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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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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreFlorida’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.
Read MoreSeaWorld’s water park: drop capsules, duelling racers and a slide that runs through a dolphin habitat — Orlando’s water park of record this winter.
Read MoreThe all-inclusive day resort: capped crowds, a reef to snorkel, a river through an aviary, and thirty minutes with a dolphin if you book it.
Read MoreUniversal’s water theme park under a 200-foot volcano — currently in its seasonal closure until spring 2027; the record for the park in season.
Read MoreOrca presentations and manatee rescue alongside Orlando’s densest coaster collection — the hybrid park, going strong since 1973.
Read MoreThe newest major theme park in America, opened in 2025: five worlds around Celestial Park, from Super Nintendo World to the Ministry of Magic.
Read MoreDiagon Alley behind a London façade, the Mummy, Springfield and E.T. — Universal’s original park, mid-metamorphosis and still the crowd-pleaser.
Read MoreVelociCoaster over the lagoon, Hagrid’s motorbikes, Hogsmeade and Hulk: the thrill park of the Universal campus.
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