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Walt Disney World Orlando
19 Reviews 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...
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T-Shirt Shops Key West
13 Reviews T-shirt shops vibrating with the thumping beat of dance and pop chart faves seem to be a staple of any Florida tourist town. What you need to remember, however, is that while most carry shirts...
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Beaches/South Beach/Art Deco District Miami
6 Reviews but very crowded.....till we had to fight for a spot on the beach. The water look tranquil. Everyone is just interested in lying on the sand with the sunnies, topless, tanning and bay watching. Get a...
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Billy Swamp Safari Fort Lauderdale
3 Reviews My disappointment was very high when I left Billy Swamp. The place itself is clean and very well maintained but the people are TERRIBLE. They really don’t care about you. No service, no smile at the...
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Ybor City Tampa
3 Reviews As a Tampa native, today's Ybor City is highly disappointing. The robust, vibrant, culturally unique neighborhood where my parents and grandparents grew up (see pic) AND the artistic bohemian...
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Museums Saint Augustine
4 Reviews Well, why not have a wax musuem in the middle of a historical city.. Makes perfect sense! If you build it, they will come.. Anyway, if this is your thing the museum is located On the Historic...
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Prices and Spending Orlando
6 Reviews 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...
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Overhyped attractions Key West
9 Reviews The tourist section of the island is overpriced and overrated in my opinion as most of the shops there all sell the same t-shirts with inane logos about partying and drinking and you will be driven...
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Bayside Market Place Miami
6 Reviews I have read the comments on Bayside and I have to say that each year my husband and I book a boatcruise and leave one day prior just so we can spend some time at the Bayside Market place. I wouldn't...
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Beach Place Fort Lauderdale
1 Review Before they built the Riverwalk complex, Beach Place was the place to go. Though conveniently located for tourists, locals tend to shy away in favor of the newly built play area close to city center....
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Sea Critters Tampa
1 Review You don't have to be afraid of being attacked by a shark. Stories they say about Florida and sharks are just rumours. There is a slightly bigger chance to encounter a shark on the ocean side, but...
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Ghost Tours Saint Augustine
2 Reviews Well we just had to do it. It was interesting finding out little bits of odd knowledge about the town but kind of dissapointing IMO. Just walked around pointing out things I mostly found out about on...
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Universal Studio's Orlando
4 Reviews 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...
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All of it Key West
9 Reviews Its hotttt! Your tired! You want to walk but ... Oh hey, theres a guy pulling a cart and he can give you a ride ! Dont do it! The pedi cab drivers are a DOLLAR 60 A MINUTE, AND THEY PEDDEL S L O...
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Parrot Jungle Miami
1 Review Well Parrot Jungle finally open at it's new location. The new Parrot Jungle is located at Watson Island, on McCarthur Causeway, on the way to Miami Beach. I hope it is better than the old one. So save...
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Tourist Shops Fort Lauderdale
2 Reviews These are not the tourist traps touted elsewhere on this site. Sure they are usually priced at a premium compared to what you can find on Main St., Hometown, USA (if you can find the product at home)....
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Making phone calls Tampa
1 Review 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 country... If you come unprepared to the...
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Duval Bars Key West
10 Reviews I would only use Duval street as a transportation route, but I would not eat at any of the restaraunts there (overpriced and the food is not so good) and too many tacky t-shirt shops. I didnt really...
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The Versace House Miami
1 Review The Versace House - where Gianni Versace lived (& died), in South Beach, attracts loads of gawkers to take pictures outside the front gates. Just like any other private home one sees from the street,...
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Charter Boats Fort Lauderdale
1 Review There are many charter boats that go out into the ocean for deep sea fishing. My son, husband and I took one out and caught 50 pounds of dolfin (the fish). We prepared it that night and was the best...
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Hemingway Key West
5 Reviews Well, i mean if you go you might as well see this. It is a pretty house, but its just that, a house! The guide person did say that it is the only house on the island with a basement due to Key West...
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Down Town Miami
2 Reviews AVOID LIKE PLAGUE the electronics shops on Flagler Street in downtown Miami. Unless you know exactly what you want - and how much the item costs elsewhere - you are going to be subjected to an...
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Conch Train Key West
3 Reviews You will see these colorful open air trains snaking their way along Duval Street and contributing to the congestion on the narrow roads. On board, tourists in bright floral print sit and watch the...
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The Miami Museum of Science Miami
1 Review The Miami Museum of Science & Technology: Don't waste your time or money, unless you have some very insistent kids tugging at your pant legs, wanting to see the pitiful selection of birds & tortoises...
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Truman White House Key West
3 Reviews When we lived in Key West the Truman White House was on the Naval Base. I thought it might be nice to see it now that it is open to the public. So we walked over from the Shipwreck Museum (there's no...
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There are plenty of shops and activities that are just aimed at tourists. Some of these can be good places to purchase souvenirs, postcards, or have a good time, however some are just a waste of time and money. Most are pretty easy to spot, however. Use common sense. If it looks like a trap, and the locals or respected publications have not recommended it, it is probably a trap. If the license plates in the parking lot are all out of state cars, look carefully before spending your moneyUnless you want to get really wet, don’t sit too close to the front at the Orcas (killer whales) show in SeaWorld. The whales make a number ofhuge splashes! If it is crowded and you chose a seat near the front, then change your mind after the first splash, you may find yourself trapped in your seating location. Some people love to be splashed by the whales, and even come prepared with raincoats or ponchos....
On our trip to Florida, I thought we'd better take our older school-aged child to a theme park - and I must say right now that theme parks aren't really our thing. Just so you know parents - she enjoyed the natural settings like the everglades and shelling on Sanibel way more. Even though we were there on off season the lineups were tiresome and the people attending were the rudest we saw in all of Florida. Sure, the rides are ok, the scenery was nice, and the show we saw was good. Note - my 12 year old was terrified by one of the rollercoasters - the really big one that doesn't do a drop. We were really hot, some water fountains would have been nice - we spent out 30.00 on water in one day. The most fun we had was feeding the little birds nectar - our kids could have spent the whole day there. Next best was the tidal wave ride. Bring your own water bottle and try for refills - drinks...
Definate tourist trap. EVERYWHERE there are T-shirt shops, souveneir stalls, art galleries, and bars. It's really nice to go if you want to get things for people to do a little bit of early Christmas shopping.Keep one thing in mind...parking is an absolute bear, so if you are unable to find a place to park, there are optional scooter rental places throughout the town. Look at everything. Seriously. What costs one thing, will cost totally different somewhere else, even if it is as close as next door. Shop around. I found a place to get 4 T-shirts for as little as $10 US. Go to a few of the museums and art galleries around. It gets hot here, so try to do whatever you can to stay cool.
What a joke! We waited in line for 2 hours on one particular water ride. The conveyor belt to bring the tubes to the top kept malfunctioning! They should have shut the ride down, and not allow people to stand in line for so long! They could have at least offered free sodas/water for people waiting in line.The Operations Manager admitted that this problem has been on-going, and they don't know how to fix it. No apology, no concession, just an adminition that management doesn't know what it is doing!STAY AWAY FROM THIS TOURIST TRAP! Bring bottled water. Eat before going. Rent a locker for the day.The "Lazy River" was pretty fun, but be prepared to rent a tube. Go swimming at your hotel's pool!
One big one is the hotels/resorts. ALL of the hotels have transportation back and forth to the park. Get online and get a hotel from hotels.com or whatever. My resort was $85 a night online. To walk in and get a room is almost unheard of, but it would have cost me $175 a night for 4 people. Don't buy the souvenirs INSIDE Disney, they sell the same EXACT crap in about 1000 different stores. Don't buy tickets at the gate, they sell em everywhere, its a lot cheaper. The alternative is buying merchandise in the "outer" stores. One shirt inside Disney was $30 the SAME exact shirt outside Disney was $15.
At the entrance to each park there will be a few of the disney characters hanging about. Magic Kingdom was definately the worst for this with lots of people queuing before they have even got into the park proper. Don't get your photos here, go inside the park as there will be other opportunities later. Can you avoid the photo opprotunities altogether? Good luck.
this is a funny question. it's FLORIDA!!! of course there's tourists traps. that's why you go there. go anyway. check out Gatorland. it really is pretty cool to see hundreds of alligators at feeding time. steve irwin would be proud.
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Homewood Suites Orlando-UCF Area Orlando
2 Reviews and 98 Opinions Everything is great except the fact that the night person NEVER answers the phone. All I wanted was...
Ocean Key Resort Key West
4 Reviews and 660 Opinions Stayed in an Ocean front room and was awaken early every morning by the intoxicated homeless...
Sonesta Hotel & Suites Coconut Grove Miami Miami
2 Reviews and 424 Opinions Staying at this hotel is the best location in Miami. It is in the middle of the Coconut Grove scene...
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