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At a Disney Theme Park, you can spend a day embarking on a wildlife safari, exploring Norwegian culture, or curtsying with Cinderella. Just outside the grand entrance to the Royal Plaza Hotel, a complimentary shuttle that departs every half hour puts all of these possibilities within reach. Just steps from the hotel you'll find the Downtown Disney© Area, an entertainment district filled with restaurants, art, theaters, and shops. dallas discount hotel Inside the hotel, trickling fountains, marble corridors, and soaring ceilings evoke a stately Old World sensibility in contrast to the lively scene outside.
The deluxe tower rooms' floor-to-ceiling windows look out on the vast expanse of the nearby theme parks. Many of the simply decorated, gold-toned rooms feature granite countertops and oversize roman soaking tubs. Downstairs, the Giraffe Café serves dallas discount hotel a lavish breakfast buffet dallas discount hotel and casual American fare, and children 10 or younger eat dinner for free when chaperoned by paying dallas discount hotel adults. Tickets for Magic Kingdom© Park , Epcot© , Disney's Hollywood Studios© , and Disney's Animal Kingdom© Park are sold in-house, and guests of the Royal Plaza Hotel can enjoy priority seating at dinner shows and theme-park restaurants and preferred tee times at Disney's Championship Golf Course.
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Read the Fine Print for important info on travel dates and other restrictions. Miami: $95.00 for High-Rise Hilton in Downtown Miami ($178.00 value) Stylish Hilton Hotel with Views of the Miami Skyline and Biscayne Bay
Biscayne Bay runs along Florida's southern coast from Miami to the Everglades. To the south, it's lined with wetlands and mangrove preserves that harbor dallas discount hotel West Indian manatees, American crocodiles, and other marine wildlife. But in the north, the scenery gives way to glittering yachts, man-made dallas discount hotel islands dotted with mansions, and the palm-lined causeways that connect Miami Beach to the mainland. dallas discount hotel It's a spectacular sight, and you can get a panoramic view of Miami from above at Hilton Miami Downtown.
You can catch a glimpse of the bay or the Miami skyline from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the guest rooms , or head to the rooftop pool and you can get a different view of Miami. A poolside bar, CityVu, serves frozen cocktails and sandwiches.
For a more substantial meal, check out Brisa Bistro. The hotel café serves Caribbean and South American cuisine for lunch and dinner and a full breakfast buffet each morning. In the main lobby, the Gallery Lounge offers appetizers and mixed drinks, plus Starbucks coffee every day.
Towering skyscrapers, high-rise condos, and performing-arts buildings punctuate the skyline of downtown Miami. It's the city's cultural, financial, and commercial center, set along the shores of Biscayne Bay. During the day the area is filled with busy professionals headed to and from the office, but at night it becomes an entertainment hot spot as bars and lounges open their doors. It's also just a 10-minute drive from the nightlife and white-sand beaches of South Beach.
Located just a half mile from the Port of Miami is the AmericanAirlines Arena , an entertainment venue right on the waterfront that seats nearly 20,000 people; the arena is home to the Miami Heat and frequently hosts big-ticket concerts. Past performers include U2 and Madonna. Next door, the Bayside marketplace is a nice spot to eat dinner and do some shopping along the bay.
Read the Fine Print for important info on travel dates and other restrictions. Kissimmee, FL: $249.00 for Family Condos near Orlando Theme Parks ($418.00 value) Family-Size Condos Located Minutes from Orlando Theme Parks
The Lucaya Village Resort embodies the concept of "a home away from home"—each three- or four-bedroom condo has a fully equipped kitchen, comfy living room, and spacious bedrooms. And each condo is the only unit in its building, so there's plenty of peace and quiet. They're ideal for families who are visiting the theme parks nearby, including Disney World (about 10 minutes away) and Universal Studios and SeaWorld (both about 15 minutes away). As a Disney-authorized independent retailer, the concierge dallas discount hotel can sell tickets to the theme parks as well as discounted admission to other area attractions and dinner shows.
Outside the condos, ancient pines shade two small ponds and the picnic areas. Not far off, you'll find a heated outdoor pool and burbling jacuzzi. If you've got kids in tow, they can head to the playground, engage in heated competition on the volleyball court, or engage in heated debates about Goofy's career dallas discount hotel choices.
Located on the banks of Lake Tohopekaliga, Kissimmee sits about 22 miles from downtown Orlando and just 16 miles from Walt Disney World. The world's dallas discount hotel most-visited entertainment resort, Disney World spans roughly 30,000 acres, encompassing four theme parks, two water parks, five golf courses, dallas discount hotel and the Downtown Disney area. Here, you can ride Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom in the morning, then sample Moroccan cuisine over at Epcot's World Showcase pavilions in the afternoon dallas discount hotel before the nightly IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth light show . The success of the park has brought dallas discount hotel an influx dallas discount hotel of other theme parks to Orlando, including Universal Studios and SeaWorld .
Those hoping to shake up the typical theme-park-dominated itinerary can head into downtown Orlando's vibrant arts district. The neighborhood boasts venues such as the CityArts Factory , a multifaceted patchwork of gallery spaces, and SAK Comedy Lab , which holds improv shows five nights a week.
About a 10-minute drive north, you'll find several cultural institutions surrounding Orlando Loch Haven Park, including the Orlando Museum of Art , with a collection featuring pieces by Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Rauschenberg, Ansel Adams, and Andy Warhol. The park is also home to the Orlando Shakespeare Theater and the Orlando Science dallas discount hotel Center . Visit the science center to take a rover across a simulation of Mars's dallas discount hotel red surface, or race model cars down a 70-foot pinewood-derby track.
Read the Fine Print for important info on travel dates and other restrictions. Daytona Beach, FL: $79.00 for Oceanfront Resort on Bustling Daytona Beach ($134.00 value) Beachfront Hotel with Private Pool Deck
Since it was constructed in 1888, Plaza Resort Spa's main building has had turns as a stagecoach stop, an early aviation exhibition site, and a barracks for the Women's Army Corps during WWII. Fires and inclement weather have destroyed the hotel over the years, yet it always seems to emerge stronger dallas discount hotel than before, and a multimillion-dollar restoration has brought about its most luxurious incarnation yet. Located steps from the Atlantic Ocean, the Plaza Resort now features a 15,000-square-foot European-style dallas discount hotel spa and a sprawling oceanfront pool deck.
The Daytona Beach shoreline is famous for being open to auto traffic; however, the beach alongside the hotel is car-free and relatively quiet. The beach is just a few feet from the property; for a more private experience, feel free to kick back in one of the lounge chairs by the pool. From the private balcony connected to your oceanview room, you can watch the sun rise over the Atlantic or wait until a more reasonable hour and re-create the sunrise with a flashlight.
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At the turn of the 20th century, motorists began racing on the packed sand of Daytona Beach out of practicality: the beach had a wide, unobstructed dallas discount hotel stretch and a smooth surface ideal for high-speed sprinting. Today, stock-car racing has moved to nearby Daytona International Speedway, but it's still possible to park your car along the oceanfront here—one of the few beaches in the world where you can do so.
Hundreds of thousands of racing fans visit Daytona International Speedway each year to watch world-class champions such as Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon. Stock-car, sports-car, and motorcycle events round out the calendar all year, highlighted by the Daytona 500 in February—the first race of the Sprint Cup Series and typically dallas discount hotel regarded as the most prestigious. On various behind-the-scenes tours, you can explore the speedway's elevated press boxes, banked infield dallas discount hotel turns, and decadent hot tubs filled with motor oil.
Meanwhile, at Daytona Beach itself, cars toting beach gear roll across the hard-packed sand through oceanfront driving dallas discount hotel zones; there are also traffic-free areas. South of town, you can see the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse . There, a spiral staircase winds up to the top of a 175-foot tower, where you can overlook a 52-acre park filled with armadillos, shore birds, and native wildflowers.
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Naples has a reputation for sophistication: ritzy shops and restaurants line the streets in town, private golf courses host professional tournaments year-round, and its white-sand beaches are edged by grand homes. The coastal town has a wild side too, though—it sits just north of the Ten Thousand Islands, a chain of rugged islets, and the world-famous Everglades, where 12-foot alligators wade through mangroves and hardwood hammocks. Hawthorn dallas discount hotel Suites of Naple