Indian Creek Review

We have rented one story 4 bedroom pool house villas in Indian Creek in 2013 and 2014 and we have loved it. Indian Creek is in the Formosa Gardens general area near West Gate, just miles from Animal Kingdom. It is not a gated community. The neighborhood is usually quiet as none of the villas are rented every day, and the renters usually spend all day at Disney. There are a handful of permanent residents, but not many. Nearly all the houses have lawns that are well maintained, usually by a landscaping company.

The neighborhood is split in half by a highway, and connected with a large bridge. Unless the villa backs to the highway, you'll never know the highway is there. In the summer, you'll awake many mornings to hot air balloons flying overhead. Depending on where your villa is located, you can see the Disney fireworks in the distance in the evening.

The location is excellent. From driveway to walking through the gates at Animal Kingdom is 15 minutes. The neighborhood is minutes away from Rt. 192, which has almost ever imaginable restaurant and store on it. You'll find The Market grocery store very close, but the store is too expensive. Drive west on 192 and you'll find a Target and Publix. A little further and there is a Walmart on Rt. 27. This area is very close to Celebration, the town built by Disney. In fact, the neighborhood is part of the Celebration school district.

There are two parks, one on each side of the bridge. Each has a playground and an open area. One park has basketball courts, tennis courts, and large open fields. There are two large retention ponds with walking paths. The neighborhood has a combination of palm trees and some kind of tree that drops acorns plus a few fruit trees. There is plenty of wild life: large birds, turtles, and geckos. This is Florida, so, there are plenty of bugs, nevertheless, I never had a problem with bugs while walking around the neighborhood.  You'll want to ask your Villa owner about their extermination practices - if the practices are good, you shouldn't have a problem with bugs inside either.

As with all Villas, buyer be ware. You really need to check the villa owner as every house can be different. This review is only concerned with the Indian Creek neighborhood.

I have several links where you can experience Indian Creek too. This is a link looking out the front window of the villa, or, at the pool. This is a great way to see what the neighborhood is like:
http://original.livestream.com/palmtreetv

The next link goes to a video for jogging around Indian Creek. Unfortunately, I shot most of the video during garbage day, so, there are garbage cans at the curb. That is usually not the case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yaynfRn204

Indian Creek gets a huge high rating from me. I hope to stay there again very soon!