Orlando Tourist Traps

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Most Viewed Tourist Traps in Orlando

  • Walt Disney World, Orlando

    1. Walt Disney World

    Unless you have hundreds of dollars to take your family to Cirque du Soliel then there is little here worth seeing. "It's free" they say....well walking is free. There is a Ghiradelli Chocolate shop...   more
  • Prices and Spending, Orlando

    2. Prices and Spending

    Be aware of these little booths they seem to have operating everywhere, buy your theme park tickets before you go, seriously it is cheaper on line, in most cases if you print off prices online your...   more
  • Universal Studio's, Orlando

    3. Universal Studio's

    We went to Universal during the Mardi Gra. The parks were over sold by the thousands. Lines were long every where. The parks were so crowed a person could not walk without bumping into the person next...   more
  • TAXIS!, Orlando

    4. TAXIS!

    It is true that the Orlando cab drivers will try to rip you off. Before you go, print up a map from mapquest or related site with the shortest route from airport to hotel, and hand that to the cab...   more
  • Buying stamps at your hotel, Orlando

    5. Buying stamps at your hotel

    Having purchased a number of post cards I then discovered that my hotel sold them but at 50% more than the face value. I can’t stand being ripped off and just...   more
  • Free Tickets to Orlando Attractions..., Orlando

    6. Free Tickets to Orlando Attractions...

    Some "Tourist Info" Kiosks will have ads which says something like getting free tickets to Disney and other Orlando attractions. Read the fine print and 95% of...   more
  • International Drive, Orlando

    7. International Drive

    International Drive (aka I-Drive) is a long street of hotels, restaurants, mini-golf and attractions like Skull Kindgom, Ripley's and Wonder Works. Local...   more
  • Special offers for quick cash, Orlando

    8. Special offers for quick cash

    This is another trap beware. They can be at the hotels, outside restaurants, and convenience stores. These people tell you that you can get a free night stay at...   more
  • Orlando, Orlando

    9. Orlando

    Orlando is one big Tourist Trap. You can chose to embrace it or loathe it., see it as an eyesore or a thing of magical beauty. I prefer the area in the middle....   more
  • Extra! Extra! 2 Free Tickets to Disney World!!!, Orlando

    10. Extra! Extra! 2 Free Tickets to Disney World!!!

    Got you! This is the number one tourist trap in Orlando. If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Timeshares are all around the tourist...   more
  • "Ripley's believeit or not"-i say just a waxMuseum, Orlando

    11. "Ripley's believeit or not"-i say just a waxMuseum

    Yes folk's you remember wax museums right, well the makers of a populuar science type book made a wax museum and put thier name on it! It's well over priced and...   more
  • Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, Orlando

    12. Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum

    It's easy to find this place. It's in a "crooked" house in the very tacky "tourist district" known as International Drive.$9 gets you an unpleasant 20 minutes...   more
  • The World's Most Expensive Cabs, Orlando

    13. The World's Most Expensive Cabs

    Okay, so in some seriously retarded moments, I have shelled out the fifty dollars to get from Uptown to JFK so I wouldn't miss my flight. To me, that's the most...   more
  • Bongos, Orlando

    14. Bongos

    Bongos is a cuban restaurant in Downtown Disney. It is outrageously priced. Here is an example: 4 of us went to see a movie and stopped at Bongos beforehand. We...   more
  • Timeshare Tours, Orlando

    15. Timeshare Tours

    Actually so long as you know what you're getting into you might see these as part of the experience. We did 2 on our first visit many years ago. The first in...   more
  • Ripleys, Orlando

    16. Ripleys

    I have been inripleys before at niagra falls...The only thing that is bad is paying $ 17.95 ea when you have 5 people just to walk through the place...since...   more
  • Oh, Oh Otown!!!!, Orlando

    17. Oh, Oh Otown!!!!

    You know those discount theme park ticket booths in Orlando hotels? You think, "What a great deal, I can get my tickets here, instead of waiting at the gates!"...   more
  • Inside the tourist store from hell..., Orlando

    18. Inside the tourist store from hell...

    I went here with Mark, who owns a t-shirt / tourist store in Sausalito California. He just HAD to see what these guys were selling. Inside we found some of the...   more
  • Wow, WHAT tack!, Orlando

    19. Wow, WHAT tack!

    Orlando, in general, seems like one huge tourist trap. This store, however, really screamed at us. Glaring neon, paintings of scantilly clad GIANT babes on the...   more
  • EPCOT, Orlando

    20. EPCOT

    skip this park. Disney should be absolutley embarassed about this place. I just went for the first time with family that was visiting. After several lame...   more
  • International Drive, Orlando

    21. International Drive

    International Drive is full of cheesey T-Shirt shops and fast food restaraunts.. Some people actually think this is downtown Orlando !! Wrong!!! this area is...   more
  • South of the Border, Orlando

    22. South of the Border

    If you take 95 down to Florida, you'll see signs along the road advertising South of the Border, and naturally, you'll be intrigued. When you stop in South...   more
  • Calling home from the US....., Orlando

    23. Calling home from the US.....

    When we went to the US for the first time and tried to call Niki's Uncle the payphone swallowed our coins in no time... And that wasn't even a call outside the...   more
  • Getting money from an ATM...., Orlando

    24. Getting money from an ATM....

    Getting money from an ATM. That's something that can cost you money. Depending on where you get it. I've seen ATM's that would charge up to 4 dollar if you'd...   more
  • The 'Florida Stores', these..., Orlando

    25. The 'Florida Stores', these...

    The 'Florida Stores', these stores are usually found in strip malls in high tourist areas. They contain cheaply made products for the most part, but can be tons...   more

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