Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
Peghorn’s pioneer village, Lake Runnymede’s oak canopy, Lake Lizzie’s marsh loop and venom-milking shows at Reptile World: the no-reservation family circuit south of Orlando.
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Founded in 1949, still family-run, and No. 10 in our attractions rankings at 90.3: Jumparoo shows, a breeding marsh, a zip line over the gators — and 75 years of doing one thing completely.
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The pedal-powered swans have circled Lake Eola since 1925; the living flock arrived in 1922. In 2026 their stories split — the boats sail on, the flock was relocated after an avian flu outbreak. Where both stand now.
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A sinkhole lake, a 0.9-mile loop, a fountain that became a city’s logo and a Top 5 city-park ranking. Our full profile of the park Orlando is built around — its shores, its history and its calendar.
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Before the theme parks, there was Gatorland — Owen Godwin’s 1949 roadside attraction at 14501 South Orange Blossom Trail, still family-run, still the Alligator Capital of the World.
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The Orlando Museum of Art, the Science Center, the Mennello, Orlando Shakes and more share one walkable, lake-ringed campus at Ivanhoe Village’s eastern edge. How to work it.
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The world’s largest Earl Cunningham collection, kept in Howard Phillips’ former home in Loch Haven Park — the smallest museum in the park makes the biggest claim.
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Opened July 14, 1956 to overlook 17 million citrus trees, the 226-foot Citrus Tower outlived the groves, the freezes and the road-trip era. Why the deck still earns the stop — and what the view tells you now.
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A 116-acre AZA-accredited zoo with roots to 1923, botanical gardens in the canopy, and an Asian Lantern Festival running on select nights through January 17.
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A family nursery on Slavia Road since 1912, Lukas pairs one of Florida’s largest garden centers with a 4,000-square-foot Butterfly Encounter. Go for plants, stay for the wings.
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