...thanks...where is that?
It's about an hour to the N/NW. The winery is Lakeridge Winery -- you can Google to find out if it's what you're looking for.
You will need to get pretty far out from Celebration to find areas where there is no connection to theme parks. Although the town itself is not theme park-y, the area it's in is pretty much totally dedicated to the theme park / tourist crowd. Lots of chain restaurants, attractions (Medieval Times, etc), strip malls, hotels.
If you're looking for places to go canoeing or hiking, probably your best bet is up at Wekiva Springs near Longwood. That's about an hour to the N/NE.
There are several museums and theaters in the Loch Haven Park area, which is just past downtown Orlando towards Winter Park. There are botanical gardens in both Orlando and Winter Park, as well as Bok Tower, which is in Lake Wales (almost 2 hours N of Celebration).
If you go South of Celebration, there are places like Fantasy of Flight (an aircraft museum / attraction), which is about a half-hour south. Not a LOT going south until you get to Lakeland or Tampa.
But really ... whether you go N, S, E or W, it'll be a drive to get past the tourism corridor and into anyplace with museums, botanical gardens, hiking areas, wineries, etc.
I give Diznygirl a hard time.
