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Ocala National Forest
With a serene and rich forest cover and clear streams, this park is great to visit in both seasons and enjoy a variety of nature-related activities. You can enjoy fishing, swimming, waterskiing and other activities in the various springs and lakes spread across the park. You can even snorkel in these springs to see a variety of fish and marine plants in them. Boating, canoeing and kayaking are also available for visitors across various water bodies. There is a huge 67-mile trail for the adventure seekers that spreads across various vegetation and ecosystems, and there are also smaller trails for a less extensive experience, which you can explore on foot or with a bicycle.
Camping is also available along with cabins, however, availability in cabins is very low as compared to the camping grounds, so you can enjoy your stay at the premises. Dogs are allowed in certain areas and certain areas are wheelchair accessible
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Orange County Regional History Center
Set in a beautiful, transformed courthouse from 1972, Orange County Regional History Center offers an insight into the rich heritage and culture of Florida. Affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has five floors that display exhibits and interactive displays of Florida’s history from 12,000 years ago.
The history ranges from the early days of Central Florida when it was a Spanish cattle ranching city to now being a theme park capital in the world. There are interactive displays about Walt Disney, a tribute to the victims of the shooting at Pulse nightclub in 2016, and a research library boasting over 17,000 collections of photographs, postcards, maps, and personal papers.
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Orange Tree Golf Club-
Covering 7036 yards of bewildering greens, the Orange Tree Golf Club is designed by Joe Lee. The golf course is a family-owned operated private golf club and it claims to be the best three finishing holes in the city of Florida. Orange Tree Golf Club has a “Pro Shop” where you can get all the merchandise required to play the sport from top brands like Titleist, Columbia Golf, Oxford, etc, there is also a driving range, putting green, and short game area.
There are also restaurants and clubhouses for the golfers to rest and entertain themselves. For the ones who are not experienced and are just trying their hands at golfing, there is an academy specialized in teaching them the sport.
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Orlando Fire Museum
A two-story brick building, Orlando Fire Museum in Rollins Street was formerly called Orlando Firehouse Number 3. This 1926 firehouse contains authentic artifacts, memorabilia, antique equipment, and types of fire engines, to name a few. The museum also offers exhibits, a research library, and tour guides by the volunteers who are retired Orland firefighters that provide an educating experience to all the visitors.
Orlando Hold’em
Only about 15.3 miles from Orlando, Orlando Hold’em of Florida coordinates numerous poker tournaments every month. There are nightly, weekly (from Sunday to Thursday), quarterly and monthly games available at free of cost to the guests. The setup and the tournaments are designed in the style of Texas Hold’em and the casino gives you the opportunity to win prizes, or with a bit of luck, you can get to participate in the main event of the World Series of Poker.
No matter whether you are a beginner or enthusiast or an experienced player, there is something for everyone and what is better, you can enjoy playing cards at the back of custom tables in the Hold’em style. Apart from the weekly events, all other tournaments including the annual showdown “The Big Dance” can be played via invite or by qualifying other events. Anyone above 21 can participate with photo identity proof and the No Limit tournaments takes place with Small or Big Blind format where the player on the immediate left of dealer posts the Small Blind and the player sitting on immediate left of Small Blind posts the Big Blind, which is two times the Small Blind. Big Blind is the minimum bet and once established, players can raise the amount upto Small Band at least.
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Orlando Museum of Art
A non-profit organization in Orlando, Florida, the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) serves three regions: Orange County, Central Florida, and greater Orlando. One of the most renowned as well as the oldest museums in the area, OMA was founded by a group of art lovers in 1924.
Nestled amid green lawns and age-old oak trees on Loch Haven, the museum houses a large and diverse collection of art pieces featuring both historic contemporary works. It also comes with 10 to 12 annual rotational exhibits and includes over 800 artworks from ancient Americas. Every Thursday of every month, the museum organizes an “Orlando’s Original Art Party” where visitors can mingle and discover local artists, along with consuming the bar and food offerings.
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Orlando Science Center
Situated just outside of Downtown Orlando, Orlando Science Center is a private science museum that is all about learning science and technology. Founded in 1955, this museum has four floors featuring several educational, fun exhibits, and family-friendly activities.
Some of the attractions include Cinedome where 3D movies are played and Nature Works where visitors can explore the wildlife and ecosystems of Central Florida. Along with these two, there’s also Kids Town for the kids to have fun indulging in the interactive games, and Dino Digs where there are huge dinosaur eggs and fossilized dinosaurs that visitors can uncover. The museum also offers plenty of exhibits and weekly/monthly events such as the SuperHero Weekend, Kids at the Night Museum, and more.
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Oxford Downs Poker Room
Oxford Downs Poker Room of Summerfield is located around 58.3 miles from Orlando and is open from Sunday through Thursday from 10 AM till 2 AM and 24x7 on Friday and Saturday. The ranking of cards in the poker room is done as Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Straight, Flush, Full House, Four-of-a-kind, Three-of-a-kind, 1 Pair, Two Pair and High Card.
Maximum eight players can sit for 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo while for Texas Hold’Em, nine players can participate. Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo, Pineapple Hold’em and Crazy Pineapple Hold’em use a flat disk or “Button” as the imaginary dealer. Regular poker tournaments take place along with the Simulcasts of dog racing and horse racing. There are three exciting table games under the Tiki Bar starting from 2 PM and continuing till 2 AM every Friday and Saturday. The bar remains closed on Monday and Tuesday, but is open from 11 AM till 10 PM or till a party ends on Sunday and Wednesday and from 11 AM till 2 AM from Thursday till Saturday. You can have soups, salads, Ten wings, pasta, pizza, spuds, appetizers like fried mushrooms and tater tots, breakfast specialties, sandwiches, cheeseburgers, tacos, quesadillas, candies, chips and desserts at the Tiki Bar.
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Port Canaveral
Port Canaveral displays the best excursions Central Florida and the Space Coast have to offer. The beaches here, are the closest to Orlando and are most known for the white sands, and the blue flourish under the warm Florida sun. The versatile cuisines here provide any type of sea food that your taste buds might be craving. But this is not all. Other excursions also include thrilling helicopter rides, a trip to the fun-filled Exploration Tower, Casino Cruises, public parks, and much more!
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Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum
Uncover all the oddities of the world only at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum in Orlando, Florida. Featuring 16 unique galleries, the museum contains over 600 artifacts, interactive exhibits, photographs, and several other items that range from shocking to bizarre.
While at the museum, explore exhibits including a 2-headed calf, shrunken human heads to rare skeletons. Along with this, visitors can check out the shooting gallery, spinning vortex tunnel, and a vampire killing kit, to name a few.
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