Theme Parks in Florida
Florida is an exciting family vacation destination with the world's most amazing theme, adventure and water parks. Brave screaming coasters, raging rides, high-energy attractions and wet and wild slides. From the magic and movies of Disney® World and Universal Studios to the thrilling rides of Busch Gardens and slippery slides of Adventure Island, Florida is the ultimate place to play and discover.
North Florida is home to many exciting amusement and water parks and adventure-filled attractions that let families play, splash, slide, ride, plunge, swim and smile. Swim with the dolphins at Marineland, splash into aquatic fun at Shipwreck Island and ride the exciting go-karts at Adventure Landing. From water slides to laser tag, families discover playful fun and good times in North Florida.
Shipwreck Island Waterpark (Panama City Beach)
A tropical-themed waterpark on Panama City Beach, Shipwreck Island is filled with wet and wild attractions, aquatic activities, dining and shopping that add a splash of fun to your Florida vacation. One of the most exciting family attractions in North Florida, the 20-acre waterpark features lush landscaping and entertaining water attractions, including plunging slides, twisting tubes, wave pools, and raging rivers.
Cool off on attractions like: Ocean Motion Wave Pool, White Knuckle River, Tree Top Drop, Pirate's Plunge Racing Slide, Rapid River Run, The Zoom Flume, The Great Shipwreck, Lazy River, The Tadpole Hole and Skull Island - a family activity pool filled with waterfalls, a kiddy slide, and water cannons. Shipwreck Island offers a tasty selection of food, ice cream, and frozen drinks, and the Ship's Store sells Panama Jack suncare products, sunglasses and souvenirs. Visit www.shipwreckisland.com. [
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Adventure Landing (Jacksonville)
With two locations in the Jacksonville area, Adventure Landing delivers year-round family fun. Adventure Landing features go-karts, a mega-arcade, laser tag, miniature golf and the Shipwreck Island Water Park. Adventure Landing in Jacksonville Beach features two challenging 18-hole miniature golf courses, an exhilarating quarter-mile go-kart track, a video game room with 60 video and prize games, the two-story ‘Pirates Quest' Laser Tag arena and a restaurant with everything from soft drinks to pizza. Visit www.adventurelanding.com [
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Marineland (St. Augustine)
The world's first oceanarium, Marineland offers a variety of fun interactive aquatic programs. Experience the thrill of swimming with dolphins at Marineland''s Dolphin Conservation Center on the pristine Atlantic coastline. Enjoy up-close dolphin encounters as you glide into the dolphins' aquatic world from a sloping beach. Book program reservations in advance to ensure your own amazing dolphin encounter. Call (904) 471-1111 or visit www.marineland.net. [
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With convenient locations throughout North Florida -from Tallahassee to St. Augustine - Ramada Hotels of North Florida offer stylish, sophisticated lodging for your all your family travels. Enjoy a weekend getaway or family vacation in top of the Sunshine State as you explore exciting theme parks and attractions, such as Adventure Landing and Shipwreck Island -all just short drive from our contemporary hotels in Tallahassee, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Jacksonville, Lake City, Pensacola, and St. Augustine. Your family will delight in spacious accommodations, extra-mile service and modern lifestyle amenities, such as wireless internet, complimentary breakfast, pools and spas, fitness facilities, meeting space, and business centers, surrounded by the natural beauty of North Florida.
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Central Florida is home to the most innovative, high-flying and adrenaline pumping theme parks and water parks on the planet. Discover family fun and amazing memories at Disney® World, EPCOT, Universal Studios, Universal's Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld, and Busch Gardens. Discover lands of adventure, entertainment and delight all under the warm Florida sunshine!
Walt Disney® World (Disney® World, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, MGM Studios, Animal Kingdom)
The most exciting entertainment destination on the planet, Walt Disney® World is a magical resort with four exciting theme parks, water parks - Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon - attractions, themed resorts, restaurants and shops, live entertainment and nightclub districts, a wilderness area, and two cruise ships. Experience a universe of family entertainment at Disney®'s Magic Kingdom, Epcot Center, Pleasure Island, Disney®-MGM Studios, Disney®'s Animal Kingdom, Disney® Fort Wilderness Resort, and Downtown Disney® - where pulse-pounding rides, innovative attractions, family shows, live entertainment, unique shopping and Disney® magic light up your Florida vacation.
Disney®'s Magic Kingdom is a land of imagination and wonder, with Disney®'s most amazing rides and attractions, such as Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean and Monsters, Inc. Walt Disney®'s dream utopia,
Epcot Center inspires through innovative rides and attractions, such as Mission: SPACE, Test Track and Soarin'. Star in your own adventure - from rock ''n'' roll fantasy to Broadway spectaculars - at
Disney®'s Hollywood Studios, an incredible theme park and working movie and TV studio with exciting attractions, entertainment, shows, performers, and rides. Disney® storytelling comes to life at
Disney®'s Animal Kingdom with animal adventures and the wonders of nature. [
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Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure
Florida's most captivating theme park resort, Universal Orlando Resort features innovative rides, adrenaline-pumping coasters, and fun entertainment.
Feel like amovie star at
Universal Studios Florida, the most amazing movie and TV theme park on the planet. Go beyond the screen to experience the magic of blockbuster films at this working film and TV studio. With high-powered excitement, spellbinding rides, side-splitting comedy, heart-warming tales, and wonderful shows and attractions, you'll get deep into the action. Enjoy high-tech, action packed rides such as Revenge of the Mummy and the new adrenaline pumping and music thumping roller coaster - Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit.
Islands of Adventure features cutting-edge rides, fierce coasters and innovative attractions. Journey through five fantastic islands where myths, legends, comic books, cartoon heroes and children's stories come to life on high-speed roller coasters, such as the Incredible Hulk Coaster, thrill rides, such as Revenge of the Mummy The Ride, whimsical children's rides, such as the Amazing Adventures of Spiderman - Man, action-packed challenges such as Fear Factor Live and exciting 3-D attractions. Check out the new theme park - The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - coming in 2009. [
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Wet 'n Wild
America''s top water park, Wet ''n Wild - Orlandofeatures 30 action-packed acres of aquatic thrill rides, exciting multi-passenger tube rides, slippery slides, twisty flumes, a kid's park, and sensational surf under the Florida sun. Take off on The Black Hole: The Next Generation, a two-person hydra capsule that blasts through an explosion of pulsating lights, dynamic effects and cosmic energy. Enjoy knee skiing and wake skating the Wake Zone, featuring Knee Ski, a half-mile knee-boarding course. Go fast and get wet on Mach 5, a twisting flume that drops 1,700 feet. Flume through the sounds of the 70's on Disco H2O. Jump on The Flyer, a six-story toboggan that runs through 450 feet of banked curves, and the Surge, one of the longest (580 ft. of curves) and fastest tubes in the country. Brave Brain Wash, a 6-story extreme tube with a tall vertical drop, and ride Raging Rapids, a white-water run with a wicked waterfall plunge. Visit www.wetnwild.com. [
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SeaWorld Orlando
SeaWorld Orlando is the world's most exciting marine adventure park, delighting families with two incredible theme parks, exhilarating rides and coasters, world-class shows and entertainment, and amazing up-close animal encounters. Explore mysteries of the sea with exhilarating animal interactions and learning experiences with killer whales, dolphins, sea lions and sharks. Trek below the surface, above the waves and beyond your expectations at SeaWorld, where you can touch dolphins, feed seals and sea lions and count the teeth on a shark. Experience hands-on marine attractions - Dolphin Cove, Stingray Lagoon and Shark Encounter -and enjoy thrills and excitement on state-of-the-art rides, such as Kraken, Journey to Atlantis, Wild Arctic and Shamu's Happy Harbor Rides. Visit www.seaworld.com. [
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Discovery Cove
Splash into a tropical adventure at Discovery Cove in Orlando. Play among lush scenery as you relax on a pristine beach or swim under a waterfall. Discover fun and adventure by snorkeling, swimming with playful bottlenose dolphins and interacting with birds, fish and rays in a beautiful tropical setting. Experience a mix of calm and adventure as you snorkel with thousands of rays and exotic fish, and explore the splendor of coral reefs and grottos. Enter free-flight aviaries where you can touch, feed and interact with hundreds of colorful tropical birds. Visit www.discoverycove.com. [
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Busch Gardens Africa Tampa Bay
Florida's first theme park, Cypress Gardens Adventure Park blends its storied past with sensational thrills. Families enjoy fast-paced fun with 40 thrilling rides, 5 pulse-pounding coasters, the world's tallest spinning rapids ride, family shows, a historic botanical gardens, Jubilee Junction, Splash Island water park, a quaint shopping village, and Nature's Way, a zoo displaying 300 animals including Nile crocodiles, jaguars, and a movie-star alligator. Brave the heart-stopping drop on Thunderbolt and the wooden curves of Triple Hurricane, and enjoy all-star concerts and exciting events. Garden delights include Topiary Trail, a landscape of flowers and trees pruned into amusing shapes around a waterfall, and Snively Plantation's four beautiful gardens. Visit www.cypressgardens.com. [
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Adventure Island (Tampa)
Slide, soak, serve, spike and splash to your heart''s content at Adventure Island in Tampa, Florida.Adventure Island''s 30 acres of water-drenched fun in the sun features 10 high-speed thrill rides, cool attractions and tropical surroundings for the ultimate family adventure. Within a tranquil Key West atmosphere, you'll experience a blend of slides, corkscrews, water falls, a wave pool, children's water playground and family attractions such as outdoor cafés, picnic and sunbathing areas, gift shops, and a championship white-sand volleyball courts. Visit www.adventureisland.com/ai/. [
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Silver Springs
Nature's theme park, Silver Springs offers exciting rides and fun attractions that make you laugh, fill you with wonder, and offer a glimpse into life in Central Florida 10,000 years ago. Discover the natural beauty of Central Florida as you cruise the crystal pure waters of the Silver River. Encounter nature''s spectacular animals and explore jungles of centuries-old cypress. Silver Springs offer family attractions such as Glass Bottom Boats, Ft. King River Cruise, Lost River Voyage, Lighthouse Ride, Endangered Species Carousel, World of Bears, Big Gator Lagoon, and Kids Ahoy! Playland. Silver Springs also delights with animal shows and live concerts and special events at the beautiful Twin Oaks Mansion. Visit www.silversprings.com. [
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Cypress Gardens Adventure Park
Florida's first theme park, Cypress Gardens Adventure Park blends its storied past with sensational thrills. Families enjoy fast-paced fun with 40 thrilling rides, 5 pulse-pounding coasters, the world's tallest spinning rapids ride, family shows, a historic botanical gardens, Jubilee Junction, Splash Island water park, a quaint shopping village, and Nature's Way, a zoo displaying 300 animals including Nile crocodiles, jaguars, and a movie-star alligator. Brave the heart-stopping drop on Thunderbolt and the wooden curves of Triple Hurricane, and enjoy all-star concerts and exciting events. Garden delights include Topiary Trail, a landscape of flowers and trees pruned into amusing shapes around a waterfall, and Snively Plantation's four beautiful gardens. Visit www.cypressgardens.com. [
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With convenient locations throughout Central Florida - from Tampa to Cocoa Beach - Ramada Hotels of Central Florida offer stylish, sophisticated lodging for your all your family travels. Enjoy a weekend getaway or family vacation in the heart of the Sunshine State as you explore exciting theme park attractions, such as Disney® World, Universal Studios Florida and Busch Gardens - all just short drive from our contemporary hotels in Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Daytona Beach, Ocala, Orlando, Kissimmee, Ellenton, Cocoa Beach, New Port Richey and Lake Placid. Your family will delight in spacious accommodations, extra-mile service and modern lifestyle amenities, such as wireless internet, complimentary breakfast, pools and spas, fitness facilities, meeting space, and business centers, surrounded by the natural beauty of Central Florida.
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Dive into fun and make a splash in beautiful South Florida, where you and your family can enjoy interactive theme parks, classic amusement parks, adventure and extreme sports parks, and wild water parks surrounded by lush, tropical scenery. From America's first indoor role-playing theme park to cable water-skiing, South Florida is your family hot spot for action on water, land and sand.
Rapids Water Park (West Palm Beach)
Rapids Water Park is South Florida''s premiere family water park. The park features family fun whether you make a splash in the cool blue waves, take a thrilling plunge down the waterslides, or relax and float down the lazy river. Rapids Water Park features over a million and a half gallons of water, 22 acres of action packed adventure and 29 sensational water slides, tubes, bowls and flumes - from mild to wild. Fly down Big Thunder, the largest water ride in Florida, and take a spin in the dark inside Black Thunder''s gigantic funnel. Visit www.rapidswaterpark.com. [
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Miami Seaquarium
Swim with the dolphins at this 38-acre tropical paradise in Key Biscayne. Miami Seaquarium is a marine-life entertainment park with amazing daily presentations and marine animal shows. See killer whales fly through the air and dolphins walk on water at this fun aquarium/theme park. Learn about sea lions, dolphins, manatees, sharks, alligators, and Florida's diverse sea creatures. Miami Seaquarium is home of Lolita the whale and Flipper the dolphin. Visit www.miamiseaquarium.com [
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Wannado City (Sunrise)
America''s first indoor role-playing theme park, Wannado City is innovative, fun and educational. Located in Sawgrass Mills Mall in the City of Sunrise, Wannado City is a kid centered fantasy land that inspires youngsters to dream big and think about their future. Aimed at 2-14 year-olds, Wannado City recreates the sites of big city from the point of view of a kid, featuring more than 120 career possibilities to experience. Learn to be a firefighter, perform surgery, work at a television studio or walk the runway. At Wannado City, kids can do what they Wannado! Visit www.wannadocity.com. [
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Uncle Bernie's Amusement Park (Fort Lauderdale)
Part of the popular Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, the world''s largest indoor/outdoor entertainment and bargain shopping attraction, Uncle Bernie''s Amusement Park features a collection of family and kid's amusement rides, a giant video arcade and the world''s largest Drive-In Movie Theatre with 14 screens. Located on 88 acres between I-95 and the Florida Turnpike, Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop and Uncle Bernie''s Amusement Park is open daily, year-round. Visit http://www.floridaswapshop.com/swap.html. [
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Paradise Cove Water Park (Pembroke Pines)
Located inside C.B. Smith Park, Paradise Cove is a wet and wild water amusement park with twisty tubes, slippery slides and water playgrounds for family adventure and fun under the South Florida sun! With phenomenal aquatics, the water park features two 450-foot water slides, Crazy Creek, a meandering and rushing crazy river-style 350-foot tube slide with interactive play elements, and two massive water playgrounds. Sharky's Lagoon is an all-age water playground with an 18-inch-deep pool that includes three waterslides - 83 feet, 98 feet, and 125 feet long - and many interactive play elements. Parrot's Point water playground, for ages 5 and under, is a 12-inch-deep pool that includes two waterslides and interactive play elements for toddlers. Grab a bite at the Sand Dollar and Paradise Grill. Visit www.broward.org/parks/waterfun.htm [
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Castaway Island (Hollywood)
This fun-filled water park includes two water playgrounds featuring six waterslides and a variety of interactive water attractions. The Swim Lagoon was completely replaced with a zero-entry hard-bottom swimming pool and includes a waterfall. During the summer and peak times, Castaway Island schedules daily sessions running an hour and 50 minutes. Funbrellas line the beach. Visit www.broward.org/parks/waterfun.htm. [
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Quiet Waters Park (Deerfield Beach)
Slash, slide, ride, skate and smile at this 431.4-acre adventure and water park in Deerfield Beach. Quiet Waters Park includes Splash Adventure, a high-tech, interactive children''s water playground that allows kids to create their own fun with hand wheels and levers, water curtains, and crawl tunnels in a pool that ranges from zero to 18 inches. This adventure and extreme sports park features a lake for Ski Rixen cable waterskiing - the only wakeboard and water ski park in South Florida - 3.5 miles of mountain bike trails, and a Skate Park for skateboarding, in-line skating, and BMX biking. Beautiful lakes offer boats for rental and shore fishing. For land recreation, Quiet Waters offers a large playground, sports equipment rentals, and scenic biking/jogging trails. Quiet Waters Park is home to the Renaissance Festival, one of South Florida''s most popular festivals. http://www.broward.org/parks/waterfun.htm [
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Tropical Splash
Tropical Splash at Central Broward Regional Park is an aquatic facility that features two interactive water playgrounds with spiral slides, kiddie slides, climbing features, water guns and a dumping bucket, a large pool - from zero entry to 4 feet - paddleboat rentals, and colorful 20-foot-diameter umbrellas with tables and chairs. Visit http://www.broward.org/parks/waterfun.htm [
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With perfect locations throughout South Florida - from Ft. Myers to Key Largo - Ramada Hotels of South Florida offer stylish, sophisticated lodging for your all your family travels. Enjoy a weekend getaway in the Sunshine State as you explore exciting theme park attractions, such as Wannado City, Miami Seaquarium and Paradise Cove Water Park - all a short drive from our contemporary hotels in Ft. Myers, Stuart, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami, Hialeah, Florida City and Key Largo. Your family will enjoy spacious accommodations, extra-mile service and lifestyle amenities, such as wireless internet, complimentary breakfast, pools/spas, fitness facilities, meeting space, and business centers.
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