Orlando Guide
Orlando is the theme park capital of the world, located at the heart of the Sunshine State of Florida. Home to family favourites such as Walt Disney World Resort, Seaworld and Universal Studios Resort, the region sees an estimated 52 million tourists a year. Orlando is also well known for its wide array of golf courses, with numerous courses available for all levels.
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Disney World Resort
The second Disney theme park to open in October 1 1971, Walt Disney World Florida is the largest theme park anywhere in the world, with a total size of over 20,000 acres.
Disney World is made up of four major theme parks: the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom.
In addition to the four main theme parks, the resort contains two water parks, six golf courses, a sports complex, an auto race track, twenty resort hotels and numerous shopping, dining, and entertainment offerings.
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Universal Studios
The Universal Orlando Resort Theme Park opened in 1990, the second largest in Orlando after Disney World. Based on the idea of being able to "Ride the Movies", the theming in Universal Studio's is targeted at making guests feel like they are in a movie set with rides that are inspired by many popular films.
The park consists of six themed areas - Hollywood, Production Central, New York, San Francisco / Amity, World Expo and KidZone.
The resort consists of two theme parks (Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure), Universal CityWalk (a night-time entertainment destination), and three Loews hotels. This together with the many shows and adventure rides combine to make Universal a complete vacation destination.
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SeaWorld
Opened in 1973, Seaworld combines the elements of a large scale aquarium with a theme park, allowing visitors to enjoy four major rides together with nine daily spectacles and shows.
SeaWorld's most popular rides are Kraken, Journey to Atlantis, Sky Tower, and Wild Arctic. Kraken is a roller coaster based on the legendary beast with the same name. Journey to Atlantis is a water coaster where visitors take a trip to the famous lost city while Wild Arctic is a flight simulator where visitors take a helicopter trip to a fictional base station at the North Pole.
Loved by young children and adults alike, Sea World continues to entice visitors time after time. Look out for household name and park celebrity Shemu the killer whale!
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More Orlando Information
Orlando is also much more than just the theme parks. This section is dedicated to all other Orlando matters, including accommodation, dining and shopping.
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