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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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ICON Park™ is a family-friendly entertainment complex in Orlando, Florida. It's home to a massive observation wheel, a SEA LIFE aquarium, and Madame Tussauds Orlando. Visitors can stay all day thanks to its abundance of shops and restaurants.
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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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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.
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Explore three amazing theme parks: Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Volcano Bay and Universal’s Islands of Adventure, where you can ride the thrilling Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure™ roller coaster. From Illumination's mischievous Minions to the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, from exceptional dining to the best in live entertainment, Universal Orlando Resort offers endless awesome.
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Ready for an epic trip to Universal Orlando Resort? Depending on your ticket selection, you'll experience a fun-filled day at Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure. Explore legendary worlds and see fantastical heroes. Enter the magic of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ – Hogsmeade™, and come face to face with King Kong at Universal's Islands of Adventure. Meet those devilish Minions and take on Fast & Furious – Supercharged at Universal Studios Florida!
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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.
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Your brain gets stuck in its ways, which is why the Museum of Illusions Orlando is such a rewarding experience. With over 50 mind-bending, sense-challenging exhibits of optical, photographic, and interactive illusion, Orlando's illusion museum is the perfect way to spend a few hours at ICON park. Nothing is quite as it seems at the Museum of Illusions Orlando!
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WonderWorks is a family-friendly theme park located on International Drive in Orlando, Florida. It features 35,000 sq ft of 'edutainment' across six different zones. It's easy to reach with a car. Parking is available at the Pointe Orlando parking garage.
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Learn about the natural world, the fun way
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Orlando's Aquatica® is SeaWorld®’s whimsical, one-of-a-kind water park lets visitors play side-by-side with some of the sea's most fascinating creatures. It features a fun variety of slides and attractions, dolphins, penguins, and more, making it a perfect day out for animal lovers and waterpark fans of all ages. It's located directly next to SeaWorld Orlando.
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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.
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Island H2O is a water park in Citrus Ridge, Florida. The park is themed around social media and lets visitors win points for posts and live streams of them on the slides. The park is around a ten-minute drive from Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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Fun Spot America in Kissimmee is a family-friendly theme park, featuring everything from high-speed roller coasters to a ferris wheel and classic rides and games. It is also home to the world's tallest SkyCoaster standing at 300ft. Visitors can buy all-day passes and dive into the action.
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Wild Florida

Wild Florida operates tours around Central Florida. They use airboats to navigate the watery wilderness of the Everglades, taking visitors on an all-American safari to see Florida's diverse range of wildlife. They also run the Gator and Wildlife Park, where visitors can get up close and personal with some enormous alligators, as well as a host of other wild animals from Florida and around the world.
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Inside the Wizard of Oz Museum you'll find more than 2,000 artifacts related to the MGM movie and Wizard of Oz book series. On top of that, there's an immersive light show that will transport you to the world of Oz using state-of-the-art technology.
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