The colorful and cheerful American city of Orlando is widely known in the world for its theme parks and entertainment. He is really like that — fascinating, impressive, alluring. Once there were ranches, cypress swamps and citrus groves, and now there are mega—parks, entertainment centers, resorts, luxury hotels, water parks, golf courses, gardens, nature reserves. Every year, tens of millions of tourists visit this metropolis in Florida to get an unforgettable experience. Discover the best places in Orlando that are definitely worth a visit.
Walt Disney World Resort
The most famous and visited park in the world is Disney World. Fairy tales come to life here — magic becomes almost a reality. Four thematic zones are located on its huge area.
Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom consists of six “lands”: Main Street, USA; Adventure Land; Frontierland; Freedom Square, Fantasy Land; Tomorrowland. And in their center stands the capital — Cinderella’s Castle.
Epcot
A utopian city of the future dedicated to international culture and the field of new technologies. Festivals, exhibitions, parades, concerts and other events are held here. In the restaurants of the park you can get acquainted with dishes of different cuisines of the world.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
The zoo, where more than 1,000 representatives of fauna live in conditions close to natural. Visitors can go on safari and “visit” the African savannah, stay in the village of a wild tribe, overcome the tropical jungle to see mountain peaks and rushing waterfalls.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
This zone takes visitors to the wonderful world of cinema with exciting stunt productions, special effects and excursions. There are street shows with your favorite movie characters, where everyone can become a participant in a popular scene from the movie, and the interiors of restaurants and cafes are transported to the incredible worlds of Star Wars and desperate pirate Jack Sparrow.
In addition, Disney World has two water parks (Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach), golf courses, 24 resorts and hotels, the Disney Springs shopping and entertainment center and, finally, the ESPN Wide World Of Sports sports complex.
Kennedy Space Center
An exciting adventure for adults and children will be a visit to the Kennedy Space Center. This is a unique opportunity to lift the veil of secrecy and visit the operating cosmodrome. With an excursion here you can get into closed places for viewing ground-based tracking stations, see launch pads and real spaceships that participated in missions. Among them is the largest in the history of mankind — Saturn 5. It was he who served the US Apollo lunar program. In this center, everyone can feel like an astronaut and go on a virtual journey to the stars.
Universal Orlando Amusement Park
This is one of the most popular theme parks in the world and the best place to definitely go with a teenager. Here opens the wonderful world of your favorite movies and their legendary characters — the Grinch, superheroes from Marvel comics, Popeye and Dudley Do-Wright from Mounties, Harry Potter and others. Adults and children are happy to escape from Hogwarts, go for adventures in Diagon Alley and take a ride on the Hogwarts Express. Universal Orlando Amusement Park is famous for its modern attractions. It includes several facilities: two parks — Universal Studios Florida and Adventure Islands, the Volcano Bay Water park, five Loews Hotels, the Universal CityWalk Orlando entertainment complex with restaurants, shops, day and night performances.
Orlando International Premium Outlets
Shopping at Orlando International Premium Outlets is a real pleasure. It is the largest shopping mall in Florida, which is visited by about 17 million people annually. On its vast territory there are more than 170 stores of famous world brands — Polo, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Lacoste, Nike, Hugo Boss, Ted Baker, The North Face, Under Armour, Michael Kors and others. Here you can buy products from your favorite manufacturers at a discount.
Discovery Cove
The best emotions will be given by visiting the open—air themed amusement park – Discovery Cove. Here you can swim with bottlenose dolphins, stingrays and colorful fish, and also feed tropical birds with your hands. The birds here live in an aviary for free flight, through which the river flows. Floating along it, visitors can see its inhabitants, waterfalls and dense thickets. And in the park there is an island with palm trees, a white sand beach and underwater caves where moray eels, reef sharks and tropical fish live.
Legoland Florida
A visit to Legoland Florida Park, the second largest in the world, will give children delight and joy. Its scale is impressive — there are 50 attractions, a botanical garden with exotic plants and waterfalls, an open-air water park and a hotel. Surrounded by greenery, the park’s territory is divided into thematic zones: Fun Town, which has a cinema and a Lego parts factory; Duplo Valley, where you can have fun and learn new things; Lego Kingdoms — a medieval kingdom; Land of Adventure — a country of Indians, cowboys and treasures; Lego City is one of the favorite zones of children, where everything is made of designer parts. Be sure to visit Miniland USA — here you can see famous sights in miniature. On a hot day, we advise you to cool off in the water park on fun slides, in wave pools and on water playgrounds.