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After instruction, take off in a small airboat to commune with nature deep in a cypress swamp.

These 18-passenger flat-bottomed skiffs powered by giant fans make regular daylight and special one-hour night tours.

When Walt Disney conceived of Epcot (see Epcot®), he imagined it as a residential community happily engaged in road-testing futuristic technologies. After his death, that dream went out the window only to resurface years later here. However, instead of looking to the future, Celebration salutes the past in a cliché of small town USA (think The Truman Show ). The houses are pretty, the downtown has some good restaurants and a cinema, and everything is upscale. This is not an attraction, but it is quite a sight.

A professional guide service that takes clients fishing in some of the best big bass waters in Florida.

This lakeside facility provides everything from fishing poles to boats, bait, and bunks. Large mouth bass are the stars, with game fish also hitting the lines.

This immaculately groomed public golf course is often cited as one of the best in Florida.

Of the tens of thousands of war-planes built between World War II and the Vietnam War, few are still around, let alone in flying condition. This museum is working to change that by painstakingly restoring a vast collection of historically important aircraft. Visitors can tour the restoration hangar, sign up for history and restoration classes, and even take the controls of a World War II flight trainer. Those who wish to stay earthbound can just take in the sight of the planes as they fly off.

Gatorland, Orlando’s original theme park, opened more than 50 years ago as a swampy roadside stand, and is now home to well over 1,000 alligators, crocodiles, and snakes. Its appeal? A chance to gaze, just steps away from these mysterious creatures, who remain curiously similar to their prehistoric relatives. Visitors can stroll along a boardwalk over lakes full of cranky gators and buy hot dogs to throw into their mouths. A bizarre and unique attraction.