Orlando Travel Blog

The Gospel Brunch at House of Blues takes place each Sunday and features inspiring gospel performances and a buffet of Southern favorites. Photo courtesy of visitorlando.com. When it comes to catching a concert in Orlando, there are plenty of places to choose from. 1. Hard Rock Live Designed to look...

Most things at Walt Disney World will just plain wear you out, but here’s one thing, just outside of the park, that won’t: the Port Orleans Riverside Resort offers the perfect way to end the day with a 30-minute, horse-drawn carriage ride through the property. Hop aboard the old-fashioned, horse-drawn...

Photo courtesy of Greg Pflug. If exploring Florida’s extensive waterways in a kayak or canoe sounds like your type of trip, then you’ll love Adventures in Florida, an action-oriented guide service that provides some pretty sweet trips across the sunshine state. The company was started by a group...

Often, it is hard to tell one spa from the next. The massage options at one spa over another can be strangely similar, the whirlpool might be the same temperature, and the cucumber water tastes, well, like cucumber water. But nothing about the Mandara Spa at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotel...

Photo courtesy of Leah Sekula Certain spots at Discovery Cove are so secluded and tranquil, it’s as if you’ve got the entire place to yourself. For instance, as I trotted through the nature trail near the entrance, the only sounds I heard were birds chirping and my sister’s gushing about how much...

By the time I was 8, the trampoline had become my world. I’d race home after school, just to spend a few hours flipping around. Front flips, backflips, handsprings. You name it, I was all about that giant, bouncing contraption. With that said, it’s easy to see why my eyes lit up as I walked...

Photo courtesy of Ritz-Carlton The Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes is no doubt a posh resort, but did you know it is surrounded by 500 acres of natural beauty and plenty of adventurous ways to soak it all in? I’m talking alligators, otters and 120 species of birds. In other words, the perfect setting...

Photo courtesy of Universal Orlando Resort. Universal recently announced that The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, one of the most popular attractions at Universal Orlando Resort, will be completely reanimated in 4K digital high definition. It will open in 2012 and is being developed by the same award-winning...

Photo courtesy of Gatorland. For those who relish something a bit out of the ordinary, try ziplining over alligator feeding areas at Gatorland, a 110-acre theme park and wildlife preserve known as the alligator capital of the world. The park’s latest attraction, the Screamin’ Gator Zipline, will...

Photo courtesy of Forever Florida. If you’re serious about getting away from it all, a mellow cycling ride through the treetops should do the trick. A new attraction at Forever Florida, a wildlife haven an hour southeast of Orlando, gives guests the chance to unwind via a specially designed SkyCycle...