I was asked to post this list so here it is.—Jana
Ideas for What to do in Florida (besides Disney)
Blue Man Group www.universalorlando.com/bmg_overview.html
Cirque du Soliel www.disneyworld.com/cirque
Kennedy Space Center www.kennedyspacecenter.com
Green Meadows Farm www.greenmeadowsfarm.com
Sea World www.seaworld.com
Discovery Cove www.discoverycove.com (Swim in aquarium or with dolphins, includes a 7 day pass to Sea World)
Mini golfing
Bowling
Old Town- (pay per ride sort of deal, have one bungee jumping-free falling sort of ride)
Inflatable slide parks
Holy Land Experience www.holyland-orlando.com
Gatorland www.gatorland.com
Medieval Times www.medievaltimes.com
Fossil digging in Lakeland (FREE)
Universal City Walk- restaurants, carnival games, street performers, free boat ride
Downtown Disney- restaurants, Lego land (with building zone), performers some nights and days.
Ripleys Believe it or Not
Wonderworks (ages 5-12) www.wonderworksonline.com
Titanic Experience
Lots of things to do on International Drive
Walk around downtown Celebration (Disney owned city, restaurants, shops)
Beaches- Atlantic side (Body boarding, surfing, some skim boarding, sand castles)
Ponce Inlet-(our favorite) Light house and sea turtle conservatory
Cocoa Beach- Ron Jon’s Surf shop
Daytona Beach
Banana River
(We have a surf board, body boards, and a skim board for your ocean needs)
Beaches- Gulf Side (Clearer water, snorkeling, better shelling, tiny waves, skim boarding, aggressive seagulls)
Clearwater- pier 66
Lots of areas of Beach….
Outdoors
See Manatees at Blue Springs (winter time)
Canoeing/kayaking –Fort Maitland Park (Go with Greg?- www.adventuresinflorida.com)
Air boat rides
Deseret Ranch- Tour of Ranch and we can line up to go Hog Huntin’ (FREE)
Tortoise Mueseum- Oviedo
Merrit Island Wildlife Refuge (By Kennedy Space Center)
Leu Gardens (Free entrance Monday mornings until noon) www.leugardens.org
Mead Gardens
Letterboxing (like Geocaching but without the technology)
Catching minnows at Lake Mills
Central Winds playground/park
Strawberry picking (Dec-May)
Orlando Science Center www.osc.org
Orlando Museum of Art www.omart.org
Movies in the Park- Winter Park
Central Florida Zoo www.centralfloridazoo.org
Pool Hopping at the resorts
Biking and Walking trails
LDS Temple
Make home movies with the Rogers
Library Storytimes
Visit Brewsters- Gerald’s favorite Ice Cream shop ever!
LDS Church in Kissimmee
2016 N. John Young Parkway
Kissimmee, FL 34741
Pleasant Hills ward 11:00 am
Kissimmee Ward 2:00 pm
Oviedo Ward will meet at 1:00pm for the year 2008
Roasting hot dogs in the rain.
Ok! a little racey but too cute and there is nothing like roasting hot dogs in the buff in the rain. And she is so cute.
Catching minnows with butterfly nets.
Coloring easter eggs...safely.
Jeremiah reading "The Mightly Ghangis Khan" to his class.
Fun at the park.
Trip to the temple.
Photo taken by Eliah. She is quite the photographer. We need to get her her own camera.
Eliah entered these in the fair and the flower one got an honorable mention and the one of Serena and I won 1st place. She also made chocolate chip cookies which won 2nd place.
Jeremiah took this at Sea World and we entered it into the fair and it won an award. I can't remember which place but he won 3 first places and a couple of honorable mentions. I think he won a 2nd place but he doesn't believe me. He made molasses sugar cookies which won 1st place!!
