The Other Kissimmee: A Downtown and Lakefront Guide
Skip the corridor for a day: Broadway’s dining rooms, a 50-foot monument built from stones sent by every state, and sunset over Lake Toho — the Kissimmee locals actually live in.
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day trips
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The real thing, an hour east of Orlando: a flown space shuttle, a Saturn V, the Astronaut Hall of Fame and a bus tour behind the gates of America’s spaceport.
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
The Tampa day trip: a 65-acre Serengeti Plain and one of America’s finest coaster lineups, Iron Gwazi at its head — 75 minutes from Orlando, worth every one.
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LEGOLAND Florida
Florida’s original attraction, rebuilt in brick: a 150-acre park in Winter Haven designed for children two to twelve — coasters they can actually ride, Miniland USA, and the 1936 Cypress Gardens at its heart.
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Day Trips from Orlando: Mount Dora, Winter Garden and Sanford
Three small-town escapes under an hour from Orlando — Mount Dora’s antiques, Winter Garden’s Plant Street and Sanford’s brick-lined waterfront.
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Central Florida’s Natural Springs: A Local’s Guide to Wekiwa, Rock Springs and Blue Spring
Swim in 72-degree water year-round at Central Florida’s best natural springs — Wekiwa, Kelly Park’s Rock Springs and manatee-filled Blue Spring.
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