23.
At Minus5 Ice Bar, everything is made of ice – the
walls, bar, sculptures, seats, even the glasses. Prost.
24.
Closet Idol? Rising Star (at CityWalk) is not
your average karaoke bar. Each singer performs
with a live band, backup singers and lighting.
25.
Visit Winter Park’s Park Avenue Historical
District for designer shopping, dining and
history.
26.
Be dazzled by the Charles Hosmer Morse
Museum of American Art, home to the world’s
most comprehensive collection of works by
American designer Louis Comfort Tiffany.
27.
The Mennello Museum of American Art has
works by maritime painter Earl Cunningham
and contemporary American folk art.
28.
History lovers should head to The Orange
County Regional History Center in the old
1920s Orange County Courthouse building
(where Ted Bundy was convicted). African-
American history can be explored at the
Wells' Built Museum of African American
History, housed in an old hotel, and for Native
American artefacts, head to the Winter Garden
Heritage Museum.
29.
Did you know that Orlando is home to the
USA’s oldest Holocaust museum?
30.
Pay tribute to the military at the CPL. Larry E.
Smedley National VietnamWar Museum, Inc.
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Think you’ve seen it all? Visit the Tupperware
Museum of Historic Food Containers.
32.
Retail therapy is taken seriously in Orlando. Don’t
miss The Florida Mall and the Mall at Millenia.
There’s also a huge number of outlet stores.
33.
Get in touch with nature and paddle a swan
boat around Lake Eola.
34.
Follow a trail through the 12 000 acre Nature
Conservancy's Disney Wilderness Preserve.
35.
Kayak the tranquil waters of the Wekiva River.
36.
Take an airboat ecotour through the Central
Florida Everglades.
37.
See endangered amur leopards and other
fascinating animals at the Central Florida Zoo
and Botanical Gardens.
38.
Tour the internationally acclaimed Albin
Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens.
39.
Golfers, prepare for paradise. Orlando has more
than 170 golf courses and is home to some of the
world’s most prestigious tournaments.
40.
And lastly, there are some world-class spas to
recover from the busy, glitzy, always-on-the-go
Orlando fun and excess. Think the Waldorf
Astoria Spa, the Mandara Spa and the Ritz-
Carlton Spa Orlando. Kick back and relax…
Magical entertainment for all ages
WINTER | 2014
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