The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens offers the chance to come face-to-face with the wildest animals from around the world in just a few hours! Journey through the zoo and observe cats on the prowl, watch playful monkeys, hear beautiful birds, and see many endangered species.
Make sure you check out everything the zoo has to offer, including the Wharton-Smith Tropical Splash Ground, Barnyard Buddies Children’s Zoo, an Insect Zoo, a Herpetarium, and much more. It's fun for the entire family!
If you're driving, there's even free parking.
Daytona International Speedway has been Florida’s home for motorsport, but its real claim to fame is the Daytona 500 – NASCAR’s most prestigious race.
The 2.5 mile (4 km) round track has a 180-acre infield at its centre, with the 29-acre Lake Lloyd – which has hosted powerboat racing – inside that.
If you're nuts for NASCAR, make sure to take a guided tour of the track.
SEA LIFE Orlando is an aquarium located in Orlando, Florida. A family-friendly attraction, it houses a large number of fish and other ocean creatures. Visitors can experience Florida's only 360° tunnel, as well as unique dive and feeding shows.
Aquarium talks and feeding times:
Stingray Cove: Feeding daily at 11:00 and 14:00, talk daily at 16:00
Indian Ocean Show: Meet the divers and watch a feeding at 14:30 and 17:30 (no 17:30 dive on Mondays and Fridays)
Shark Ship Wreck Show: Meet the divers daily at 11:30 and 15:30, educational talk daily at 17:00 and 18:00, Octopus enrichment daily at 13:45
Pacific Ocean Show: Meet the divers and see a feeding daily at 12:30 and 16:30
Indian Ocean: Educational talk daily at 12:00 and 13:00, seahorse feeding daily at 15:00
Atlantic Ocean Dive Show: Meet the divers daily at 11:30 and 15:30
The Crayola Experience is a large interactive activity center in Florida centered around the famous Crayola crayon. There are 26 family-fun activities catered to children, including conventional arts and crafts and high-tech digital play stations.
Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is part of an entertainment center featuring the latest in electric go-karting, an arcade, laser quest and other activities. It is located in Orlando, Florida.
Gatorland is a wildlife park and animal-rescue center in Florida, US. Dubbed the Alligator Capital of the World, Gatorland is home to thousands of alligators and crocodiles. Featuring various animal encounter experiences, live shows, zip lines over alligator swamps, and more, Gatorland allows visitors to come face to face with some of the most fearsome reptiles on the planet, in a safe, educational environment.
Going for a leisurely spin on The Orlando Eye is a must when you're in Orlando. Whether morning, noon, or night, there are few experiences in Florida to match the thrill of seeing it all from 400 feet off the ground. The Orlando Eye isn't your average Ferris Wheel – try it yourself!
The Orlando chapter of the internationally renowned wax attraction Madame Tussauds is home to an amazing cast of lifelike wax figures, from the glitzy world of Hollywood, the music industry, politics, sport, history, and even comic books!