Florida Road Trip – 2016

Florida Road Trip

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In May 2016 I intend to accomplish a dream together with my family, a road trip through several Florida cities, in United States.

We have already made a road trip in 2013, an unforgettable travel down the coast of California, which also generated a lot of articles and made a big success here for the blog.

This time, much more prepared and with a mature and professional blog, I'm sure the result will be even better. All experiences will become detailed and exclusive content, with valuable tips for future travelers. Videos to our YouTube channel with the best moments of the trip will also be produced

Proposed Itinerary

Our trip will start in Orlando, one of the most popular destinations among Brazilians. Even having already visited the city on other occasions, we want to present this magical place for our children and record every detail of those times. Not to mention that there are always new attractions to visit at the theme parks.

After a few days we will drive down the Florida west coast knowing some cities such as Clearwater, Sarasota and Naples, all with beautiful beaches and interesting attractions.

Florida Road Trip - Route

Florida Road Trip - Route

The Everglades National Park will also be part of this adventure and after knowing its wildlife, we will follow to Florida Keys.

We plan to stay a few days in Key Largo and Key West but we also want to enjoy everything that the other islands have to offer.

Then, we will drive to Miami and spend a few days getting to know the city and also Fort Lauderdale area.

Take a little look in how is our itinerary until now. We related only the main attractions, but we have interesting to better explore each area.

DayPlan for the DaySleeping in
Day 0Flight to Orlando from Rio de JaneiroAirplane
Day 1Rent a car, check-in at hotel and shoppingOrlando
Day 2Theme ParkOrlando
Day 3Theme ParkOrlando
Day 4Theme Park, The Orlando EyeOrlando
Day 5Theme ParkOrlando
Day 6Theme ParkOrlando
Day 7Get road to Tampa, spend the day, and go to ClearwaterClearwater
Day 8Enjoy the beach, encouter with dolphinsClearwater
Day 9Extra day at Clearwater or SarasotaClearwater / Sarasota
Day 10Get road. Botanical Gardens, Dali MuseumSarasota
Day 11Enjoy Siesta Beach, Parasailing, Ca d'Zan MansionSarasota
Day 12Get road to Cape Coral. Banana Bay Tour, Edison & Ford Winter EtatesFort Myers / Sanibel
Day 13Extra day at Sanibel IslandFort Myers / Sanibel
Day 14Get road. Bird Gardens, Naples ZooNaples
Day 15Extra day at NaplesNaples
Day 16Get road through Everglades. Shark Calley Tram TourKey Largo
Day 17Dolphins Plus, John Pennekamp Coral ReefKey Largo
Day 18Sombrero Beach, Bahia Honda State ParkKey West
Day 19Dry TortugasKey West
Day 20Southernmost Point Buoy, Butterfly and Nature ConservatoryMiami
Day 21Ocean Drive, South Beach, Wynwood WallsMiami
Day 22Zoological Wildlife (or Safari Edventure), Sawgrass MillsMiami
Day 23Fort LauderdaleMiami
Day 24Flight to Rio de Janeiro (or maybe not)Airplane

At this point we have some options. We can go back to Brazil from Miami or we can move on. First option is still on the road, but this time driving up via Florida east coast to Daytona Beach, passing through other cities and beaches. Second option is to get in the sea, in a Caribbean cruise.

This decision will depend on the final cost of the trip. We have a limited budget for this project, so the duration and the amount of destinations and visited attractions vain depend heavily on the support of potential partners.

Sights

- Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World Characters

Walt Disney World Characters

We really want to enjoy our experience at Disney World, not only at the theme parks, but also in the hotel. We are interested in a great partnership with Disney that allows to us live this atmosphere and show to our readers this incredible experience of staying in a Disney Resort Hotel with all benefits and amenities.

Of course we want to explore with our family all the main parks like Magic Kingdom, Epcot Center, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom to tell in detail to our visitors all the news.

- The Orlando Eye

The Orlando Eye View

The Orlando Eye View

In 2015 spring this attraction will start operation. Only 1 year after that, will be the perfect moment to experience and talk about it on the blog. All our readers will want to know everything about The Orlando Eye and see our exclusive photos showing this amazing ferris wheel.

Will be incredible to see a sunset at Orlando from a point of view that we never had imagined before. I can't wait.

- Tampa Bay City Pass

Tampa Bay City Pass

Tampa Bay City Pass

Busch Gardens is one of my prefered park, with its radical roller coasters and wild animals, but we want to explore much more in Tampa Bay area.

Attractions like The Florida Aquarium, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Winter's Dolphin Tale Adventures and Museum of Science & Industry are very interesting for childrens and probably will be in our itinerary, so a Tampa Bay City Pass will perfect fit for us.

- Parasailing at Sarasota

Parasailing in Sarasota

Parasailing in Sarasota

Siesta Beach is the perfect place to experience for the first time this adventure. I will be with my action camera, prepared to try a Parasailing ride, take incredibles pictures and record the beautiful view of Sarasota from a privileged point of view.

Maybe we can try this radical experience in other cities of the Florida west coast. Probably the view will be as amazing as in Sarasota.

- Swim With Dolphins

Swimming With Dolphins

Swimming With Dolphins

Only seeing some pictures of this attraction I get goose bumps already. Swim with dolphins certainly will be an awesome and unforgettable family experience. For sure I plan to record and photograph every moment and share it with all blog readers.

In Key Largo, at the Dolphins Plus, anyone can enjoy this unusual and exciting way to have fun in dolphins company.

- Glass Bottom Boat

Glass Bottom Boat

Glass Bottom Boat

We would love to try a scuba diving, but with little kids it's impossible. So we decided to make a Glass Bottom Boat Tours prefered at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.

On board in a special boat with the bottom made of glass, we and our sons will be able to appreciate all the beauty under the sea with all security and confort.

- Dry Tortugas Seaplanes

Seaplane to Dry Tortugas

Seaplane to Dry Tortugas

Visit Dry Trotugas is an unmissable experience, but spent 4 hours in a high speed ferry with to small children in the same day is impracticable. So the best and prettiest solution is to take a Seaplane and enjoy 45 minutos of flight in each direction.

All our readers will be pleasured with beautiful pictures and amazing videos showing this sky ride in a paradise scenario.

- Zoological Wildlife Foundation

Zoological Wildlife Foundation

Zoological Wildlife Foundation

I believe my kids will love this place. Imagine see, touch and caress wild animais with no risk. At Zoological Wildlife Foundation you can make a close up and personal tour through the best of wildlife, like lions, tigers, alligators, leopards, bears and much more.

This is probably the most exciting experience near Miami and I will certainly post a special article on the blog about it.

- Much More...

These are only a few sights that we want to visit but Florida has to much to offer to its turists. Our list of attraction is much longer and still growing. If you have any suggestions, please send to us.

We also want to make a tour in a NFL field, Raymond James Stadium of Tampa Bay Buccaneers or Sun Life Stadium of Miami Dolphins. Also, a special visit to a NBA court will be not bad, maybe American Airlines Arena of Miami Heat or Amway Center of Orlando Magic.

At Clearwater we'd love to join the Encounters With Dolphins. On the next day we are planning go to Florida Botanical Gardens and The Dali Museum at St. Peterburg, said to be a fascinating place.

Ca d'Zan Mansion is beautiful and interesting place at Sarasota, as also Edison & Ford Winter Estates at Fort Myers.

I believe that my family would love to visit the Bird Gardens at Naples. For sure it will be an unique experience for my sons, seeing all these beautiful birds up close.

When we are crossing the Everglades National Park, we intend to do the Shark Valley Tram Tour. It is perfect to do with family to enjoy and take several fantastic photos of famous alligators.

Key West has to much to visit, places like Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park and Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory are also in our planning.

Partners Support

As you just saw, this will be a fantastic road trip, but to make this dream come true we will need some support from especial partners. Besides the attractions, is very important to make partnership with hotels, cars rental and airline companies. If you have interest in promoting your business to Brazilian public, this is a great opportunity.

It's indispensable to say that we will do our best to reciprocate the investment of all partner of this project, creating exclusive contents on our blog telling, to readers how was our experience and showing ways to contact each company to make reservations.

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