Orlando (orlando vacation package)

Orlando Vacation Package

Orlando is a city in Orange County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, its population was 185,951 with 1,644,561 living in the metropolitan area.

Orlando is visited by an estimated 52 million tourists per year, and is famous for the tourist attractions around it, including Walt Disney World Resort, SeaWorld, and Universal Orlando Resort.

Attractions in the Orlando area include:

- Blizzard Beach part of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- Disney-MGM Studios part of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- Disney's Animal Kingdom part of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- DisneyQuest within Downtown Disney, and part of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede

- Downtown Disney part of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- Epcot part of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- Islands of Adventure

- The Magic Kingdom part of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- Gatorland

- Pirate's Cove (2 locations)

- Ripley's Believe It or Not!

- SeaWorld Orlando

- Typhoon Lagoon part of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- Universal Orlando Resort

- Universal Studios Florida

- Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista just outside Orlando

- Wet n' Wild

Here is some more information about the area:

- The principal airport serving Orlando is Orlando International Airport.

- Perhaps the best known educational institution in Orlando is the University of Central Florida. The University of Central Florida is a public university founded in 1963..

- Probably the best-known professional sports team in Orlando is the basketball team, the Orlando Magic.

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