To Do for Kids and Adults
For the Kids
Pop Corn and Movies --Port Orange Six--What's Playing?)
Ride the Go Karts, Bat a Ball --Go Kart City
Go to the Zoo in Sanford, Florida-- Central Florida ZooGo to the Zoo in Sanford, Florida
Like to climb? Climb a Zillion Stairs up the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse!--Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
Parks, Parks and More Parks Parks in the Port Orange Area--City of Port Orange
Daytona Lagoon Water Park
Museum of Arts and Sciences-featuring a Children's Museum in the Daytona Beach area
Brevard Zoo(half an hour away)
Orlando Science Center http://www.osc.org
see the gators! http://www.gatorland.com/
For the Adults
Enjoy a ride out into the ocean on board The Sun Cruz Casino which departs out of Port Canaveral (45 minute ride from Port Orange or take a bus out of the Walmart parking lot on Dunlawton Blvd.--cost $8, $3 with a players card from Sun Cruz). www.suncruzcasino.com
Do you like to ride motorcycles? http://www.biketoberfest.org http://www.bikeweek.com
Do you like Nascar? classic cars? http://www.turkeyrun.com http://www.daytona500.com
Do you love lighthouses? http://www.ponceinlet.org/
Reggae and Great Seafood http://www.oceandeck.com
A Ponce Inlet Favorite http://www.inletharbor.com/restaurant.com
Local Favorite: Booth's Bowery http://www.boothsbowery.com/
Love seafood???? http://www.inletharbor.com/
Care for great fishing? http://www.critterfleet.com
http://www.fishbox.net
TRIP ADVISOR: (great listing of restaurants in the Daytona Beach area with reviews too! http://www.tripadvisor.com/
Day Trips in the Daytona Beach area
Wow! Ladies have your husband or boyfriend take you to one of the best outlet malls around! Sawgrass Mills--It is about a three hour trip from Port Orange, straight down I-95-- www.sawgrassmills.com
St. Augustine Outlet Mall
Orlando area outlet malls/shopping
Drive approximately 45 minutes south on I-95 for a great seafood dinner at Dixie Crossroads in Titusville, FL
Don't leave Florida without going to the Boston Lobsterfeast in Orlando! Believe me, it is well worth the drive! www.bostonlobsterfeast.com
If you happen to be spending the Christmas Holidays in Florida, be sure to visit historic Mt. Dora, where real live Dicken's characters greet you, shop owners offer you cookies and cocoa as you check out all of the little shops. I used to have an angel gift shop in Mount Dora called Angels Amongst Us, Gifts and Treasures for the Angel Lover . . . one of the best experiences of my life!