I have never stayed at the tiki townhouse but I have stayed at Emerald Island twice. Great location. Very easy to get to the parks using sherberth rd., which is right off 192. It's probably a 10 minute drive to the parks and beats all the 192 traffic. There is a shopping center close by with a several restaurants (Outback, Taco Bell, Subway, TGI Fridays, plus several others). There is a Goodings-Winn Dixie there also but I wouldn't recommend it. It seemed very pricey. I would recommend Publix which is just a little farther up the road.