Water Parks in Orlando
May 3, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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Central Florida is home to some of the world’s most amazing themed water parks in the world. Visit Disney’s Blizzard Beach and brave one of the world’s largest and fastest waterslides or snorkel the Shark Reef at Typhoon Lagoon. Wet N’ Wild in Orlando features over 30 acres of slides and rides for the whole family while Sea World’s Aquatica will take you on a magical aquatic adventure like never before!
Find the best water parks in Orlando and Central Florida in our web directory.
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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
May 1, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex allows you to experience the excitement and wonder of the American Space Program. Join a tour of the NASA spaceport facilities, visit the awe inspiring exhibits, experience what the astronauts encounter in the various shuttle launch and space stimulators, and enjoy one of the many IMAX space films. Admission is $38 for adults and $28 for children.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
State Road 405
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
866-737-5235
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Universal Studios, Universal Orlando
April 29, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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Experience Hollywood at Orlando’s most popular movie theme park. Brave the Revenge of the Mummy, experience the many 3-D rides, tour Skynet from The Terminator, and check out Universal’s latest addition, the Simpson’s Ride!
Universal Studios Orlando
1000 Universal Studios Plaza
Orlando, FL 32819
407-363-6000
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Animal Kingdom Walt Disney World
April 27, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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Disney World’s Animal Kingdom is one of four parks part of Walt Disney World in Orlando. This exotic theme park is dedicated to the conservation and restoration of nature and wild life as it leads the way in animal care, education and research. It is also home to one of Disney’s most thrilling roller coasters, Expedition Everest, as well as spectacular shows, exhibits and rides.
Dinsey’s Animal Kingdom is divided into 7 exotic areas.
- Oasis
- Discovery Island
- Camp Minnie-Mickey
- Africa
- Rafiki’s Planet Watch
- Asia
- Dinoland U.S.A.
Each section features different animals, exciting roller coasters, and unique entertainment. Don’t miss your opportunity to experience the largest animal-themed park in the world!
Animal Kingdom Walt Disney World
(407) 939-6244
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Arabian Nights Orlando Dinner Theater
April 27, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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Arabian Nights in Orlando is Central Florida’s award winning dinner theater production. Along with great food, top-notch talent, and beautiful costumes, this show offers visitors an unforgettable night of beautiful exotic horses, and state of the art effects in sound and lighting in the world’s largest indoor equestrian arena for a permanent show.
Come enjoy this dramatic and touching story. Located just off I-4 in Orlando, Arabian Nights Dinner Theater is an unforgettable experience for the whole family.
Arabian Nights
3081 Arabian Nights Blvd.
Kissimmee, FL 34747
407-239-9223
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Islands of Adventure, Universal Orlando
April 26, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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Experience Orlando’s Islands of Adventure at Universal Studios in Orlando. Explore Jurassic park, take a thrill ride on The Incredible Hulk Coaster, and experience The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man and much, much more at one of the most technologically advanced theme parks in the world.
Islands of Adventure, Universal Orlando
1000 Universal Studios Plaza
Orlando, FL 32819
407-363-8000
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Fun Spot USA
April 24, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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Come experience the thrills and family fun at Fun Spot USA. Try out the NASCAR experience, G-force dragsters, multi-level go-kart track and soar from the world’s tallest Sky Coaster. Fun Spot USA is open until midnight and offers free admission, free parking, free unlimited soft drinks and unlimited fun for the whole family!
Fun Spot USA
5720 West Hwy 192
Kissimmee, FL 34746
407-397-2509
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Titanic – The Experience
April 5, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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Titanic – The Experience takes you back to the early 1900s as you explore the full-scale replications of the Titanic’s most famous architecture, authentic artifacts real life stories. This unique exhibit features scaled replicas of what the Titanic looks like today and full-scale replica of Titanic’s Grand Staircase and staterooms. Open at 10 A.M. daily, Titanic – The Experience is located on International Drive in Orlando, Florida.
Titanic – The Experience
7324 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
407-248-1166
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
March 27, 2012 by Central Florida Magazine
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Visit Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida! What started as a bird sanctuary in the late fifties has blossomed into one of Central Florida’s most popular tourist destinations abundant with wildlife, live shows, world-class exotic zoo animals, and record-breaking roller coasters and thrill rides.
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
888-8005447
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Paranormal Investigation in Central Florida Theme Park
March 25, 2012 by Jim Siegel
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Local resident Gary Revelt doesn’t seem like a ghostbuster. He doesn’t wear a Proton-Pack or carry a containment trap. But he does have a passionate curiosity of paranormal activity. So he couldn’t pass up an opportunity to actually participate in a real-life paranormal investigation, at perhaps the most lucrative location in Central Florida, Fantasy of Flight.
Fantasy of Flight, located a few miles down I-4 from Celebration, is the home of the largest private airplane collection in the United States. The collection, owned by entrepreneur Kermit Weeks, features 40 fully restored vintage aircraft, displays of a long-gone era.
Since the collection opened to the public in 1995, staff and visitors began exchanging stories of unexplained occurrences such as unidentifiable noises, temperature changes and the detection of mists and shadows. Reports of these occurrences spread into the paranormal community. Apollo Paranormal Investigations (API), a non-profit investigative team out of Apollo, Fla., took notice (www.apolloparanormal.com). Explained Fantasy of Flight General Manager Kim Long, “API contacted us and requested an opportunity to investigate. At first I was skeptical, but after a few meetings with them, we agreed.”
Surprisingly, there are over a dozen paranormal investigations organizations in Florida. Most, including API, seem to specialize in investigations in private residences.
Last year, API’s team of paranormal investigators (or “ghost hunters” to which they are more dramatically referred in the popular media) conducted a series of scientific explorations through Fantasy of Flight, and on a paranormal-activity scale between 1 and 10 assigned the vintage aircraft collection … an 11! Based on API’s conclusions, Fantasy of Flight decided to open the experience to the public in an event named “nightFlight,” an after-hours program that offers adventurous visitors such as Revelt four full hours to “explore the unexplained.”
“I personally believe the apparitions and energies that have been experienced are not only connected to specific airplanes exhibited, but the environment they are housed in as well,” said Fantasy of Flight owner and creator Kermit Weeks. “There have been movements of objects, voices heard, apparitions showing up in photos and actual sightings! Fantasy of Flight is all about going beyond ourselves and we encourage not only our guests, but our paranormal friends as well!”
The nightFlight program was limited to 30 participants. The event began at 9:30 pm on a Saturday evening with a summary of occurrences to date and investigation results. The 30 participants were then organized into three groups of 10, and an API investigator was assigned to lead each. Participants were trained in the use of the scientific instruments and the use of a scientific approach to paranormal investigations, in order to determine the difference between coincidences and inexplicable phenomenon. In addition, API had already installed a variety of video cameras and other devices around the facility to continuously collect additional data to validate or refute group observations.
For the next several hours, the groups alternately visited a half dozen mostly-World War II aircraft locations within the cavernous Fantasy of Flight buildings, quietly seated or standing with senses on high alert, collecting electromagnetic and temperature data, and investigating strange noises, temperature gradients, and what seemed to be voices. Revelt had brought his own instruments, a K2 meter and an electromagnetic field sensor.
The three groups rendezvoused about 12:30 am and spent over an hour discussing observations, some of which might be explained but others that could easily not. Following the evening of investigation, API planned to evaluate the data and issue a report to all participants.
Revelt seemed very excited with the experience. “I got a chance to work with real paranormal investigators. It was great. If I can, I’d like to bring my 18 year old daughter next time.” His own observations and instrument readings suggested to him that there was actually something paranormal there.
A Celebration resident who preferred to remain anonymous agreed. “I experienced some unusual activity in there,” that person said. “I could sense the presence of paranormal entities, particularly strong in the World War II B-17 briefing room, the aircraft carrier flight deck lined with Corsairs, and the inside of a double-decker 1930s trans-oceanic airliner. I was surprised by the willingness of the spirits to communicate.”
Response to nightFlight has been so strong that 4 more sessions are planned. Two are already sold out, but reservations remain for the nights of February 20 and March 6, both at 9:30 pm Saturday. (www.fantasyofflight.com)
At a per person cost of $75, the experience is a bit pricey, but extremely unique. The best aspect of the experience was to take part and actually operate the instruments to collect data. A nice assortment of food was served during the initial briefing; coffee and sweets were served for the final debrief.
We didn’t get slimed with ectoplasm, see any demonic apparitions, or run into the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. There were no rattling chains or floating white sheets.
But even the skeptics seemed to have fun, and to some others the implications seemed profound. And Revelt seemed more convinced than ever that there really is paranormal activity that can’t be explained.
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