what's going on island hoppers welcome back and today we are going to explore orlando florida
which is actually believe it or not the most visited tourist destination in all of america
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and the first spot we're going to show you around here is downtown downtown orlando doesn't get a
lot of recognition because there's so much to do with all the parks universal studios disney world
but downtown orlando has its own unique funky scene and right here is lake ekola this is
at the center of downtown orlando they've got a nice amphitheater down there a park
walking area it's a really good place for the cosmopolitan lifestyle for the commercial
and the banking financial area of orlando people who work there get to go down there and relax
it's a good place to just hang out right then as you go into the city of uh orlando the downtown
area you've got restaurants you've got some shopping lots of history a little bit of cafes
some stuff like that it's not the most cosmopolitan downtown area you'll find
in america but it's very similar to many of the other downtown city centers you will find across
the country moving outside of the downtown orlando area we will be taking you on to the next place
as we drive past amway center which is where the orlando magic play
now here we are coming up to international drive this here is where they have the convention
center and i believe this is the largest convention center in all of the country
rivaling just uh atlanta and san diego for the biggest uh environment for conventions
all right now we'll let the real fun begin as we start to get into the disney springs area which is
part of the entire disney world complex here you can see disney springs is a good place to go get
some food they've got lots of entertainment down here right there on the swampy marsh area right
here they've got a nice balloon that you can take up plenty of restaurants they got the rainforest
cafe i really like disney springs it's a pretty good place to go do some shopping take the kids
and relax without spending too much money because at the end of the day this is a free thing to do
and that includes things for adults and kids here like this oyster bar here which is not free but
the food in the environment is pretty good the m m store you know how it is with that with the kids
so one of everyone's favorite places to go in disney world is going to be
animal kingdom this is where you'll find pandora
and lots of different animals they do have safari tours that you can go on i've made a full video on
this channel highlighting the pandora area and the animal safari if you guys wanted to watch those
just search the channel for those i'll try to put links also but animal kingdom is definitely
a really special place i personally found pandora's avatar world to be very amazing
the pandora world was just really cool and uh hope you guys get to see this that's for sure
and so we'll continue to show you guys around the rest of disney world
and just so you guys know there are a few parks included in the entire
disney world complex that's going to include animal kingdom which we just saw hollywood studios
magic kingdom which we're going to take a look at in depth here in this video
and then you also have epcot disney springs is also considered part of the disney world area
but there are some resorts that you can stay at they're also considered part of disney world
but there's the famous golf ball right there that everyone knows as epcot just basically
walk around the uh park here around the lake do some of the attractions at epcot but overall
pretty nice place and then moving right along past epcot we come up into hollywood studios
i really like hollywood studios i found that they had some pretty cool attractions like star wars
you can see chewbacca walking around the jedi knights maybe even darth vader at times
but hollywood studios is pretty cool part of the disney world experience
and we all know the star wars fans are going to love this attraction
i'll just show you guys around here and let the visuals do the talking
and now we'll head over to magic kingdom where we have all the excitement the castles
mickey and minnie and you have all the other characters walking around the park like goofy
and you have so many different rides that you can ride you have the good food
and the ambiance the parade which everyone loves so magic kingdom is probably the best one
in all of disney world for the family the adults young and old everyone just seems to love
magic kingdom so when you come out here don't forget to get the pass for this park
oh yeah don't forget the magic carpet ride right there look at that
anyway moving right along here now we're going back towards international drive and going to
show you guys around the other area way from the actual convention center so there is more to
international drive than just the convention center which we're showing you right here
they have this big ferris wheel here at
icon park they also have the swing which is one of the tallest in the world the rides and stuff
they're building here are some of the biggest in the world pirates cove for adventure golf
food entertainment right here at icon park really popular place to go for the family
and yes it does light up very colorfully at night
now we're heading over to the other side of town again to old town this place is a nice place to go
at night or in the afternoon it's going to be free but they do have shopping and restaurants here
that you can go to just do a leisurely stroll again more of a free kind of
thing to do around old town this part of the area is also popular with tourists
now headed over to the marine mammal park known as sea world one of a few different sea worlds
in america along with san antonio and san diego
so you can get lots of roller coaster action here and some rides or you can just check out shamu
and some of the other marine mammals like the dolphin show
the manatees they do have a rescue here where they do save animals and rehabilitate some other whales
so sea world does a lot more good than people give it credit for especially out here in orlando
and i do like watching these shows like the dolphin show and shamu i think they're uh quite
amazing to see what these trainers and these animals have been able to do together obviously
that is something that you may want to check out depending on what you like and now we'll head over
to universal studios they do have two parks here one is more of an adventure park and the other one
is more into the theater side of universal studios and the brand uh as you can see they do have
roller coasters they still have the harry potter exhibit which is actually really popular with
people when they come out here they also have a water park which will be exploring after we check
out the entertainment and adventure stuff to do around universal studios they have the kong ride
at islands of adventure and so much to do there now heading out to volcano bay which has the
krakatoa volcano now this water park is somewhat one of the best water parks you'll ever find
so i would say if you're here during summer you're going to want to cool off from that
hot muggy weather and check out volcano bay and you can see it's a pretty cool place to go
whether you're actually riding some of the rides doing some of the wave pool stuff or just taking
a stroll in the lazy river but i would say at least get into the wave pool and experience the
eruption of krakatoa or just walk around the whole krakatoa volcano and see what they have to offer
all right everyone thanks for watching island hopper tv from orlando florida hope you guys
enjoy your trip and watch some of our other videos we'll see you guys on the next one