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| General info Orlando It is a prosperous modern Florida city in its own right with excellent museums and performing arts. However, it is the surrounding area where the real magic is found. Here exists a greater concentration of theme and fantasy parks, more than anywhere in world. Days, or even weeks can be spent enjoying the many magical and thrilling parks surrounding Orlando. While visiting Orlando you'll never go hungry for quality food or shopping. Orlando offers lots of great restaurants that will please anyone's appetite ranging from Seafood to Mexican to Oriental. And the shopping is unlimited. There are lots of great places to shop, You'll find malls, outlets, collector's shops, specialty shops, antique shops, boutiques, high-end shops, low-end shops and the list keeps going Walt Disney transformed the area in 1971 when he opened Walt Disney World. From here the area never turned back. There are now nearly a dozen major theme parks and scores of other entertainment facilities. Walt Disney World is actually a 47 square mile complex, (the size of Greater Manchester), comprising of four major theme parks, three water parks, and an entertainment/shopping park. Orlando's other worlds include some equally exciting parks. Many smaller attractions and resorts can be found along International Drive between the Disney complexes and Universal Studios. These are only a few of the theme parks and water parks for which we can provide discount tickets. Weather Conditions Florida's climate is best described as subtropical with mild winters and hot summers. The state is essentially a long peninsula with no place more than 80 miles from either the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. Temperatures are greatly influenced by the surrounding water, which has a moderating effect on both the high and low temperatures. Generally, the interior of the state tends to warm more rapidly and reach higher temperatures during the day while cooling more rapidly and falling to lower temperatures during the night. The summer months of June, July, August and even into September are the rainiest months of the year. During this period thunderstorms are common. Many welcome these showers as they provide cooling relief during hot afternoons. One must be wary, however, since these thunderstorms sometimes become quite severe with very strong winds and intense lightning. Winter brings dryer weather to Florida and of course the occasional cold front. Northern Florida feels the effects of cold fronts much more than southern Florida. Northern Florida will experience numerous days where the low temperature falls below freezing while this rarely occurs in south Florida. Still, the average low temperature even in the coldest months in north Florida is above 40F in most areas with high temperatures averaging in the 60s. In south Florida the coldest months bring low temperatures that typically average in the 60s with highs reaching well into 70s. Snow is very rare in Florida, tropical storms and hurricanes are not. Hurricane season is from June 1st through November 30th. These tropical cyclones can bring devastation to Florida, although they rarely hit the Orlando area. Modern surveillance systems provide plenty of notice of approaching hurricanes, however. |
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