Never Bored in Orlando
Food
3 Italian Spots in Orlando: a $3,000 Cheese Wheel and a $12 Pizza
Three Italian restaurants around Orlando: pasta finished in a $3,000 cheese wheel, an oven shipped from Italy, and a dinner you can walk off.
Guides
All guides
Everything we have written up so far, across Orlando and the rest of Central Florida. Every place here is somewhere we have actually been.
Outdoor
Wild Florida: Airboats and Gators in Kenansville
Airboat rides on the Everglades headwaters, a wildlife park and a drive-through safari at Wild Florida in Kenansville, about an hour south of Orlando.
Food
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater: Dinner in a 1950s Car at Hollywood Studios
Eat dinner in a 1950s convertible while vintage sci-fi clips play on a drive-in screen, inside Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando.
Travel
N&R Railroad Caboose Getaway: A Train Car Airbnb in Kenansville
Sleep in a restored caboose on a working cattle ranch in Kenansville, Florida. Sleeps four, with a fire pit, a full kitchen and Starlink wifi.
Activities
W.O.F.T. Self Defense Training: Real Scenarios, Not Just Drills
W.O.F.T. in Groveland, Florida teaches scenario-based self defense built around you, focused as much on avoiding a confrontation as on winning one.
Travel
Glamping With Animals Near Orlando: 2 Florida Farm Stays We Loved
Two nights glamping with Highland cows, llamas, zebras and a camel at Hodges Hidden Highlands Farm and Adama Acres Ranch, near Orlando.
Outdoor
Water Activities Near Orlando: 7 Ways to Get Out on the Water
Seven water activities near Orlando: jet surfing in Clermont, jet skis, catamarans you drive, Lake Eola swan boats, wakeboarding and a lagoon.
Date Nights
5 Cute Date Ideas Near Orlando (Most Under $20)
Five date ideas near Orlando we have actually tried, from a love lock bridge to a $10 all-day arcade card. Most are $5 to $20 a person.
Date Nights
3 Hidden Speakeasy Bars in Orlando (and How to Get In)
Three hidden speakeasy bars near Orlando: a puzzle-locked bar in a St. Cloud bookstore, a tiki lounge behind a tequila shelf, and Noir.
Food
The Biggest Pizza in Florida: Main Street Pizza's 36-Inch Monster
Main Street Pizza in Kissimmee makes a 36-inch Monster, billed as Florida's biggest. We measured it. The pizza, the free challenge, and what else is good.
Food
Cook Your Own Pancakes: A Historic Mill and a Colored-Batter Diner
Two Florida spots where you cook your own pancakes at the table: the Old Sugar Mill in De Leon Springs State Park, and Backwater in Melbourne.
Travel
A Day Trip to Mount Dora: Shops, Cafes, and Lake Views
Mount Dora is a walkable lakeside town 30 to 45 minutes from Orlando: local shops, cafes, the Marketplace, and lakefront photo spots.
Travel
Port 27 at Lake Hamilton: A Lakefront Day Trip From Orlando
Port 27 on Lake Hamilton packs shops, brick-oven pizza, a brewery and jet ski rentals into one lakefront stop 45 minutes from Orlando.
Outdoor
Terra Verde Farm in Apopka: Goats, a Zonkey, and a Picnic Day
Feed goats, pigs, bunnies and a zonkey at Terra Verde Farm in Apopka, 30 minutes from Orlando. Playground, open fields, reservations required.