FLORIDA VACATION RENTALS, U.S.A.

Orlando’s signature landmark is obviously the turreted Cinderella Castle that regally stands in the center of the original Disney Florida theme park, the Magic Kingdom®, at Lake Buena Vista. Discover the bone-chilling experience of riding through the Haunted Mansion where your host is a ghost. If you manage to come out with just goose bumps from the home of the dead, you surely be able to tackle the adventure of riding into the outer space on the swirling and exciting Mountain Space® roller coaster ride. Stoke your imagination with a boat ride around the globe in It’s a Small World, or journey into Never Land with Peter Pan or visit the Swiss Family in the Swiss Family Treehouse. Besides the classic rides, there are a host of new attractions, such as Mickey’s PhilharMagic and Stitch’s Great Escape! ™ that can be enjoyed while on a Florida vacation.

Curious to find out what lies in the future, then a visit to Epcot® is a must, which delights viewers with thrilling rides, spectacular shows and gives you a peep into what lies ahead.
A combination of amusement park, world's fair, and entertainment venue, Epcot® offers vacationers staying in Florida many hours of entertainment and fun. Buckle up your seat belt and get ready for a hair-raising ride on Test Track or experience a true adventure with Mission: SPACE. Catch a stunning show of lasers, fireworks, fountains and special effects called IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth. Finally, don’t miss “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience,” a 3-D adventure about the futuristic shrinking technologies. Your little ones will love the ‘Turtle Talk with Crush’, a live interactive animated show with Nemo’s sea turtle friend Crush.

Combine the glamour of Broadway with the thrill of exciting rides like the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ and Rock ‘n Roller Coaster® starring Aerosmith at the Disney-MGM Studios. After all that adrenaline rush, travel back into the era of innocence and fairytales with the musicals Playhouse Disney and Beauty and the Beast. Watch Mickey fight out with the bad guys at Fantasmic! and later know all about the magical mermaids through a spectacular undersea show of live performers, colorful puppets, special effects and mesmerizing music with Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

Expect the unexpected as you come face-to-face with wild animals, dinosaurs, loveable characters, spectacular shows and attractions at Animal Kingdom®. Take a safari ride with Kilimanjaro Safaris®, go back into the past with the thrilling Dinosaur ride, catch the beautiful on-stage production of Lion King, experience the wild rides of Kali River Rapids® and join in the party with Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade.

Spread over 200 acres, SeaWorld Orlando offers fun and excitement for the whole family that includes world-class shows, close encounters with your favorite animals and hair-raising rides. Ride the longest and the only floorless roller coaster, Kraken. Take a Journey to Atlantis for an action packed thrilling ride and come face-to-face with walruses, beluga whales and polar bears on the Wild Arctic ride. Watch the world’s most famous killer whale, Shamu, perform acrobatics and spectator-drenching antics. Lastly, catch the breathtaking and mystical show of underwater life at SeaWorld’s Nautilus Theater. The cost of the tickets is $61.95 plus taxes for ages 10 and over; $49.95 plus taxes for children between the age of 3 and 9 and free for kids two and under.

Action packed adventure awaits you at the Universal Studios Florida®. Experience the real thing as you get behind the scenes in the full scale movie production set. Make your wildest fantasies come true in the spectacular and interactive Shrek 4-D™ and Terminator 2: 3D Battle Across Time™ shows. Ride through time and space for a glimpse into the future with the Back to the Future ride®; feel the goose-bumps in the psychological thrill ride Revenge of the Mummy; save the earth from the aliens on the interactive Men in Black™ Alien Attack™; or let your kids undertake the job of helping ET save his home planet in the E.T. Adventure®.

Take a ride on a glass-bottom boat at Wakulla Spring State Park. Fees for boat tours are $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Charter a boat for $200 or a pontoon for $50.

Kayaks and canoes are also available to rent in the area. The Ochlocknee River is ideal for boat rides. Tate’s Hell Swamp also offers 35 miles of waterways for canoeing and boating. A concrete boat launch is located at Cash Creek, with other sites located throughout the forest. If you are lucky, you will see alligators, birds, turtles, white-tailed deer and wild turkey.

If you bring your own boat, there are 2 ramps in Florida. One of these is located next to the marina. It is supposed to be a public launch, but as the marina owns the land on which you must turn around and park, they may charge a fee. The marina sells gas, supplies and offers short-term slip rentals.

The name itself gives you a good hint at what awaits you in this extraordinary amusement park. Take a ride in the Incredible Hulk Coaster® or enjoy The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man® at the Marvel Super Hero Island®; board the Ice Coaster or Fire Coaster in the Lost Continent® to take a thrilling ride over Dragon Lake in Dueling Dragons®.

Fascinated by African wildlife? Well, you don’t have to go Africa to see them! Right in the midst of hi-tech amusement parks lies the Busch Gardens, which is just two hours from Orlando and can be easily accessed from majority of the Florida vacation rentals in the area. This unique venue combines the thrill of unique rides with a premier zoo featuring more than 2,000 animals, live shows, restaurants, shops and games. Come face-to-face with a rhino, get a first-hand experience of a zookeeper or feed a giraffe. Discover this and many more enthralling experiences with your family at Busch Gardens.

Known as the ‘Alligator Capital of the World,’ Gatorland is a 110-acre park and wildlife reserve and one of Central Florida’s oldest attractions. Home to thousands of alligators, including a rare blue one, Gatorland lets you watch the creatures of the wild, like venomous snakes, from close quarters. The park is usually open from 9 AM to 5 or 6 PM every day. The admission fee is $19.95 for ages 13 and over and $12.95 for ages 3 -12.

Visit Florida’s oldest alligator park, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, which has to its credit, the honor of promoting the “largest reptile on exhibit in the Western Hemisphere”, Gomek. Located on Anastasia Island, less than a mile from Anastasia State Park, St. Augustine Alligator Farm hosts all twenty three species of crocodiles. The rare white alligators have also found a home in this Alligator farm. Other reptiles, tiny monkeys and over twenty five endangered animals can be observed here.

Set against the backdrop of a rustic village, Old Town in Kissimmee is a treat that the whole family can enjoy during their vacation in a Florida villa or condo. You can enjoy amazing and classic rides such as the retro Ferris Wheel or view vintage cars at the weekly car cruise. Experience the thrill of riding in the Windstorm Roller Coaster or ride the exciting Wave Swinger. Those who love go karting can spin their wheels around the Happy Days Family Go-Kart Track. For kiddies, there’s a separate park area called Fun Town where your little ones can enjoy a Merry-Go-Round ride, spin on the Tea Cups and ride the Dragon Wagon Kiddie Coaster. The amusement rides are open from 12 PM to 11 PM from Monday to Sunday. Tickets are sold separately for most rides.