Florida Hospital Centra Care

The last thing anyone wants to deal with on their Orlando area vacation is an accident or a bad case of the flu, but if the unexpected does happen and you do need a walk-in clinic in the Orlando area, there are 19 Florida Hospital Urgent Care locations—known as Centra Care—which treat local residents as well as out-of-town visitors.

A full listing of locations and hours are available at the Centracare.org Web site. Hours vary from location to location, but the Lake Buena Vista Centra Care (pictured) that is closest to Disney property has later hours to cater to ill and injured tourists (Walt Disney World even offers a free shuttle to this location for guests who cannot be adequately treated at one of the theme parks’ first aid stations). X-rays, stitches, and prescriptions are available at these sites to avoid the added expense and time involved in visiting a local emergency room.

The Lake Buena Vista Centra Care is located at 12500 South Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL 32836, and the hours of operation are weekdays from 8:00 a.m. – Midnight and weekends 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Other Centra Care locations that are close to the tourist areas (but with shorter office hours) include the Sand Lake Road location (a few miles from Florida Mall) and the Kissimmee Centra Care on US 192.