Things to do in Orlando

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More interactive than a museum, more inspirational than a science center, and more authentic and educational than a theme park, NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers a full-day experience of thrilling simulators, breathtaking attractions, behind-the-scenes tours, interactive exhibits, larger-than-life 3D space films, rocket launch viewing opportunities, and more. Located on Merritt Island, Florida, it offers an immersive journey into the technological marvels of space exploration that aspiring astronauts and space enthusiasts of all ages can enjoy.

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Meet the marine life at one of America's most popular aquatic theme parks

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LEGOLAND® Florida Park is a holiday destination in Winter Haven, Florida. Built on the site of the former Cypress Gardens theme park, LEGOLAND® Florida Park preserves the beautiful botanical gardens, while adding more than fifty rides, shows, attractions, restaurants, and shops, as well as a water park, and lots of LEGO®-themed on-site accommodations.

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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.

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Ride the safari and visit the Tree of Life

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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.

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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

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Experience a theme park built around some of your favorite films in Orlando

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Enjoy beloved characters and dazzling nighttime shows

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Discovery Cove, Orlando is the perfect way to get in touch with Florida' rich nature in a relaxing, tropical atmosphere – complete with a white-sand beach. Along with an aviary where some 250 tropical birds fly freely, guests also have the chance to swim with bottlenose dolphins. It's also the perfect place to relax. Unwind in the heated Tropical River that runs through the aviary and passes by Discovery Cove's beaches, waterfalls, and lunch landscape before reaching a freshwater pool.