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14 days Road Trip in Florida: Itinerary, Budget, Car Rental & Tips
We just finished our 2 weeks road trip in Florida. They were very intense but full of adrenaline and surprises. We saw alligators, wild dolphins, polydactyl cats, saw a rocket take off, visited a huge miniature circus, got a tan on the most beautiful beaches of Florida, kissed Mickey and swam in hot springs. Here is the itinerary that I propose to you (the program below is an optimized version of what we visited) Part 1: Itinerary Here is the link to the Google Maps map. To use this custom map (with different layers, day by day itineraries) on your smartphone, I have already shown here how to do it…
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10 things to know about Universal Parks in Orlando (USA)
1. There are 3 Universal parks & one free access space The three theme parks are as follows:- Universal Studios (main park but quite small)- Universal’s Islands of Adventure(recommended)- Universal’ s Volcano Bay (water park) You can access Universal Citywalk for free, it’s a space full of Universal souvenir stores, restaurants and cafes 2. Admission starts at $115/day and parking is $26 You can buy tickets online. Please note that all prices marked on the site are exclusive of taxes, you have to add about 6,5% more:- 1-Day 1Park (access to one park, 1 day) from 115$- 2-Park – 1-Day Ticket (access to two parks, 1 day) for 170$ Be…
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Attend a rocket launch at Cape Canaveral (USA) – Road trip in Florida #8
The best thing about traveling is that sometimes you have incredible experiences without having anticipated them Last Monday evening, I logged on to the Kennedy Space Center site in Cape Canaveral, which we visited the next day. The purpose of this connection is quite simple: to see if I can get cheaper tickets online than on site So I discover completely by chance that on Wednesday (the day after our visit), there is a rocket launch planned to put a GPS satellite into orbit. This launch is organized by the company United Launch Alliance (ULA). Ouahou !!!! It seems so crazy to watch a rocket launch that I didn’t even…
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Kennedy Space Center, Hollywood Beach – Road trip in Florida #7
This article is part of a series of articles on our road trip to Florida. If you haven’t done so, read the previous notebook here. Program Day 11: Leave Orlando for the Kennedy Space Center Day 12: Return the next day to attend a “rocket launch”: placing a satellite in orbit at 9am. Drive to Hollywood Day 13: Swimming in Hollywood Beach. Return the car to the Miami airport. Departure for Colombia Day 11: Kennedy Space Center The visit of this center is very important for JB who has been talking about it for months. The day before, I ask him to organize the visit because the conquest of space…
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Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando (USA): Our favorite theme park – Road trip in Florida #6
If the travel diary to Disney parks is in vlog format (read more here), I absolutely want to show you the Universal park we visited on the blog. It is the park we preferred among the 3 theme parks in Orlando. I will explain why. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary This isn’t the first time we visit a Universal park, we went to Universal Studios in Singapore (with very few tourists) and liked it very much, even if the park seemed small to us. I don’t know why we missed the one in Osaka but as we will go back there next year,…
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[Practical Travel Guide] Disney parks in Orlando (USA): Top Attractions, where to stay, Fast Pass: Road trip in Florida #5
So, it’s already been a week that we are on our Road trip in Florida (read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4). There are about ten amusement parks in all in Orlando but we decided to spend only 3 days: 2 at Disney and 1 at Universal. Being very tired, we didn’t prepare much for these magical days, apart from buying the tickets in advance. And we’re wrong to come in “I’m living in the moment” mode because there’s a lot of planning to do, especially when you spend so little time in Orlando. Don’t make the same mistakes we did. In this guide, we share some tips…
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The Drive In experience, the outdoor cinema in the United States – Road trip in Florida #4
When we spent a day at Hollywood Studios in Orlando, we passed a restaurant that replicates the American Drive In experience: the famous open-air movie theaters where you can watch a screening while sitting in your own car The wait was too long for us to eat in this restaurant but it gave us the idea to try to live this typically American experience in a much more authentic way by going to a real drive-in The drive-in is a true symbol of the American way of life and in particular of their adoration for cars. These open-air cinemas had their heyday in the 1960s. They are gradually disappearing: there…
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Ginnie Spring, Rainbow Spring (USA) – Road trip in Florida #3
This article is part of our road trip to Florida. Read previous episodes here and here We plan to spend 3 days in the amusement parks in Orlando but to chain the 3 in one go would have been too tiring. So we choose to start with a Disney park then to leave 2 days in excursion to recover. But to leave where? Note: For once, the Disney parks travel diary will only be in vlog form, I invite you to see the YouTube video here, and the practical guide here. Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary While surfing on Pinterest, I came across this…
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Wild dolphins in Naples, The Ringling, Siesta Key Beach, Dali Museum (USA) – Road trip in Florida #2
If you didn’t, read the 1st part of the roadtrip here Program Day 4: Departure from our hotel in Homestead. Boat tour to Everglades. Visit of Naples, Sanibel Island and Captiva Island. Night at Fort Myers Day 5: Visit of the Ringling museum. Siesta Key Beach & Lido Key Beach. Night in Sarasota Day 6: Visit the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. Night in Orlando. Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary As I told you, this roadtrip is under the sign of the miracle so we will have many surprises on the road. Day 4 After 3 days in the Keys, we came back to…
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3 days in the Keys (USA): Snorkeling in Key West, Dream beaches – Road trip in Florida #1
This article marks the beginning of the series of travel diaries for our road trip to Florida. Stay tuned because a lot of surprises are waiting for you. Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Today is our last day in Miami Beach. Before leaving on a road trip, we gather all our winter clothes and computer equipment in a suitcase and leave it in a locker. This will be safer than leaving them unattended in the trunk of the car during our visits (read more about the lockers available all over the world here). It’s a good choice finally because not only that makes us…
