infomation
Helpful shortcut: to Kissimmee and Disney world : leave the villa and at the main road turn left, drive to first set of lights, CVS pharmacy on your right, turn right and keep on this road and it will take you directly onto the US 192 at Kissimmee. You will find plenty of bars restaurants and shopping. This is also a quicker route to disney - go to the US 192 at Kissimmee and turn right, then take the 2nd junction on the right sign posted Disney World.
International Calling :
Guests requiring to make telephone calls internationally: International telephone calls can be arranged for the duration of their stay please request a quote for this service.
SECURITY
I think it right to separately mention security, as I know that when travelling anywhere, security is paramount and key in most people’s thoughts, particularly guests travelling for the first time.
Orlando is generally a very safe area and the police are very proactive in protecting tourists, but of course like most places in the world, there will always be crimes and burglaries committed.
It is a common belief that a gated community is safer than a non-gated community - in our view, this is not the case as there are as many break-ins on gated communities as there are non-gated communities and with gated communities, it can be easy for thieves to gain access codes to gated communities as there are trades and deliveries being made on these communities every day and not all have 24/7 gatekeepers, but at the end of the day it comes down to personal choice.
SANDY RIDGE
The community of Sandy Ridge is a non-gated community, with a mix of permanent residents and vacation rentals, some of the permanent residents are serving police officers, who keep an eye out!. As an owner of a short term rental property, we have opted to install our own security measures to help keep our guest safe. We recommend you arm the alarm whenever you are away from the property and should you wish to arm whilst you are in the home, there is an "arm stay" facility to allow you to do this. In addition, the community jointly pays for mobile security 24/7 with monitored CCTV on all entrances and exits.
VILLA SECURITY
As mentioned above, our villa has a monitored 24/7 alarm system, it also have alarms on the the 2 exits to the pool for you and your family's safety and we ask that you do not deactivate these during your stay. It also has a safety deposit box and for additional security for our guests we also have our own CCTV cameras covering the pool equipment, front door and garage entrance, there are no cameras in the home or public areas e.g. pool area. so our guests can feel very secure whether away or at home.