Sunday, April 20, 2008

Other than disney options

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

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