Walt Disney World premiere attraction is broken into seven basic areas. Guests enter Main Street, a early-20th century shopping plaza, with City Hall, At the end of main street is the magical view of Cinderella Castle.
 The park is laid out like a wheel with spokes. Starting east from Cinderella Castle and moving clockwise, visitors encounter Tomorrowland (showcasing future technologies), Fantasyland (featuring Disney's most beloved animated charters), Frontierland and Liberty Square (celebrating colonial life) and Adventureland (jungle adventure from Africa, Asia and South America). In 1995, the Magic Kingdom opened a new-and-improved Tomorrowland and the next year opened Mickey's Toontown Fair, a private look at the master mouse's domicile.

The Showcase started out with nine countries: Mexico, China, Germany, Italy, The American Adventure, Japan, France, Canada and the United Kingdom. Future World started out with six exhibits: Spaceship Earth, Communicores East and West, Horizons, The Land, Journey Into Imagination and the Universe of Energy.

Even more than just a zoo, Disney's Animal Kingdom park allows you to encounter all sorts of animals - real, extinct and imaginary.  Opened in April 98, Disney's newest park is themed around encounters with animals- real, imaginary or extinct. At 500 acres, this is Disney's largest park and it is home to 1,000 animals and 3,000 species of plants and trees

Disney has also dedicated MGM to showcasing rides, plays and other attractions based on their current animated and live action films for kids. "The Little Mermaid" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" have shows, "101 Dalmatians" has a behind-the-scenes tour, and the characters from "Toy Story" and "Hercules" have been paraded through the streets of the park in recent years.  Throughout the years, MGM has been a work in progress. Star Tours, a ride dedicated to the Star Wars trilogy opened in 1990; and the next year saw the creation of Sunset Boulevard, including the haunted, elevator drop Tower of Terror ride.

Universal Studios is not just a theme park. They are real, working studios, producing commercials, television shows and movies, as well as doing pre- and post-production work on other shows.Universal is broken up into six major areas: The Front Lot, with its movie magic-filled shops and memorabilia exhibits; Hollywood Boulevard, home of the "Terminator 2" ride; Expo Park, which includes the "ET" and "Back to the Future" rides, as well as Barney and Feivel's playlands; Production Central, where guests can get a glimpse of Nickelodeon shows filming; New York, home of King Kong and Beetlejuice and San Francisco/Amity, where you might just experience an Earthquake or see a great white.

The park consists of five distinct islands: Seuss Landing, a fantasy land with restaurants, attractions and shops based on the late Theodore Geisel's books; The Lost Continent, a land of myths and legends which mixes Middle Ages, Renaissance, and ancient Greek cultures; Jurassic Park, themed to look like Isla Nubar, the dinosaur-making island from the hit movies; Toon Lagoon, featuring favorite characters from the newspaper funny pages such as Popeye, Betty Boop and Dagwood; and Marvel Comic Superhero Island, which is filled with Spidey, the Hulk, the X-Men and a host of other favorite comic book heroes and villains.

A part of the Central Florida landscape for more than a quarter of a century, SeaWorld Orlando presents a comfortable, interactive look at the sea and all its facets.

The park combines an educational look at marine life with a spirit of whimsy. Shamu is almost as recognizable as Mickey as a symbol of family theme park fun -- almost. Serious interaction with live killer whales, dolphins and other sea life contrasts with the silliness of stage shows such as the Clyde and Seamore sea lion extravaganza and the Intensity Games water ski show.

The newest additions to the park have come in the form of the chilly action of Wild Arctic and easy-going, tropical colors of Key West. In April 1998, SeaWorld unveiled its salute to the water of mythology, Journey to Atlantis. Atlantis features a rollicking thrill water/roller coaster ride unlike any before it.

Helping the north Atlantic coast of Florida live up to its nickname as the "Space Coast," the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has been a part of the Central Florida landscape for more than a quarter century. Throughout its history, KSC has focused on giving visitors the closest possible view of the United States' space program, both past and present. And considering Central Florida's growing reputation as the home of theme parks and tourist attractions, opening the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's facility to tourists seemed like the perfect idea.

  Shopping

• Belz Outlet Mall
  
• Florida Mall
  
• Lake Buena Vista Outlet Mall
  
• Downtown Disney
  
• Orlando Premium Outlets

  Night Life

• Cirque Soleil
  
• Disney Boardwalk
  
• Universal City Walk
  
• International drive
  
• Downtown Disney
  
• Pleasure Island
  
• Church Street Station
  
• Bob Carr Performing Art Center