Florida’s newest Naturist resort is just 25 miles from Tampa Airport. This resort offers complete luxury – with the added bonus of being within reach of Orlando theme parks, Busch Gardens and the Kennedy Space Centre. So if you want some time out from working on that all-important all over suntan there are plenty of other things to do.
Caliente is a ‘clothes optional’ resort perfect for both seasoned naturist and first timers who are still thinking about getting all their kit off! If you want to be pampered this could very well be the naturist holiday that you have been looking for.
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One of the most popular naturist resorts in Florida is Cyprus Grove, situated just south of Orlando. It certainly deserves its first class reputation, in fact many people have moved in as permanent residents as they just love the way of life here – a fantastic recommendation. The nearly 300-acre site includes a 50-acre lake, 130 acres of protected wetlands, 20 acres of recreational facilities.
Accommodation for rental includes 84 villa hotel rooms and apartments as well as camping facilities.
All the rooms have free cable TV, hair dryers, alarm clocks, coffee makers, free wireless Internet and has linen provided. The Villa hotels rooms are comfortably furnished with queen sized beds, private bathrooms, mini fridge, table and chairs, (two sizes of rooms are available) Villa apartments have two rooms, bathroom, and spacious living area, complete kitchen, the bedroom has two queen sized beds.
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This 10 day festival (end of October) was started in 1979 to boost tourism, and hence the economy, of the Keys. October boasts a beautiful climate for seeing the region, but was previously a slow time when retailers traditionally boarded up their shops and went away themselves.
The festival started life primarily as a gay party, but is now a lot more besides including balls, costume competitions, family-friendly parades, pet parades (where dogs, cats ducks and even ferrets have costumes), street parties, drag queen contests and AIDS fundraising events. Some even say the event rivals the New Orleans Mardi Gras.
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Posted by Jackie Hewett on Thu 10th May 2007 at 06:23 PM, Filed in USA Florida
On our first day in Orlando we decided to go to SeaWorld thinking it would be more relaxing than some of the other parks. It was a good choice.
We started with the Dolphin Show called Blue Horizons, which was quite the best show of its type that I’ve seen anywhere with more animals than just dolphins – but I won’t spoil the surprise. There were also numerous acrobats diving, on trapezes and swimming with the dolphins. The set was quite spectacular and the costumes. It’s a definite must see.
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There are many guide books available that describe in pretty good detail the attractions in the different parks. This article aims to provide first time visitors with a brief guide to some of the things you won’t necessarily find in the guide books, but may help you make the most of your holiday, not just in the Disney parks.
Car Parking
If you are not staying in one of the resort hotels you will probably be driving to the parks. All of the parks make a charge for parking (in September 2007 it was about $10 per car). The car parks are huge and each area is given a memorable character or symbol to help you remember where your hire car is, however, there are likely to be many many cars of the same make/model as yours. We found it useful to sick something to distinguish our car on the aerial. Also, if you have young kids in buggies – don’t get them straight into the buggy after leaving the car as you are likely to have to board a motorised train (or ‘wally trolley’ as our kids called them) to take you to the park entrance. Kids cannot ride in their buggies on the mini trains. I will post another article soon on common ‘scams’ to be wary of when booking a hire car in advance for Orlando. For a few dollars extra some of the parks offer a valet parking service, or even parking in a preferential area that is closer to the park entrance.
Getting Into the Park & Park Tickets
We bought our tickets from a web site in advance before we left the UK. It’s best to make sure you actually get the tickets sent to you direct, and not vouchers that have to be exchanged when you get to Orlando. Sometimes you can get good ‘2 days for 1’, or a child ticket free when you buy an adult one sort of deals, and it is worth shopping around a little bit. The prices don’t seem to vary that much between the different web sites and the prices weren’t vastly different from those on the door at the parks, but it’s one thing less to do when you arrive and just want to get on with the fun. If you have pre-bought actual tickets you don’t have to go to the ticket office or anything – you can just use them straight away. It is definitely worth getting multi-day, multi-park tickets, but do allow for a day or two away from the parks to go shopping or just ‘chill’.
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