Florida Guide - Other Activities - Page 3

Picking up a cruise from Port Canaveral – Part 2 Embarkation
We visit our villa regularly and sometimes we finish our trip with a cruise to the Caribbean. With Orlando being close to Port Canaveral it seemed the ideal opportunity to sample a Carnival cruise for the first time. Having driven down from O...
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Picking up a cruise from Port Canaveral – Part 1
Port Canaveral is situated in Broward County, Florida, on the east coast, just north of Cocoa Beach. It is becoming one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with nearly 1. 3 million passengers passing through in 2007. The port is used by three ma...
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Cruising for the Disabled – Part 4 Tips on What to Do When You Have Booked Your Cruise
If, after reading my previous articles on cruising for those who have disabilities, you have decided to book your first cruise, then you will be about to have a wonderful holiday. But once you have booked your cruise there are still a few things to d...
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Cruising for those with disabilities – Part 3 How to Choose a Cruise
Cruising is an incredible experience, where your floating ‘hotel’ takes you to a variety of ports, whilst offering superb food and service and a high level of entertainment all under one roof – with the added bonus of amazing sea views and a new vist...
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Cruising for those with disabilities - Part 2
In my first article I discussed what is available to those who have limited mobility, so now let’s look at what cruise ships have to offer for those who have sight problems, hearing problems or diabetes. Travellers With Sight Problems ...
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Cruising for those with disabilities – Part 1
Cruising for those with disabilities – Part 1 For those who have any sort of disability which requires special help on holiday it may come as a surprise to learn that the cruise industry has some of the finest facilities available to the physi...
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Surfing and Windsurfing in Florida
Although surfers can enjoy the entire Atlantic coast, the really prime spots are the 20-mile stretch of beach between Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach, in the south east of the state, and in Central Florida the 35 mile stretch coastline from Sebastian...
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Coach Safari at Forever Florida Wildlife Conservation Area
There are many places in the world where you can try out Ziplining, but Florida isn’t one that springs instantly to mind. However, there is a new Zipline Safari in St Cloud, just south of Holopaw off the US441. Not only do they offer ziplining, but f...
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Bass Pro Shops – Outdoor World
If you are looking for somewhere a little bit different to visit during your Orlando holiday why not head to the Bass Pro Shop/Outdoor World at the junction of International Drive and Oakridge Road (I. Ride trolley stop 2). This store is the ...
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The Wine Room at Park Avenue – the tour
Most wineries we have visited in Central Florida follow a very similar format. First of all you are greeted at the door and made to feel welcome. Once inside there is usually a large shop to browse through, tempting the visitor with a vast array of w...
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An evening out with a difference
During our last few visits to Florida we have tried to do more and more different things to add variety to our time there. During our visit in August 2008, we fancied doing something genuinely American, so we investigated going to a live baseball gam...
Viewed 1082 times since 1 July 2009.

Tampa Bay Rays at the Tropicana Field, Tampa
As a treat for the whole family, we booked tickets online to see the Tampa Bay Rays versus New York Yankees Baseball game at Easter this year. The first two home games of the season happily coincided with our trip to Florida. The first game was a sel...
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New Exhibition at the Orlando Science Center
Do you have children who enjoy anything slightly rude or basic? You know the sort of thing I mean, snot, smells and noises is the polite way of describing it. Well if that is the case, then an exhibition which has been running since the end January, ...
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Ice! – Florida’s Unusual Winter Attraction
Something rather unexpected and rather special happens each year in Orlando. From the beginning of November through to early January the spectacular winter attraction Ice! is held at one of Orlando’s largest hotels, the Gaylord Palms. Over tw...
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Blast off from Cape Canaveral
The countdown clock was ticking and here we were approaching Titusville just thirty-five minutes before the scheduled lift off time of the shuttle Discovery looking for what was becoming a prized parking space. We had been driving north up US...
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Visiting Harry P Leu Gardens
You have done Disney, done Universal, done Sea World and had an amazing time. Now you are ready to have a gentler day out so may I suggest the Harry P Leu Gardens. This is located in Orlando on Forest Avenue and the house was restored...
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Cruising – Booking an Organised Tour
When you book your cruise you will be sent a whole lot of information, including shore excursions, which you can either book beforehand or on board ship. If there is a tour which you really don’t want to miss then it might be wise to book it before y...
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Cruising – Shore Excursions - Going it Alone
When you book a cruise you will receive information about shore excursions several weeks before your departure, and you will then have time to browse through them and decide what points of interest appeal to you. However, you don’t have to book an ex...
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Sightseeing by Segway
Visiting the Gulf Coast I was fascinated to see people riding around on ‘Segways’. It looked a really cool fun way to travel. So I decided to look into these vehicles a bit more as I wanted to try one! Segways are becoming more and more popul...
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Blue Man Group
When you walk into the auditorium at the venue for the Blue Man Group at Universal, you notice that it is not of great size. Everywhere is black and the first few rows of seating have “water capes” hung on them! We were puzzled. The next ...
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