Hey, welcome! I'm a former Acey pilot as well. You'll like it here.

Having a car is nice. My sim partner was from Orlando so he had his car with him. We drove together for sims.

As for what's around, looking at the map it looks like there's more things around the hotel now, including a Taco/Tequila bar right in front. Also there's a decent mall just across the road to the south. Out the back of the hotel and to the right is a Publix supermarket, about a 10 minute walk. So there is stuff around. I remember liking the training hotel here better than I did at Xjet.