Orlando Attractions
Q: So what is there to do in Orlando?
- You must be joking, right?
Q: No, seriously, what is there to do in Orlando?
- Oh, you were *actually* asking. Sorry about that. Well, there’s a reason Orlando is called “America’s Playground” – for starters, the highest concentration of theme and amusement parks is located in this region. They include Walt Disney World’s four theme parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom) and two water parks (Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach); Universal Orlando’s two theme parks (Universal Studios Orlando and Universal’s Islands of Adventure) and its water park Wet ‘n Wild; SeaWorld Orlando (featuring SeaWorld Adventure Park, Discovery Cove, and their water park Aquatica); Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and their water park Adventure Island (located only a forty-five minute drive from Orlando); Legoland Florida; Gatorland; and Holy Land Experience.
Those are just the theme and water parks. Other things to do in the Greater Orlando area include:
The Kennedy Space Center, Wonderworks, Orlando Science Center, I-FLY Orlando Indoor Skydiving, Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament Show, Titantic – The Experience, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Orlando Wetlands Park, Revolution: The Off-Road Experience, Cirque du Soleil: La Nouba, Blue Man Group, Fantasy of Flight, Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Arabian Nights Dinner Attraction, Bok Tower Gardens, Orlando Balloon Rides, Ripley’s Believe it or Not Orlando Odditorium, Fun 2 Dive Scuba and Manatee Snorkeling Tours, Orlando Museum of Art, The Richard Petty Driving Experience, Orange County Regional History Center, Dinosaur World, Fun Spot USA, Horse World Riding Stables, Pirates’ Dinner Adventure, Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards, Mennello Museum of American Art, Green Meadows Petting Farm, Boggy Peak Airboat Rides…look, we could keep going like this for a long time, but put it this way – we have a saying down here, “If you’re in Orlando and you’re bored…there’s something wrong.”
Don’t believe us? Check out these other websites:
- Here’s one that lists over fifty different things to do just on one street alone – International Drive.
http://www.internationaldriveorlando.com/50ways/index.asp
- Trip Advisor’s website lists over one hundred fifty-one different attractions, twenty-five different tours, fifty-three different nightlife activities, and twenty different shopping areas – all in Orlando.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g34515-Activities-Orlando_Florida.html
- “Sure,” you may be saying, “all that is great. But I’m on a budget!” Have no fear, for National Geographic has provided a list of free things to do and experience in Orlando.
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/free-orlando-traveler/
- This is a list of “The Ten Best Things You’re Not Doing in Orlando” – in point of fact, we’ve done six of these…though we’re not telling which ones.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/10-best.htm
- Finally, do your tastes trend towards the, shall we say, eclectic? Strange? Downright koo-koo for Cocoa Puffs? Then feast your eyes on this list of over fifty off-beat Florida attractions, from the Burt Reynolds Museum to the watery grave of America’s favorite TV dolphin, Flipper. Creepy, huh? We didn’t know there was a Burt Reynolds museum either…
http://www.orlando-florida.net/press-releases/50-offbeat-florida-attractions.htm
