The Mickey Mouse draw card has turned Orlando into the fourth-ranking US destination for overseas travellers, after Miami, Los Angeles and New York City. The city 'built on the peel of an orange' has also established itself as part of Florida's high-tech corridor.
While everybody knows the big-name theme parks - they've spawned smaller versions in most of our home countries -the real treasures of Orlando's psyche are the sidekicks: Gatorland bills itself as the alligator capital of the world; and kull Kingdom is endearingly low-tech.
Area: 94 sq miles
Population: 176,500
Time Zone: GMT/UTC -5 () |
