Self Catering
One of the real advantages of renting your own vacation home is that you have the choice to cook your own meals, if preferred. For a family that can be a real money saver - although the array of restaurants in and around the theme parks offer great c...
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Two Centre Holidays
The Central Florida attractions are often the reason many visitors choose to spend their vacation in Florida. The Orlando area is known as the vacation capital of the world for good reason, and the theme parks attract millions of visitors each year.<...
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The Morse Museum
A visit to a museum is not an activity readily associated with a Florida holiday. But for a different activity (and a bit of culture), a visit to The Morse Museum is a very pleasant addition to a holiday. Winter Park The Morse Museum...
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Themed Dining - Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock
Central Florida has a huge range of dining opportunities for every taste. This Florida Guide includes reviews on many of the restaurants - everyone seems to have their own favourite, be it Italian, Indian, Chinese, American, Mexican........ Th...
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Murder Mystery Dinner Shows
There are a variety of dinner shows on offer, all competing for your hard earned dollar. These offer different entertainment, and also different types (and quality) of food. Most shows offer unlimited beer, wine or soft drinks with your meal, and can...
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Professional Sport in Central Florida
Many visitors to the Orlando area are attracted by the more obvious attractions - Disney, Universal, SeaWorld, and, of course, the wonderful weather. Whilst there is no doubt these attractions on their own are enough to fill even the most dema...
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Professional Sport 2
There is already an article within this guide on the vast array of professional sport in the Disney area. That article focuses on Baseball, Basketball and Ice Hockey. This article follows on from that with some more ideas. American Football...
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Florida for music and film lovers
When planning a Florida holiday, most guests tend to plan their trips around the fabulous theme parks, perhaps with a trip to the wonderful Gulf Coast beaches, a bit of shopping - and, of course, lazing by your own private pool at one of Orlando Vill...
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Television in Florida
No-one chooses to spend their vacation in Florida because of the television on offer. But your Orlando Villas Vacation Home will provide at least one television, and this will be a welcome addition to the entertainment on your vacation. And wh...
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Miniature Golf
Golf is incredibly popular in Florida - so much so that the weather forecast on local TV has daily golf reports, to help you choose your ideal time to play the following day. The weather, of course, helps make a round of golf so appealing. But...
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Fishing in Florida
A Florida vacation has so much to do - many people base their vacation plans around the theme parks, whilst others are attracted by the golf, shopping, restaurants, sport etc. And, of course, the weather. Many visitors seek to try some fishing...
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Kennedy Space Centre - Some Details
In addition to the theme parks, shopping, golf, restaurants and other attractions in the Orlando and Kissimmee area, there is much more to see outside of the main attractions area.
One attraction that we have visited a couple of times ...
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Disney Hollywood Studios or Universal
A question which we remember asking ourselves before our very first visit to the Sunshine State was 'should we go to Universal or Disney Hollywood Studios?' And it’s a question which many guests have asked us since. And, for us, the answer is ...
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Hints and tips for UK visitors
Having purchased our home in the sunshine state, and visiting a couple of times a year for our vacations, we have compiled a few hints and tips for the first time visitor. There is no 'rocket science' here - just a few ideas to help make the holiday ...
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Currency - tips for visitors from the UK
There are a few essentials to take on your Florida holiday. As well as your passports, driving licence, travel insurance, car hire voucher, flight tickets etc, there is one other essential - money. Whilst a Florida holiday is great value, and ...
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Thanksgiving Sales
Hopefully you will have got the impression that there are some great shopping opportunities in Florida - there are plenty of reviews on the various shops, superstores and shopping malls in this guide. But one thing we reckon is better than sho...
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Shopping at Festival Bay
It has never been difficult to find shopping opportunities during a Florida vacation. The variety and choice is certainly impressive - and the opening of the Festival Bay mall has been a welcome addition. Festival Bay is next to the Belz Desig...
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Sawgrass Mills
The shopping opportunities in Central Florida seem almost endless. New shopping malls are being developed all the time, as well as the longer established malls, such as Belz (renamed Prime), the Florida Mall, Premium Outlets...... But whilst t...
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Virgin Megastore
A must for every time we are in Florida is a visit to the huge Virgin Megastore at Downtown Disney. Situated by the Planet Hollywood Restaurant and AMC cinema, this is a big part of the shopping offered at Downtown Disney. The choice offered h...
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Flight Options from the United Kingdom
Visitors to Florida from the United Kingdom have little choice of how to get to the holiday destination - but there are several different options on which type of flight to book. The airline industry is very competitive, so very often it is necessary...
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Universal CityWalk
Disney and Universal are two of the major reasons for planning a vacation to Central Florida (as well, as the weather, shopping, golf, restaurants etc). For several years Disney were able to offer evening entertainment outside their theme parks throu...
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Golf in Florida
It is never difficult to find a reason to choose Florida for a vacation. For families, the Disney theme parks (and Universal, SeaWorld and the others) are popular choices for days out in Florida. And, of course, the shopping! But there ...
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