12.
Watch an Orlando Magic NBA basketball game
at the Amway Centre. Grab a corn dog while
you’re there.
13.
Visit the Kennedy Space Center at Cape
Canaveral, home to NASA. It’s the only place in
the world where you can touch giant rockets,
train in a spaceflight simulator, tour the launch
areas and perhaps bump into an astronaut.
14.
Science goes hands-on at the Orlando Science
Center. The Crosby Observatory is a must if
you’re a stargazer (or missed your calling to
work for the US Space Program).
15.
If you come across an upside-down building,
chances are you’ve found WonderWorks, touted
as an indoor amusement park for the mind.
16.
Oddities of the world unite at the Ripley's
Believe it or Not! Orlando Odditorium. Life does
not get more bizarre.
17.
Just as jaw-dropping is La Nouba by Cirque
du Soleil. This avant-garde circus spectacular
features performance artists who defy gravity
and the limitations of the human body to
perform amazing world-class acts.
18.
Enjoy the beauty of classical dance with the
Orlando Ballet.
19.
Titanic The Experience has full-scale
recreations of the ship’s most famous rooms.
20.
Dinner theatres are big in Orlando. Dress
mobster and have a raucous evening of
“dinnertainment” at Capone’s Dinner & Show.
Wannabe detectives can partake in some fun
and intrigue at Sleuths Mystery Dinner Shows.
21.
Gourmands should head to The Ravenous Pig,
one of Orlando's most talked-about foodie
destinations.
22.
Barbeque is the magic word at 4 Rivers
Smokehouse (three locations across the city).
A delicious meat fest.
Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral
HISTORY, ASTRONAUTS,
THEATRE AND MORE
ORLANDO FLORIDA
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WINTER | 2014
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