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About Orlando
Always a work in-progress, "The City Beautiful" offers lush landscaping and pristine natural areas, including plenty of parks, lakes, fountains and recreational waterways. With a rich heritage that includes quaint historic neighborhoods, numerous museums and family-friendly cultural galas, there is certainly a lot more... [read more]
Orlando Factoid
The world famous water ski show at Cypress Gardens got its start in 1943 when a local newspaper ran a photo of water skiers being pulled by a boat at Cypress Gardens. Soldiers began showing up to see the show, even though there was none; so the owner's wife rounded up her children and their friends to stage the first water ski show. The park is a botanical paradise of more than 200 acres featuring 8000 varieties of plants and flowers from more than 90 countries and breath-taking seasonal floral festivals.