Florida Attraction Guide - Other Activities - Page 1

Sammy Duvals Watersport Centre
We had been going to Florida for many years before friends recommended a visit to Sammy Duvall’s Watersport Centre. On a sunny day this comes as a welcome relief from the Parks and it is open every day of the year. Sammy Duvall’s is situated...
Viewed 478 times since 18 October 2010.

Swimming with Manatees
I have recently being looking at a Swimming with the Manatees Tour, my niece is longing to do this and as it is her birthday soon I have thought of taking her next time we go to our villa in Orlando. She loves these gentle giants and I think...
Viewed 520 times since 16 October 2010.

Highwaymen Exhibition at the Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando
Are you one of the lucky ones who visits Florida regularly and who likes to experience something a little different? Maybe you are all ‘parked out’ having visited the wonderful theme parks regularly, or maybe you just want something out of the...
Viewed 473 times since 30 September 2010.

Try Boggy Creek Airboat Rides
If you are looking for a way to spend a few hours or to get away from the heat on a hot Orlando day, why not try an airboat ride at one of the Boggy Creek locations? The most convenient location for visitors to the Walt Disney World area is...
Viewed 677 times since 21 August 2010.

Central Florida Zoo.
Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens is located in Sanford on North West Highway. This will be about an hour from your holiday villa in The Parks area. This zoo has been in existence in one form or another since 1923 and it started with...
Viewed 771 times since 19 June 2010.

Sea Screamer – The Trip
No sooner had we left the quay than the crew spotted two female dolphins with their young so we spent some thirty minutes circling in the harbour waiting for them all appear. We were rewarded a view of them on a number of occasions. We were told by...
Viewed 1059 times since 1 September 2008.

Sea Screamer – getting there and parking
On our last trip to Florida we went to Clearwater for a dolphin spotting trip on the Sea Screamer, something we had been promising ourselves for a long time. We had been staying down at Manosota Beach for a few days so instead of returning...
Viewed 1162 times since 1 September 2008.

Boggy Creek Airboat Ride
We had all seen the photographs and TV programmes of the airboats whisking their way through the Florida wetlands and so we decided that this was a ‘must do’ on our next trip to Orlando. We did a little bit of internet research first and found that...
Viewed 1246 times since 1 September 2008.

Florida TPC Sawgrass
There are two courses attached to the Marriott at Sawgrass which is near Ponte Vedra, both designed by the famous golf course architect Pete Dye there is the Valley course and the famous players Stadium Course which is home to one of the best...
Viewed 950 times since 1 September 2008.

La Nouba - Cirque du Soleil
An evening at Cirque du SoleilI had heard much about La Nouba but despite several trips to Orlando had never found the time to go amongst everything else there is to do in Florida. This year as a Christmas/New Year treat I thought it would...
Viewed 3669 times since 1 September 2008.

Kennedy Space Center Tour
Since our childhood we had been fascinated with space exploration, right from the early days of Yuri Gagarin and John Glenn, through the Apollo moon missions of the 60s and 70s, to the present day Shuttle programme. So, as you can imagine, we were...
Viewed 1066 times since 1 September 2008.

Fantasia Crazy Golf, Disney World
If you have got a couple of hours to spare try a game of crazy golf. (This is a great way to spend time on an afternoon when you have checked out of your villa but have time before catching a flight home). We went along to Disney’s Fantasia Gardens...
Viewed 2479 times since 1 September 2008.

Arabian Nights Dinner Show
Our evening at Arabian Nights began with a before dinner show with a very talented belly dancer and as we upgraded to V.I.P. tickets we had a free drink before the show. Having the upgraded tickets also meant we got to go in one hour earlier to meet...
Viewed 1061 times since 1 September 2008.

Boggy Creek Air Boat Rides
Why not try a different thrill ride, Boggy Creek airboat rides are at Boggy creek you get there by going down hyway192 into Saint Cloud the airboat rides are sign posted from there and are easy to find. You can pre purchase tickets...
Viewed 1153 times since 1 September 2008.

Silver Spurs Rodeo (3)
If you are lucky enough to be in Orlando in either February (as we were) and want to try something completely different, then you may like to don your cowboy hat, pull on your cowboy boots and head off to the Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee to...
Viewed 45 times since 1 September 2008.

Gatorland - A Great Half Day Out
Alligators! Is there anyone who doesn’t find these scaly, prehistoric looking creatures from the deep fascinating? Most people and I include myself as one of them just cannot get enough of them. If you stay in a villa...
Viewed 3413 times since 1 September 2008.

Hot Air Balloon Flights
As we all know, Florida is famous for its many attractions and theme parks, but one of the fewer known activities is a hot air balloon flight.We have flown in a hot air balloon on 3 occasions now and each flight has been completely different...
Viewed 1023 times since 1 September 2008.

SLEUTH’S MYSTERY DINNER SHOWS
If the adults and teenagers in you party want to enjoy a good evening’s entertainment a visit to Sleuth’s Mystery Dinner show will provide this. We also took a quite a mature 10 year old who also enjoyed it. Sleuths is situated in the...
Viewed 988 times since 1 September 2008.

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