{"id":1371,"date":"2022-01-12T09:22:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2022-01-12T09:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:38:50","slug":"florida-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1371","title":{"rendered":"Florida Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This song reminds us, why Florida is such a great all year round tourist destination. Many of us have been coped up by snow, rain and grey skies and are looking forward to some sun,  There is no better place to head for than Florida at just about any time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Florida Christmas (Original Song)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i1kBayK3gtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>A Florida Christmas &#8211; Mark Forcier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMQuNz-OAh_hF3m-3WOXUWw\"><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of us, will be heading for Orlando this year as we learn to deal with Covid, now that the US has opened up its borders to international visitors.  Orlando is waiting for us with it warm temperatures and theme park temptations.  Orlando has even trademarked the term &#8220;Theme Park Capital of the World&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-disneyland-resort-g333352d78_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Walt Disney World Resort - Orlando - USA.\" class=\"wp-image-1376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-disneyland-resort-g333352d78_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-disneyland-resort-g333352d78_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-disneyland-resort-g333352d78_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-disneyland-resort-g333352d78_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-disneyland-resort-g333352d78_1920-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-disneyland-resort-g333352d78_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Walt Disney World Resort &#8211; Orlando &#8211; Florida &#8211; USA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited holiday resort in the world and comprises of four theme parks Magic Kingdom <sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Park, EPCOT<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom <sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Theme Park, two water parks Disney&#8217;s Blizzard Beach <sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and Disney&#8217;s Typhoon Lagoon <sup>\u00ae<\/sup> water parks, 31 themed resort hotels, nine non-Disney hotels, several golf courses, a camping resort and an outdoor shopping center Disney Springs. September is the month to avoid visiting, as its the month of the year when the resort is most likely to have an unexpected closure, typically for hurricanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/universal-studios-g3f20537c1_1920-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Universal Studios - Orlando - Florida - USA\" class=\"wp-image-1378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/universal-studios-g3f20537c1_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/universal-studios-g3f20537c1_1920-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/universal-studios-g3f20537c1_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/universal-studios-g3f20537c1_1920-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/universal-studios-g3f20537c1_1920-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/universal-studios-g3f20537c1_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Universal Studios &#8211; Orlando &#8211; Florida &#8211; USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>15 miles away from the Walt Disney World Resort you will find Universal Orlando which consists of two theme parks, Universal Studios Florida (where you will find The Wizarding World of Harry Potter &#x2122;  and Universal&#8217;s Island of Adventure, plus a water park &#8211; Volcano Bay.  The resort like Disney has an entertainement area called Univeral CityWalk and has a number of hotels to stay in. A new theme park called Epic Universe is underconstruction but due to the pandemic it will not open until at least 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manatees-g37bb935f1_1920-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"Manatees - SeaWorld - Orlando - Florida - USA\" class=\"wp-image-1381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manatees-g37bb935f1_1920-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manatees-g37bb935f1_1920-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manatees-g37bb935f1_1920-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manatees-g37bb935f1_1920-1536x966.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manatees-g37bb935f1_1920-1568x986.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manatees-g37bb935f1_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Manatees &#8211; SeaWorld &#8211; Orlando &#8211; Florida &#8211; USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SeaWorld has grown over the year&#8217;s from a show based attraction to a rides based attraction.  You will find these at the main SeaWorld resort.  Not far away they have added Aquatica Orlando, a South Pacific themed water park. Discovery Cove <sup>\u00ae<\/sup> is a must reserve in advance destination but it is here that you can swim with dolphins, there is a limit of the number of visitors per day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/elephant-gba05f5efd_1920-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Elephant - Legoland - Orlando - Florida - USA\" class=\"wp-image-1383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/elephant-gba05f5efd_1920-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/elephant-gba05f5efd_1920-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/elephant-gba05f5efd_1920-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/elephant-gba05f5efd_1920.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Elephant &#8211; Legoland &#8211; Orlando &#8211; Florida &#8211; USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Built of the site of the old Cyrpress Gardens theme park, you will find the LEGOLAND <sup>\u00ae<\/sup>  Florida Resort, which comprises of LEGOLAND <sup>\u00ae<\/sup>  Florida Theme Park and a water park. There are now three LEGOLAND <sup>\u00ae<\/sup>  themed accomodations to choose from.  But the thing that we are getting most excited about is Peppa Pig Theme Park <sup>\u00ae<\/sup>  which is due to open 24th February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcounsellors.co.uk\/maggie.bush\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie<\/a> today to book your flights, hotels, car hire, attraction tickets, advice of Covid restrictions and much much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay with the card that gives you complimentary access to over 1,200 airport lounges across more than 130 countries worldwide as standard plus reward points \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/amex.co.uk\/refer\/mALCOJphOv?XLINK=MYCP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The American Express Platinum Card<\/a>*.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This song reminds us, why Florida is such a great all year round tourist destination. Many of us have been coped up by snow, rain and grey skies and are looking forward to some sun, There is no better place to head for than Florida at just about any time of year. Many of us, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1371\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Florida Sun&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,80,1056,65,1057,1055,78],"tags":[1078,1079,1071,1068,1069,1067,1070,1066,1077,87,1063,1080,1065,86,1081,1062,1061,1058,1073,1064,1076,1060,1072,1074,97,1075,1059],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-florida","category-orlando-florida","category-sun","category-tampa","category-theme-parks","category-usa","tag-aquatica-orlando","tag-discovery-cove","tag-disney-springs","tag-disneys-animal-kingdom-theme-park","tag-disneys-blizzard-beach","tag-disneys-hollywood-studios","tag-disneys-typhoon-lagoon","tag-epcot","tag-epic-universe","tag-florida","tag-legoland","tag-legoland-florida-theme-park","tag-magic-kingdom-park","tag-orlando","tag-peppa-pig-theme-park","tag-sea-world","tag-seaworld","tag-tampa","tag-the-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter","tag-theme-park-capital-of-the-world","tag-univeral-citywalk","tag-universal-studios","tag-universal-studios-florida","tag-universals-island-of-adventure","tag-usa","tag-volcano-bay","tag-walt-disney-world-resort","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1389,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}