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Florida is the most exciting holiday experience in the world, with over 50 million visitors a year; fortunately not all land in Orlando!
Orlando is a vast conglomeration of adventure rides, thrills, fun and fantasy, the like of which is repeated nowhere else in the world - and we are not just talking about Disney World. Don't forget that you can also relax in the sun, spend warm balmy days playing golf, swim with the dolphins or visit one of the stunning beaches. There's also the amazing John F Kennedy Space centre just 50 minutes away - in fact Orlando has just about everything you could need for a versatile family holiday.
For those of you who have not been to Orlando before, here's a quick rundown of what's available - but we can't hope to list everything on this website:
There are many major theme parks, four of which reside in
the Walt Disney World Resort:
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Walt Disney's Four include: Magic
Kingdom currently celebrating Epcot
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Disney
World also includes other great days and evenings out: Typhoon
Lagoon Water Park |
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Universal
Studios is based on films which Universal has released and now features top attraction rides such as: Men in
Black, Jaws, Back to the Future, |
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Islands of Adventure In 1999 Universal's creative consultant Steven Spielberg officially opened a $1.5bn theme park called Islands of Adventure;although not really islands, there are six themed areas around the central lagoon (Port of Entry, Marvel Super-Hero Island, Toon Lagoon, Jurassic Park, The Lost Continent and Seuss Landing) |
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Islands of Adventure is billed as the most thrilling and complete theme park on offer. It has a complete range of attractions; from pure family entertainment to the full adrenalin rushes of thriller rides |
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Seaworld is one of the most popular parks with visitors for its general lack of large queues along with its peaceful environmental aspects |
At Seaworld you can see Shamu the killer whale, and all creatures of the deep. It features a bright refreshing atmosphere and pleasingly serious ecological approach, plus thrill seeking rides including Journey to Atlantis and Kraken |
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Busch Gardens houses the Anheuser-Busch brewery (yes there is free beer!) as well as a stunning theme park based on the Serengeti. An absolute must for all visitors and by far our favourite of them all. As the overall theme is Africa the
park is sub divided into areas like the Congo,Morocco and Nairobi. |
Busch is a 60 minute journey from our villa but is well worth the trip. Also alongside Busch is the water park Adventure Island which is absolutely fantastic - take your sun cream, you'll need it If
you like water, you'll
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John F Kennedy Space Centre is about a 55 minute car ride away. More than $120million has been spent in the last few years revamping the Space Centre's Visitors Complex. It is now an unmissable attraction for its depiction of space exploration, past, present and future |
Why not
arrange your visit around the next Shuttle Launch! Click here to
learn more |
Of course Theme Parks in Orlando are absolutely bountiful. Here a just a few of the other parks we would like to mention, but just don't have the space to do them justice! However, we do have plenty of brochures at the villa for you to read and enjoy:
Discovery Cove where
you can swim with the Dolphins (pre-booking essential - and very expensive)
Cypress Gardens (200 acres of botanical gardens)
Splendid China (based on China!)
Gatorland (where the real Florida comes up to bite
you!)
Plus dozens and dozens of others
Oh don't forget there's the shopping - now that list is endless! Orlando is the 'shop till you drop' capital of Florida and has some absolutely brilliant shopping centres including designer factory outlets where you can buy designer goods at low low prices!
We recommend for any visitor to Orlando that they buy the book 'a brits guide to Orlando and Walt Disney World' which comes out every year, so you can be assured that the information is bang up-to-date. It is written by Simon Veness and published by Foulsham. The book can be found in all good bookshops e.g. Waterstones, WHSmiths and of course at www.amazon.co.uk - currently priced at £11.99
