Florida Villas To Rent

Universal Studios City Walk is located at the entrances to Universal Studios and Islands of Adverture and features loads of different restaurants, bars, night clubs, shops and a even a 20 screen cinema, it’s the ideal place to spend an evening out or grab something to eat on your way out of the Universal parks.

City Walk if home to some of the bigger chains of bar and restaurants like the Hard Rock Cafe, Nascar Sports Grille, Margaritaville, NBA City and the all new Bubba Gump Shrimp Co plus many more.

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If you fancy a good night out why not go and see the Orlando Magic basket ball team play. The stadium is located in Downtown Orlando about 35 minutes from HWY 192/Hwy 27 but book in advance as it does sell out fast. Ticket prices range from about $20 to $500 depending on where you want to sit and who they are playing.

You can buy tickets from Ticket Master or via there own web site, there is also a ticket exchange page where you can buy unused seats that season ticket holders don’t want to use, this can be the best way to get some cheap tickets. The basket ball season runs from October – April.

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Here are a few photos I took when we went to the Food and Wine Festival at Walt Disney World’s Epcot. This is a massive park so make sure you wear some comfortable shoes.

Epcot is different from the rest of the theme parks as it features a number of different areas where you can experience the food, drink and culture from countries all over the World. They have mini versions of the UK, France, China, Canada, Japan, Morrocco, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Norway and of course the USA.

Epcot also has loads of really good rides like Mission Space, Test Track and the brand new Soarin plus many more.

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Walt Disney World – Epcot

Here is a selection of wildlife that I have come across in Florida, from Pelicans at Clearwater Beach to Sandhill Cranes outside my front door. You also see lots of gators, lizards and the occasional snake.

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Last year I had one of the best experience’s of my life when we went swimming with the Manatees at Crystal River. We decided to go with Capt Mike’s Sunshine River Tours as we liked the look of his web site and had read a guest book in a villa we stayed in that said how good it was. The tour started at 7am so we left Orlando about 5am as it’s about a 2 hours drive to Homosassa and Crystal River, probably 90mins if you know where you are going but you are bound to get a little lost a 5 in the morning.

Once you arrive you are greeted with coffee and doughnuts while you watch a short video explaining the do’s and don’t of swimming with the Manatee, after that you get suited and booted in your wet suit and then it’s on to the bus which takes you to the boat and off to swim with the Manatees. If you do have your own web suit or rash vests I would recommend taking them as the water is cold around 70 degrees.

If you don’t want to swim you can still go along and watch them from the boat which is still worth doing.

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They are the most amazing animals I have ever seen so big yet so gentle, once you are in the water and before you even see them you can hear them scrunching on the weed, then they appear. If you do get to touch one it has very wiry hair like a brush.

Anyway I don’t want to spoil it for you but it’s the best $50 you will ever spend!!

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One of the nicest places to visit whilst in Orlando is Celebration it’s located just of the HWY192 and is well sign posted. To me Celebration is like stepping on to a film set with it’s white picket fences and mixture of Colonial houses and modern condos, it also has it’s own golf course which is awesome but I will cover that in another post.

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Here are some photos of my day out at Sea World. Sea World is one of the best parks and I go back on a regular basis I never get tied of the Clyde and Seamoor show, it’s awesome!!

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Sea World Orlando

I rented a Hummer for day last year, it was great fun and well worth it apart from when I came to fill it up with petrol!! The funny thing is that when you are driving the car and put your front is goes to about 1mpg which is scary.

It’s about $250 per day here is a link to the company I used – http://www.luxrentals.com/ they also have a number of other luxury cars to rent like a Corvette, Navigator and an awesome car called a Prowler.

Check out this little green guy, there are loads of different types of lizards running around Florida especially in the summer but they are not dangerous, just a bit stupid.

If you have any photos or comments about other lizards in florida please contact me via the blog.

Florida Lizard

I came across this spider in Orlando, but don’t worry I have only seen one in about 15 years that I have been going to Florida. If anybody knows what it is or if it’s dangerous please let me know.

The one below was about as big as my hand, so pretty big compared to most spiders you see around the house.

Florida Spiders

The one below I saw a few weeks ago while at a friends house.

Florida Spiders