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Epcot Center - Take a.whistle-stop tour of the 11 different 'countries' in World Showcase or take a trip on one of the many futuristic rides. There's a spectacular laser and fireworks display to end the day.

MGM Studios - The smallest of Disney's 4 theme parks combines the fun and excitement of thrilling attractions with fascinating behind the scenes tours showing how films and cartoons are made.

Animal Kingdom - Disney's newest theme park, includes such memorable places as DinoLand U.S.A., Camp Mickey-Minnie and Africa. Guests experience high adventure on an authentic African safari, close encounters with ferocious dinosaurs, warm moments with Disney characters and theaters brimming with colorful entertainment.

Disney Quest - An indoor interactive adventure located in Downtown Disney. Explore five floors of virtual fun with over 250 attractions, rides, and games that can only be experienced at DisneyQuest.

Pleasure Island - Disney's evening entertainment island - seven nightclubs featuring all tastes from rock 'n' roll to country and western. Age restrictions apply.

Typhoon Lagoon Water Park - Dive into an exotic, tropical paradise where families can escape to high waves of excitement and cool, relaxing fun. The fun takes place at the foot of Mt. Mayday. Body surf in a 2.75-million-gallon wave pool. Zip down awesome body slides. Feeling brave? You can even swim with real, live sharks!

Blizzard Beach Water Park - Features icy slaloms and bobsled runs on 90-foot-high Mount Gushmore. The park's ski jump is the world's tallest at 120 feet and the fastest -- you free fall up to 60 mph on your backside.

Downtown Disney - Full of entertainment, food, shops and fun for guests of all ages. The area is divided into the West Side, Pleasure Island and the Marketplace. Along with DisneyQuest and Cirque du Soleil, Downtown Disney West Side features restaurants, shopping and the AMC 24 Theatres.

Universal Studios Florida - The largest film and TV studio outside Hollywood. Home to many famous rides such as Men in Black, Terminator 2 3D, Twister, ET, Jaws, Back to the Future, Kongfrontation, Earthquake etc. See Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue and Live the Movies®! Rated by many as the best park in the area.

Universal Studios Islands of Adventure - Your journey begins at the exotic Port of Entry and takes you through five uniquely themed islands featuring some of Orlando's newest rides. Popular rides include Spiderman, Incredible Hulk Coaster, Duelling Dragons and Popeye's Bilge Rat Barge Ride.

Universal Studios City Walk - This soul-stirring, 30-acre complex surrounds you with a dazzling array of restaurants, nightclubs, shopping, state-of-the-art cinemas and live entertainment venues inspired by popular culture's most legendary innovators and originators.

Sea World - Visit the world's largest marine life theme park. See the killer whale show featuring Shamu and family, walk through a glass tunnel with sharks swimming all around you! Try a ride on Kraken, a recently built 65 mph roller coaster or Journey to Atlantis, a water-coaster ride through the mysterious lost city.

Discovery Cove - For an experience like no other, treat your family to a once-in-a-lifetime adventure at Discovery Cove. Here, you can swim, play and interact with marine animals in a lush, tropical setting. A day of swimming with dolphins, gliding with rays, snorkelling through coral reefs. Admission is limited and by reservation only.

Orlando, Florida is known for its fabulous golf courses. For keen golfers the vacation rental villa is 10 minutes from many golf courses including Greg Norman's Championsgate 36 hole award winning golf course and the Disney golf courses. For keen shoppers, the designer malls are nearby.

For the comfort and safety of all guests there is no smoking permitted within the villa.



THEME PARK NEWS

Disney's Pirate and Princess Party
Become a Pirate or a Princess in a place where Dreams come true! Grab your 'treasure map' as you embark on a quest through Magic Kingdom Park for beads and chocolate treasures. Visit Pirate Coves and Princess Courts throughout the Park, and be witness to a new Pirate and Princess themed Parade and a new Fireworks Spectacular.

SheiKra at Busch, Florida
The name SheiKra evokes the power and speed of an African hawk as it twists and plunges - giving riders a 70 mph, adrenaline-pumping experience like no other. At 200 feet, SheiKra now takes the crown as Florida's tallest roller coaster.

Disney's Year of Million Dreams
It's every little girl's dream come true, spending the night in Cinderella Castle. Such sleepovers will be part of a 'Year of a Million Dreams' national promotion that the Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday night. Every day for a year, beginning Oct. 1, a family will be picked to move into the royal chambers and spend the night at the Magic Kingdom castle.

Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean, the classic Disney theme park adventure brought to the big screen in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, is adding new characters and features from the film.

HOT TOPICS

SEAWORLD Orlando's major expansion
Opening in 2008, Seaworld's new Aquatica water park will feature 36 water slides and a high-speed river ride with rapids aimed at competing with other thrill-ride theme parks.


Harry Potter Theme Park to open at Universal Studios
Harry Potter's Wizardry is coming to Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure, with construction of the new Harry Potter Theme Park to being this year with a planned 2009 opening.


TRAVEL NEWS

62 million people visited Central Florida theme parks last year



US visa requirements
Starting October 26, 2004, visa waiver vacationers from ALL 27 Visa Waiver Program countries must present either a machine-readable passport at the U.S. port of entry to enter the U.S. without a visa, otherwise a U.S. visa is required.