Nov 21, 2007

Orlando, Florida Has it All

If you are going to Orlando, Florida, they have more to offer than a lot of places do. They have there beautiful sandy beaches, white sand and tan sand, and all the sea shells you would want to take home. On 3 areas of Florida you have beaches, the east side and the west side and of course down by Key West. They have Condos to rent and townhouses or you may want to buy a place for a vacation home. It's just a good place to get away and have fun, and relax. Daytona Beach is really beautiful and then Key West is a great place, plus my favorite is Pensacola where we rented a condo right on an island off Pensacola, and they were very reasonable. From miniature golf to go carts to just sun bathing was all great, everything in Florida is great. You may even want to go surfing or fishing in the ocean, maybe even sailing.

They have Busch Gardens, maybe Sea World or even Universal Theme Park, but I just loved the most famous one Disney World. I recommend it highly, for you to go there. You have to make reservations in advance if you want to stay on the Disney Worlds grounds, only because you benefit from staying there. They have several resorts to chose from. We chose the Caribbean Resort. The big advantage is that if you stay in the resort you get to go to the theme parks 1 hour earlier than anyone else. The Caribbean had there own restaurants and gift shops within walking distance of your rooms. All the resorts have different ones. Plus they all have pools or a lake to lounge around, to catch your breath. The views from every room were breathtaking, with the pretty landscape all done in different flowers and some in a figure of say Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse, so enjoyable to relax.
Early every morning there shuttles to take us to the theme parks of our chose. Each shuttle was color coded and they ran every 25 minutes. We planned three theme parks on that trip, Wild Kingdom and Epcot and last MGM. Wild Kingdom was so exciting because they put on different shows for you. Ours was the Lion King, it was the best ever, so colorful and all of there costumes just were so awesome with the music and all unbelievable. As you walk on through the park they had a safari ride which was like the real thing in Africa. All of the wild animals were right next to you, but of course they had underground wires to keep them from you.

The next theme park was Epcot, this was great because you could walk all the way around and see the different mock up of the countries and to sample there foods, or see there cultures. All of them dressed in their own nationalities. One that really stuck out was Italy, known for their statues really fascinated me so I walked over to get my picture taken by one and it touch me. Not really a statue but a person painted white like one and didn't move at all. They stayed in that pose for several minutes maybe even longer, who would of know that. I know for one thing I can scream, then they did there thing again for the next person that didn't realize it. This was so classical of them I could stand still that long.

The last place was MGM, they did shows, a big theater was playing "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" in 3-D. So they gave you 3-D glasses as you went in. This made some scenes jump out at you really clever. They also had an interesting mock up of Hollywood scenes in front of you on the streets. Every night each theme park shoots of fire works before they close that park. You could stay and watch them there or go back to your resort and even see them from your room. All of this by making reservations n advance; Disney World was really worth the time and the money.

Just over from Orlando you have the Kennedy Space Center where the Shuttle lifts off. Or maybe you wish to visit the Everglades or the Lakes. Three lakes most famous are Lake Copeland and Lake Lawson, but the most romantic lake is Lake Eola, they have swan boats, clubs with in walking distance and dinning. Then there is Gatorland in the everglades, they have several features like, marsh lands and Alligator Island, even flamingo lagoon and a petting zoo. So take a leap at Orlando and the surrounding areas of the sunshine state where you can experience it all.

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