Davenport - anyone stayed here?

[Raemog]

HI all

we head to Davenport to a villa in september. We;ve never been to this area before and wondered if there were any DIBBers out there that knew of the area and could give us any shopping, retaurant tips at all?
thanks for any help Rae xx

[tfmay]

what community are you staying on, as it can make a difference in terms of what is best/easiest to get to etc....

[Raemog]

hi we are in a villa on the aviana resort if thats any help

[Tinklfly]

If you're looking for places in the immediate vicinity then it depends largely on which community you are staying at. At Berry Town Center there is Publix, Applebees, Chinese takeaway and pizza restaurant to name a few, you also have the new Posner Park retail development, with Super Target, Dicks Sporting goods and JC Penney among others. There is also a Walmart, and Walgreens. Hope this is helpful. :wavey:

[Raemog]

oh thanks very much thast great now i need to work out which area we are in.

[Citrus View]

Your location is shown on the Dibb villa maps and is actually just off SR 17 and the Ronald Regan Parkway.

[welshwiz]

hi we are in a villa on the aviana resort if thats any help

That makes a big difference to a lot of the advice that people will be likely to post on here when you mention Davenport as many will assume that you are located near the US27 when infact you're quite a long way from Berry Town Center and Cagan's Crossing etc.

You're nearest supermarket will be Publix at Ovation on the corner of Old Lake Wilson Road and the Osceola Polk Line Road (you would probably drive along the CR54 Ronald Regan Parkway and turn right past 'Town Center' on Old Lake Wilson Road) further along and there's another Plaza at Champions Gate.

Whilst you can indeed easily reach Applebees at Berry Town Center and Walmart at Cagan's Crossing you'll be going out of your way to do so and you could just as quickly reach the many restaurants along the 192 by going up Old Lake Wilson Road (a route which I would also recommend you use for Animal Kingdom).

[_tinkerbell_]

Hi

I came on to say the same as Karen, as Avianna is basically across the road from us in Watersong.

Publix will be your nearest supermarket and will only take you about 2 mins to get there. There is a small selction of restaurants here too but a little further along is Champions gate where again you will have a Publix, Chillis, Chinese take away, Walgreens etc.

The 192 is easy to get to and not far although there are 3 roads to get there all taking you to the different areas. Top, middle and bottom, sounded like Brucie there. :D The 192 is the closest area for you for a large range of shops and restaurants.

Posner Park is also an option for shopping, a brand new retail area.

Ask your Villa owner if they can give you some information on the area but if they can't then just drop me a PM with your email and I will mail you some over.

:wavey:

[Raemog]

thanks all. Your advice has been great x

[cosmo_kramer]

We stayed pretty close to Champion's Gate last year. It seemed like it was the middle of nowhere but champion's gate was really good for the little things. Took us about 20-25 mins to drive to MK.

[Citrus View]

We stayed pretty close to Champion's Gate last year. It seemed like it was the middle of nowhere but champion's gate was really good for the little things. Took us about 20-25 mins to drive to MK.


What route where you taking to MK as from Champions Gate it is straight on I4 3.5 miles then 5 miles from I4 puts you at ticket and transportation area for MK

[cosmo_kramer]

What route where you taking to MK as from Champions Gate it is straight on I4 3.5 miles then 5 miles from I4 puts you at ticket and transportation area for MK

No idea, it was mum that was driving. I just remember always driving past the Mickey Mouse antena.