Florida Theme Parks and Water Parks

Florida Theme Parks

Big Kahuna's
Destin
850-837-8319
A water park with the biggest man-made waterfall in the world. 3 rushing rivers, lazy river, speed slides, body flumes, white water tubing, leisurely lagoons, 2 wave pools, four children's areas with kid-sized slides and variable-depth pools.

Boomers!
Dania
(954) 921-1411
Huge, family, Dania Beach, Hurricane wooden roller coaster.

Busch Gardens Tampa
Tampa
(813) 987-5082

Thrill ride park,zoo,Adjacent, separate admission water park.

Calypso Bay
Royal Palm Beach
561-790-6160
Water park. Small, municipal park with lazy river, water slides, children's interactive water playground, and a lap pool.

Coconut Cove Waterpark
Boca Raton
561-274-1140
5-acre water park with a children's interactive water play structure, lazy river ride, and 2 waterslides.

Cypress Gardens
Winter Haven
(863) 324-2111

closed in September 2009,in the process of negotiating with several potential purchasers

Daytona Lagoon
Daytona Beach, FL

Water park. Interactive kids' water play area, wave pool, tube slides, body slides, speed slides, and lazy river.

Discovery Cove
Orlando

877-557-7404
(877) 434-7268
SeaWorld Orlando's sister attraction .Get up close and personal with dolphins and other animals.

Disney's Hollywood Studios

(Formerly known as Disney-MGM)

Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista
(407)W-DISNEY
Smallest of the Walt Disney World parks, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Thrill-packed rides.

Epcot

Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista
(407)W-DISNEY
A fair-like park that includes Future World, (Focuses on technologies), and World Showcase, which features a rainbow of nations.

The Holy Land Experience
Orlando
(407) 367-2065
Religious-themed exhibits, theatrical productions, and other attractions.

Islands of Adventure

Universal Orlando.
Orlando
(407) 363-8000
State-of-the-art theme, thrill ride park.

Magic Kingdom
Lake Buena Vista
(407)W-DISNEY
By far the most popular of Walt Disney World's four parks.

Old Town
Kissimmee (near Walt Disney World)
(407) 396-4888
A strip mall f- mini-amusement park. Shopping, dining, rides and more.

Rapids Water Park
W. Palm Beach
561-848-6272
22-acre water park with 16 waterslides, lazy river, wave pool, children's play area.

Sam's Fun City
Pensacola
(850) 505-0800
Small amusement park, water park, geared to younger children.

SeaWorld Orlando
Orlando
(877) 434-7268
The happy home of Shamu, Great rides, swim with dolphins, and a separate, themed water park.

Shipwreck Island
Panama City Beach
850-234-2282
Island-themed water park with wave pool, lazy river, and waterslides. Children's areas are Tadpole Hole and Skull Island.

Shipwreck Island at Adventure Landing
Jacksonville Beach
(904) 246-4386
Island-themed water park with up hill water coaster, half pipe ride, wave pool, lazy river, and waterslides. Children's areas are The Pirate's Play Village and Kiddie Cove.

Silver Springs
Silver Springs
(352) 236-2121
Glass Bottom Boats show guests the underwater wonders of the Silver River . Jeep Safari, alligator show. Separate admission water park nearby.

Sun Splash Family Water park
Cape Coral
941-574-0558
Small park with waterslides, activity and family pools, otter slides, an inner tube river, and a children's play area

Universal Orlando - Universal Studios Florida
Orlando
(407) 363-8000
A destination resort in its own right. Two world class theme parks, three hotels, Kids rides and more.

Walt Disney World
Lake Buena Vista
(407)W-DISNEY

Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios,

Disney's Animal Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach

35,000 acres filled with four theme
parks, two water parks, 30 resort hotels, six golf courses, two shopping-dining-entertainment complexes and other diversions that keep
over 54,000 "cast members" (employees)
busy catering to tens of millions of guests annually.

Wannado City
An indoor role-playing amusement center At the Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise, Florida
Indoor theme park "where kids can do what they wanna do," it is a child-sized representation of a metropolis. Children aged 2-14 participate in different careers and other lifelike activities.

Weeki Wachee Springs
Weeki Wachee Springs (near Tampa)
(877) GO WEEKI
The park with the famous mermaid show now also features a water park.

Wet 'n Wild Florida
Orlando
407-351-1800
The granddaddy of water parks and still one of the best. Although it is not on-property, Wet 'n Wild is now part of Universal Orlando.

Wild Waters
Silver Springs,Ocala
352-236-2121
Separate admission from Silver Springs nature park. 9-acre family waterpark featuring a wave pool, three children's play areas, and eight flume rides such as the Tornado, Hurricane, Thunderbolt, Silver Bullet, and the six-story Twin Twister.