This fast beating heart of the Sunshine State Florida is a perfect base for many trips. You can find trendy boutiques, bars and bookshops here. Try Park Avenue at night, where going out is vibrant! Or you can also visit Church Street, with amusement from the great past of the United States. Everything in and around Orlando is about fun, fun, and more fun, and of course the many amusement parks contribute a lot! Next to the amusement parks Orlando also has a lot of interesting museums, e.g. the Orange County Historical Museum, the Orlando Museum of Art and the Orlando Science Centre. Do you want to relax a bit after a long day of attractions?
Orlando is right in the middle of the central lake area. Only in the city are tens of lakes and parks. Do visit Eola Park, where you can stroll, rest, swim and do watersport.
The Walt Disney World Resort, better known as Walt Disney World or Disney World, is the largest and most visited amusement destination of Florida. The park was opened in 1971 and draws about 52 million visitors every year.
Walt Disney World Resort consists of four theme parks, two water parks and several shopping and entertainment areas. Besides that, about Disney resorts and hotels are on property. At the sports complex Disney’s Wide World of Sports you can do several sports. The area has many stadiums and sport fields. Walt Disney World Resort also has its own transportation system.
After the opening of Disneyland in Californië in 1955, Walt Disney wanted to build a second, larger park. He started to search for locations in 1959. He bought a piece of land in Lake Buena Vista with a surface of 111 square kilometers (an area larger than Manhattan). The whole area was used to build Walt Disney World on.
On October 1st 1971, Walt Disney World with its Magic Kingdom in Florida opened its doors. Walt Disney himself had passed away by then, but his brother Roy took over from him. Originally the resort would have been named “Disney World”, but as a tribute to his brother, Roy Disney insisted that the resort was named “Walt Disney World”.
Later the Walt Disney World Resort expanded more and more with different theme parks, waterparks and hotels.
Besides Walt Disney World, there are lots of other amusement parks to be found in Orlando like Universal Studios, Sea World, Bush Gardens, and many more. There is something to do for everyone!
