We stayed at a house in Emerald Island summer 2022. It was great! Now, with any rental houses, your house experience is going to depend largely on the owner and their care/responsiveness. We didn’t utilize the community amenities at all (our house days were spent enjoying our private pool), but the neighborhood was quiet and convenient to the parks. I think it only took us about 15 minutes even with traffic to get to any of the parks, and there were other amenities nearby (restaurants, Publix). We would stay there again.