The Orlando Science Center offers four floors of fun hands-on educational exhibits, movies, laser shows and Florida’s largest publicly accessible refractory telescope. This is my absolute favorite place to take my daughter on days that are either rainy, too hot or (don’t laugh) too cold for us native Floridians! The best part is that my [...]
The Brevard Zoo is located in Melbourne, FL and is a one hour drive East from Kissimmee. It is a place that is near and dear to my heart, because the Rotaract Club that I belonged to in Junior High School was one of the many community groups that helped build it!
I’ve lived here three years, and had never been to a water park until this weekend. I tend to prefer lounging by the beach instead of waiting in line for hours to go down a water slide. But this weekend was all about doing things I don’t normally do in Central Florida, so my husband [...]
I love cars and am an avid follower of motor racing including Formula 1 and Indy Cars. However, wannabe racing drivers like myself can only dream about racing competitively. There are some very good racing packages available where you can get behind the wheel of a Ferrari, Lotus or Indy Car, but sometimes you just want [...]
No, you will not find me searching out “fun things to do outside in the summertime in Florida” unless it involves some kind of water activity. So, finding fun activities and attractions that are indoors, away from the sun and rain, is one of my new obsessions. DisneyQuest at Downtown Disney has been around for [...]
And you have to drag them kicking and screaming out the door. But it’s also one of those places you have to drag your husband out of as he spends at least an hour revisiting his youth and wondering how he can get away with buying the Star Wars Death Star without having to file [...]
Finding affordable (or “cheap,” as some say) day-long activities for our whole family to enjoy can be a challenge. Especially when our girls are fish and want to spend 8 hours a day in the water. Luckily, we found CoCo Key Water Resort on International Drive, and spent the day splashing and swimming at the [...]
It was as if I had turned off Central Florida Parkway and wandered onto a lush Caribbean island complete with hammocks and the soft rhythm of steel drum music. Nothing here really looked much like Orlando, not only because of the exotic vibe, but because the theme park element, surprisingly, just wasn’t there.
By the time I was 8, the trampoline had become my world. I’d race home after school, just to spend a few hours flipping around. Front flips, backflips, handsprings. You name it, I was all about that giant, bouncing contraption.
Living in the area of Disney, Universal, SeaWorld, Arabian Nights, Wet & Wild and Ripley’s Believe It or Not makes it hard to notice the smaller attractions, the stops of Florida’s past. But, amidst all of the flashing lights, colors and fragrant food smells is a small reminder of a quieter, lovely and nearly lost [...]
Maybe you’re not a NASCAR fan. Maybe you’re a die-hard NASCAR fan. Maybe you just want to go really, really, really fast. Then you’ve got to give the Richard Petty Driving Experience a try. Last week as part of her work blogging about Florida travel, Rori was invited by the folks at Richard Petty to [...]
Before my visit to Gatorland, I was kind of skeptical. I didn’t know what it would be like, because all I knew about Gatorland was that there was a massive fiberglass gator mouth painted in bright green and pink outside the park. I was really, really surprised, though, and came away with a new found [...]
