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Cleveland Heights Golf Course © Visit Central Florida
Families with youngsters aged between two
and 12 will find everything is awesome when
they visit the area’s very own theme park resort,
LEGOLAND Florida. Located in Winter Haven,
the resort offers more than 50 rides, shows and
attractions with several themed zones including
the LEGO MOVIE World, LEGO Ninjago World
and Miniland USA.
Almost 65 million LEGO bricks have been used
to create more than 28,000 models throughout
the park, which also has special areas for
toddlers, rollercoasters and a water park.
It currently has two on-site accommodation
options – the LEGOLAND Hotel with 152
themed rooms and the village-style LEGOLAND
Beach Retreat, which has 83 beach-themed
bungalows sleeping up to five. A third hotel,
Pirate Island Hotel, will open in spring 2020 with
150 rooms and LEGO character experiences.
Bok Tower © Visit Central Florida
A National Historic Landmark, Bok Tower Gardens
features a 205-foot-high “Singing Tower” with a 60-
bell carillon surrounded by more than 150 acres of
gardens. Short carillon recordings ring out across the
gardens every 30 minutes while concerts take place
twice a day. New attractions include a Wild Garden
and the Hammock Hollow children’s garden.
Take a camel tour past rare animals and herds of
game animals at Safari Wilderness, named One
of the 10 Best Safaris in the US by Fodors. Tours
operate seasonally at 9am and 1pm with sunset
safaris at certain times of the year.
Discover your inner cowboy at the 1,700-acre
Westgate River Ranch. The largest dude ranch east
of the Mississippi, it features a weekly rodeo as well
as activities including horse and pony riding, hiking,
archery, airboat and swamp buggy rides, trap and
skeet shooting, boating and fishing.
There is also a mini golf putting course.
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