Other (inexpensive) things to do in Orlando area....

[annieb727]

I am just wondering if there are other things that are relatively inexpensive to do in the Orlando area...that would be fun for someone who is going solo?

 

[shalom]

I am just wondering if there are other things that are relatively inexpensive to do in the Orlando area...that would be fun for someone who is going solo?

Are you into museums and pretty stuff? Or shopping? The Charles Hosmer Morse museum in Winter Park has what must be one of the largest collections of Tiffany stuff around, up to and including the chapel Tiffany did for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago (the "White City" fair). It was around $5/person when we went. And it's right by Park Avenue, which has a bunch of shops and restaurants to wander.

There are also boat tours in Winter Park that I've seen positively reviewed, both here and on Trip Advisor, and there's the Albin Polasek Gardens and museum. Don't remember the prices on those but both were under $20 IIRC.

Closer to WDW than Winter Park, there's the Leu Gardens, which often offer a free day (or partial day -- Monday mornings, it was when we went last).

If that all sounds a bit slow to you, Gatorland gets pretty good reviews. I think that's around $20/day, although I don't know if that price includes the new zipline thingie. There's also Old Town Kissimmee, which is kind of a permanent carnival and shopping center, that has weekly car shows/Cruise Ins, and tons of stuff up and down International Drive (mostly touristy chains like Ripleys and Titanic and stuff, but the Titanic Experience is worth doing once if you haven't, unless you saw the similar touring exhibit at a local museum).

Morse Museum

http://www.morsemuseum.org/

boat tours

http://scenicboattours.com/


Albin Polasek

http://www.polasek.org/

Leu Gardens

http://www.leugardens.org/

Gatorland:

http://www.gatorland.com/

Old Town Kissimmee

http://myoldtownusa.com/

 

[annieb727]

Ooh! Thanks so much...I will definitely take a look at those

 

[Planogirl]

There's the Titanic exhibit on Internation Drive if you like that sort of thing. http://www.titanictheexperience.com/

 

[annieb727]

That titanic thing sounds kinda cool

 

[kathy884]

That titanic thing sounds kinda cool

It's very cool -- just takes about two hours to do. You actually get a tour from an actor in costume from the period with accent. It's very well done and was a hit with our entire extended family ranging in ages from 13 - 75. I highly recommend the Titanic attraction. As one of the posters said, though, it's very similar to the traveling artifact exhibit, so you could give it a skip if you have already seen this.


Gatorland also suggested by a PP is interesting too -- more of an old time Florida attraction vs. a world class theme park, a little cheesy, but really pretty interesting if you like that kind of thing. The most exciting thing that happened here was some filming of an Indiana Jones movie back in the 70s, and they still talk about it. DH finds this place especially refreshing after all those world class theme parks and prefers this park to those. It's a three hour park.

 

[isla bonita]

We went to the Orlando Science Museum.

My 11YO DD loves the Beatles go figure?
We went to see a laser show with the beatles music.
Also a guitar exhibit and a few other exibits. Can't remember?

My DS's 22 and 16 enjoyed themselves also.

 

[Beemitchcowski]

Are you into museums and pretty stuff? Or shopping? The Charles Hosmer Morse museum in Winter Park has what must be one of the largest collections of Tiffany stuff around, up to and including the chapel Tiffany did for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago (the "White City" fair). It was around $5/person when we went. And it's right by Park Avenue, which has a bunch of shops and restaurants to wander.

There are also boat tours in Winter Park that I've seen positively reviewed, both here and on Trip Advisor, and there's the Albin Polasek Gardens and museum. Don't remember the prices on those but both were under $20 IIRC.

Closer to WDW than Winter Park, there's the Leu Gardens, which often offer a free day (or partial day -- Monday mornings, it was when we went last).

If that all sounds a bit slow to you, Gatorland gets pretty good reviews. I think that's around $20/day, although I don't know if that price includes the new zipline thingie. There's also Old Town Kissimmee, which is kind of a permanent carnival and shopping center, that has weekly car shows/Cruise Ins, and tons of stuff up and down International Drive (mostly touristy chains like Ripleys and Titanic and stuff, but the Titanic Experience is worth doing once if you haven't, unless you saw the similar touring exhibit at a local museum).

Morse Museum

http://www.morsemuseum.org/

boat tours

http://scenicboattours.com/


Albin Polasek

http://www.polasek.org/

Leu Gardens

http://www.leugardens.org/

Gatorland:

http://www.gatorland.com/

Old Town Kissimmee

http://myoldtownusa.com/

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