| Orlando, Florida is more and more becoming
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| | really a golf enthusiast, you can play a
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| a mecca for vacationers. There are many
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| | round each day at a different course for,
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| reasons for this, and one I want to
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| | oh, say about 5 straight months, since
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| explore now is the sporting or active side
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| | Orlando has about 150 golf courses with
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| of the Orlando holiday.
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| | all of them reputed to be essentially
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| Now, talking to a friend recently about
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| | world class facilities.
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| sporting holidays I almost didn't bring up
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| | Some resorts are just for golf.
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| Orlando's numerous sporting attractions.
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| | ChampionsGate Golf Club, for example,
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| He was talking about going hiking in the
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| | provides two 18-hole championship golf
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| Rockies for a week or two. And he also
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| | courses, said to be among the best in the
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| mentioned distance bicycling holidays as a
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| | US. The resort hosts several tournaments
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| great way to spend the summer (and he
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| | including the popular World Points Father
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| meant the whole summer, not just a short
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| | Son Challenge.
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| holiday!). Marathon running? Sure, why
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| | But if you're not up to championship play
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| not. (Although even he agreed that running
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| | yet, most courses have professional
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| a marathon is not exactly a holiday. But
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| | coaches to help you improve your game. The
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| he did insist that when you travel to a
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| | city even has six golf instruction
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| city to run a marathon you get to visit
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| | academies that use personalized teaching
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| great cities that you may have never
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| | methods and state of the art equipment.
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| otherwise seen.)
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| | And if you want a change of pace from big
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| Orlando's active side can include such
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| | time (and big course) golf, many resorts
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| intense activities, but for the family, or
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| | here also feature miniature golf courses.
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| for anyone who wants activity but doesn't
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| | For example, one new adventure style
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| want to feel they're in training for the
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| | miniature golf course is designed as a
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| Olympics, it can be ideal.
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| | Hawaiian oasis. Fire and lava pour from a
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| One famous active attraction is Boggy
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| | fifty-foot volcano. Hawaiian Rumble
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| Creek Airboat Rides. Started by a couple
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| | Adventure Golf attracts people with their
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| in 1994, it's blossomed into one of
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| | rhythmic music and sophisticated design.
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| Orlando's top 10 attractions, according to
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| | Holes range from beginner to advanced, and
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| the Orlando Business Journal.
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| | are thematically designed.
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| They offer high speed airboat rides on
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| | There's also the Congo River Adventure
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| Lake Tohopekaliga (or "Sleeping Tiger
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| | Golf course where you can take the whole
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| Lake") a 12,000 acre lake where you can
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| | family high atop giant waterfalls and
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| board a 6-passenger or 18-passenger boat
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| | rocky summits or deep down to mysterious
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| and really take off on that lake. Like up
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| | caves.
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| to 65 mph. That may not seem so fast on
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| | You mean you've never golfed your way
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| the highway, but in an airboat it can
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| | through tropical rainforests, jumping over
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| thrill you or chill you (both, actually,
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| | river rapids, and thoroughly enjoying
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| if you go out early in the morning).
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| | yourself regardless of how high your score
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| Speeding along on the lake you can glimpse
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| | is?
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| a wide variety of its wetland birds, such
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| | Well, maybe then Orlando is the place to
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| as bald eagles, cranes, egrets and
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| | golf (or mini-golf) like you've never
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| ospreys. Which brings up an important
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| | dreamt of.
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| point: the airboats virtually float on the
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| | There's much more to the sporty side of
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| water so they are less invasive to the
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| | Orlando than this, but for golf
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| lakes plant and wildlife inhabitants than
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| | enthusiasts, maybe I've said enough and I
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| regular propeller driven boats.
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| | should just let you make your reservations
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| For something a bit more mundane, how
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| | for this grand, beautiful city.
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| about a round of golf? Or if you are
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