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Our new luxury townhome with 5 bedrooms & 4 bathrooms (2x Masters with en-suites) will sleep 10 people in superb comfort. There is a well-equipped kitchen located adjacent to the dining area, with seating for 10. Flat screen TVs in every room, a multi-region DVD player and an Xbox are provided for your home entertainment. Free WiFi is also available. The property has its own private heated pool and patio area with a covered Lanai.

Located in one of Florida’s premier resorts, Paradise Palms is a gated community offering all the amenities you’d expect in a 5-star facility, including a pool, game room, fitness room and movie theatre. The grounds are beautifully landscaped and there is a poolside Tiki Bar and shop. The resort also offers a shuttle service to many of Orlando’s attractions at an additional fee.

Paradise Palms resort is just minutes away from Orlando’s main attractions. Walt Disney World is just a 10 minute drive and Universal Studios, Seaworld, Wet ‘n Wild, Legoland and other attractions are easily accessible. Highway 192 is just a couple of minutes away and here you will find an amazing range of grocery stores, other retailers, restaurants and bars.

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Florida Villas - Orlando

Although Florida is a vast state with many attractions, not least the weather, for Britons coming to Florida for the first time the likelihood is that they will be coming primarily to visit Walt Disney World. In order to do this they will probably have a base in the Orlando region of Florida, staying at one of the many hotels or rented villas. In this article we provide some background information about Orlando and what to see and do when in the area.

Orlando Theme Parks

As mentioned above the first thing that visitors to Florida think of when you mention Orlando is the many theme parks in the area. With Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom as possibly the main attraction there are also a large number of other theme parks to cater to different likes and dislikes. Universal has two linked theme parks in the Islands of Adventure featuring The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, as well as Universal Studios which includes an entertaining mix of rides and shows. SeaWorld, as its name would suggest is focused on aquatic life and includes terrifying rides for the thrill seeker such as Manta as well close up experience of the animals, such as the penguins in the newly opened Antarctica.

Other Attractions

When you have had your fill of theme parks there is still plenty to do in the Orlando area. For a great family day out why not try one of the water parks, with Wet ‘n Wild being probably the largest. At Wet ‘n Wild you can scare yourself to death on one of the water based rides or just meander round the park on a rubber ring, floating in the Lazy River. The other beauty of Wet ‘n Wild is that after you pay to get in once, you get free access for any of the following 14 days. Gatorland is another good way to spend at least half a day in the company of hundreds (if not thousands) of American alligators, you can even take a trip over the park on the Zip-line. Compared to the other parks this is not particularly expensive and the animals and various alligator based shows make for an enjoyable visit. If you are into your motor sport then why not try go-karting at Orlando Grand Prix, with karts and tracks designed specifically for both adults and children, so the whole family can take part.

For a broader look at what to do in Florida try our article What is there to do in Florida?

Florida Villas – Kennedy Space Center

The fourth of a series of features looking at some of the less well known attractions in Central Florida, accessible from Kissimmee.

Kennedy Space Center (KSC) can be found on Florida’s Atlantic coast, situated on Merritt Island halfway between Miami and Jacksonville, on what is known as Florida’s Space Coast. The world famous space center is about one hour leisurely drive from Orlando.

KSC was conceived and built as part of the Apollo manned Moon landing program, as a launch base for the Saturn V rockets, the enormous launch vehicles necessary to get the men and equipment off planet earth and heading towards the Moon. It was President John F. Kennedy who proposed the program in response to the space ambitions being demonstrated by the Soviet Union, but it was his successor President Lyndon B. Johnson who named the facility in JFK’s honour, following his death in 1963. JFK famously set the nation the challenge of landing an American on the Moon before the end of the decade (1960s), a challenge that was met in 1969, six years after his death.

Approaching the visitor centre there is an awe-inspiring array of the vehicles and equipment which have played such a major part in mankind’s first tentative steps into space, including the giant Vehicle Assembly Building which was the largest building (by volume) in the world when built in 1965 and still ranks fourth on that measure. The bus tours around the centre and the adjoining Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, which run from the visitor centre, are a must.

Back in the Visitor Complex is the Rocket Garden where it is possible to walk around many of the vehicles which made up the space exploration program. There are also a number of educational and entertainment attractions including flight simulations such as the Shuttle Launch Experience.

Newly arrived in 2013 is the Space Shuttle Atlantis, veteran of 33 space missions and a vibrant reminder of the amazing and at times tragic Space Shuttle program

Anyone interested in the space program or indeed America’s technological capabilities will get a great deal out a day spent at the Kennedy Space Centre.

5 Things to do in Kissimmee

If you have come to Florida and intend to spend at least some time in the main theme parks (and that is what most first time visitors to Florida want to do) then the city of Kissimmee and the surrounding area is the perfect location. Ideally located right in the midst of the main parks Kissimmee is also a good base for other activities, being within easy driving distance of either the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico coasts, with Kennedy Space Center only an hour or so drive away. Orlando is also close by and there are a large number of excellent golf courses in the immediate vicinity.

Kissimmee is a relatively small city (population circa 50,000) in its own right, but the surrounding metropolitan area is home to around 2m people, not including the vast number of tourists who visit each year. Located in Osceola County, Florida, the main industry in the area is, not surprisingly, tourism although there is still many cattle ranches and orange plantations harking back to pre-Walt Disney days.

There are myriad entertainment activities in Kissimmee and the surrounding area, and here are just a few of them;

#1 Theme Parks – you are very close to all of the major theme parks with the largest being Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. Non-Disney parks include Universal’s Studios and their Islands of Adventure park which includes the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. There is also SeaWorld, with its recently opened penguin based exhibition, Antartica.

#2 Water Parks – there are a large number of water parks in the area, the largest of which is Wet ‘n Wild. This features a number of water-based rides ranging from the sedate (Lazy River) to a number of very exciting rides (Surge). A tip to remember is that once you have paid to get in once, you can get in free anytime in the next two weeks, a great saving if you have a young family and intend to visit more than once.

#3 Gatorland – an easy drive from Kissimmee, this American alligator themed park and nature reserve is a great way to spend a few hours, and is quite a bit cheaper than the main theme parks. There are literally hundreds of alligators of all sizes and ages in the park and there are a number of entertaining shows involving the gators and their keepers to keep you amused. For the more adventurous there is a zip-line covering several hundred feet, allowing a birds-eye view of the park and part of the breeding marshes.

#4 Airboat Rides – there are a number of places offering Airboat rides, based in the wetter, marshy parts of the state, and Florida Wild is an easy drive from Kissimmee. This is a fantastic experience, with the boat ride lasting about an hour, giving a close up of much of the wildlife in the park, although the alligators were a little shy when I was there! You also get the opportunity to hold an adolescent gator, which is probably not for the squeamish!

#5 Shopping and Dining – Highway 192 runs straight through the centre of Kissimmee and has mile upon mile of shops, restaurants and entertainment venues on either side. All the big supermarkets are represented (Walmart, Publix), as well as literally hundreds of bars and restaurants.

If you are looking for other suggestions for things to do in Florida try our article What is there to do in Florida?

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