Local Attractions
Local Attractions, Restaurants, Golf, Beaches, and Shopping
Making Memories Resorts are both close to all of Orlando’s famous attractions, airport and an hour from the beach.
A multitude of restaurants, shopping and entertainment options close by. While it is close to a myriad of restaurants, gift shops and stores, it is set back from any major roads, so you will not see or hear the highway as you stroll around the courtyard, trails or palm tree lined streets.
Disney World entrance: 3 miles (8 mins)
Magic Kingdom: 9 miles (16 mins)
Epcot: 9 miles (16 mins)
Animal Kingdom: 4.8 miles (14 mins)
Hollywood Studios: 6.8 miles(14 mins)
Disney Springs: 10.1. miles (18 mins)
Universal Studies: 15.5 miles (26 mins)
SeaWorld: 12.7 miles (22 mins)
Aquatica: 5800 Water Play Way, Orlando, FL 32821 (15 miles)
Gatorland: 16.7 miles (22 mins)
Legoland: 32.1 miles (45 mins)
NASA: 58.6 miles (1 hour)
Falcon Fire Golf Course: 7.5 miles
Disney Golf Course: 9.9 miles
Premium Outlets: 10.6 miles
Orlando International Airport: 24.1 miles (30 mins)
Tampa (1 hour)
Crayola Experience
Great options for Adults and/or older kids:
Medieval Times - Dinner & Show
Zip lining at Gatorland
Hollywood Drive-In Golf at Universal CityWalk: cool themed mini-golf
Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures and Boggy Bottom BBQ- boat rides
Central Florida Zoo & Botanical gardens
Epic Paddle Adventures (unique paddle boarding experiences, including nighttime)
Wild Life Park & Giraffe Farm (otter, Lemur, camel, rhino, giraffe, cheetah encounters)
Tree Trek Obstacle Course
Wild Florida Airboats, Gator Park & Drive-Thru Safari
Andretti Indoor Karting & Games (multi-level indoor karting, 12 lanes of boutique bowling, more than 120 arcade and prize games, two-story laser tag, six virtual-reality racing simulators, a motion theater, and an extreme ropes course with a curved-rail zipline)
BATL Axe 🪓
The Escape Room Game
Escapologist
I Fly Orlando (indoor skydiving)
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Kings Dining & Entertainment (22 bowling lanes, billiards, ping pong and even bocce ball)
Main Event Orlando (state-of-the-art bowling, virtual and interactive games, billiards, a high-ropes adventure course, 61 HDTVs, and chef-driven dining, all in a 50,000-square-foot facility. the first-ever, free-roam, multiplayer, virtual-reality game!)
Orlando StarFlyer (The World’s Tallest Stand-Alone Swing Ride)
Top Golf
West Orange Trail Bikes & Blades (premier rail-trail in all of Central Florida, if not all of Florida. In addition to the incredible West Orange Trail experience, riders get the chance to ride through one of the coolest downtowns around in Winter Garden)
Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards (Tours & Tastings)
Wallaby Ranch Hang Gliding Flight Park
Local Restaurants:
Ford’s Garage
Villa Italiano Chophouse
Rock & Brews
Wendy’s
Pizza Hut
Cici’a pizza
Burger King
Red Lobster
TGI Friday’s
Golden Coral
Cracker Barrel
Dunkin Donuts
Domino’s Pizza
Chuy’s (Tex- Mex)
Texas Roadhouse
Buffalo Wild Wings
Clay Oven (Indian)
IHOP (24 hours)
Carrabba’s (Italian)
Outback Steakhouse
Olive Garden (Italian)
Denny’s (24 hours)
Ponderosa Steak house
Black Angus Steakhouse
Sakura (Chinese/Korean)
McDonald’s (24 hours)
Bahama Breeze (Caribbean)
Top 5 Restaurants close to the Resort !
1) Orlando Ale House ( Thursday Prime Rib Night)
2)Rock and Brews at Margaritaville
3) Fords Garage at Margaritaville
4) LongHorn Steak House 192 across from Ale House
5) WaWa Gas Station on 192 by Margaritaville
(Crazy, right?! breakfast sandwiches and milkshakes great quick food and cheap)
Golf:
There are many golf courses within a short drive of Windsor Hills Resort.
Mystic Dunes Golf Course
Designed by Champions Tour player and NBC golf analyst Gary Koch and rated a 4 1/2 star course by Golf Digest, Mystic Dunes Golf Club is renowned as one of the most unique courses in Florida. Ranked at #2 in the top five Florida courses, you’ll find this course as beautiful as it is challenging.
Located within walking distance of Windsor Hills Resort, this 7,012 yard par 72 public course offers two distinctly different nines. The front nine is reminiscent of classic Carolina courses, meandering through native wetlands and marsh areas, bordering oak and cypress forests. The back nine features the characteristics of a British Isles links course, with extensive perimeter mounding, pot bunkers, and lush fairways.
Orange Lake Golf
Distance from Windsor Hills: approx 2.0 miles
8505 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy
Kissimmee, FL 34747
Orange Lake’s four golf courses will take your game to a whole new level. Rolling greens, gorgeous fairways and more—all waiting for you.
Celebration Golf
Distance from Windsor Hills: approx 6.0 miles
The renowned father-son team of Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and Jr. sculpted a park-like atmosphere within the natural wetland environment, creating a truly serene golf experience. The course boasts rolling terrain that weaves through a series of pristine lakes and periodic clusters of native oak, pine and magnolia.
Champions Gate Golf
Distance from Windsor Hills: approx 6.5 miles
Greg Norman designed the 36 holes of golf featured at Champions Gate to offer golfers a blend of tradition and modern elements and to create a unique golf experience. Whether you choose to play the International, with its authentic links style golf reminiscent of the great courses of the British Isles, or the National with its traditional American style, you will experience a challenging round of golf.
Falcon’s Fire Golf
Distance from Windsor Hills: approx 6.9 miles
Falcon’s Fire Golf Club is a Rees Jones Signature Design Masterpiece and voted one of America’s Top 100 Pro Shops by GSO Magazine. One of the many reasons why Falcon’s Fire remain’s one of the premier Orlando golf courses is because the course pays respects to the timeless traditions of the game of golf. At Falcon’s Fire Golf Club you will enjoy being a “Member for the Day.”
Beaches:
Florida beaches are some of the best in the world.
CLEARWATER BEACH, FL
Laid-back Clearwater Beach is known for its namesake stretch of soft, white sand, which draws visitors year-round for jet-skiing, parasailing, and stand-up paddleboarding in its calm waters.
COCOA BEACH:
Cocoa Beach is a Florida city south of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It’s a gateway to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, which has rockets and iconic artifacts. The city is known for its beach and surf breaks. Inside a surf shop, the Florida Surf Museum traces the sport’s local history.
DAYTONA BEACH:
Daytona Beach is a city on Florida’s Atlantic coast. It’s known for Daytona International Speedway, which hosts February’s iconic Daytona 500 NASCAR race. The beach has hard-packed sand where driving is permitted in designated areas. Near the boardwalk’s rides and arcades, Daytona Beach Bandshell stages free summer concerts. Steps from the beach, Daytona Lagoon water park offers go-karts, laser tag and waterslides.
Medical:
CentraCare: 4320 West Vine Street, Kissimmee, FL 34746
Florida Hospital Celebration Health: 400 Celebration Place, Kissimmee, FL 34747
Supermarkets:
Super Target: 4795 West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, FL 34746
Wal-Mart: 3250 Vineland Road, Kissimmee, FL 34746
Publix (Grocery Store):2915 Vineland Road, Kissimmee, FL 34746
Pharmacy:
CVS: 5308 West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, FL 34746
Walgreens: 5180 West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, FL 34746
Outlets/Shopping:
Vineland Premium Outlets: 8200 Vineland Ave., Orlando, FL 32821
The Mall at Millenia: 4200 Conroy Road, Orlando, FL 32839
Florida Mall: 8001 Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809