Florida Residents: Play Tourist This Summer

By Lori Voth (Revezbelle), published May 21, 2008
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The state of Florida is home to hundreds of interesting amusement parks and unique theme attractions. Tourists flock to Orlando and other parts of Florida year round to take advantage of the many exhilarating events and amusements for the whole family. The possible itinerary one could devise for themselves and their group has endless possibilities, to the point where tourists often find themselves returning to the area multiple times for planned vacations because you just can't get it all in one shot. There is simply not enough time.

For this reason, people who love Florida for its many attractions and theme park amusements such as Disney World, Universal Studios and various other parks owned by some corporate giant or another, are often under the belief that actually residing in this hot vacation spot (literally, pun),near all the fun would be unbeatable.

But if you live in Florida, particularly Orlando or Tampa, with only a short distance between your dwelling and the ever continuing adventure, it might be a different story. It's not that you don't enjoy hanging out at the amusement parks every once in a while, but it's likely you've gotten so accustomed to your own daily life routine that the parks and attractions are not necessarily one of your main concerns.

However, despite this comfortable routine apart from the tourism Mecca of their resident town, many who live in these Tampa or Orlando areas admit that they'd take advantage of the theme parks more often if there were something of particular interest to them personally going on. They admit that if they took time to keep up to date on the attractions they probably would discover a rejuvenated interest in at least occasionally taking advantage of what is so nearby. They also are quite likely to be motivated by exclusive discounts and promotional offers.

Takeaways
  • It is common for people to grow so used to a daily routine that they forget to have fun.
  • The collection of Florida amusement parks is plentiful but florida residents often do not attend.
  • Many Florida residents develop a disdainful attitude toward tourism and avoid it all costs.
Did You Know?
Florida Residents wishing to take advantage of what their Florida city or town has to offer in terms of entertainment, amusement parks and other attractions can show their Florida ID to obtain many great exclusive to Florida residents discounts.
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Sometimes it's nice to explore close to home, especially with the rising cost of gas. Great job on this. :-) *****

Posted on 05/27/2008 at 10:05:53 PM

 
Excellent article!

Posted on 05/27/2008 at 10:05:56 AM

 
I lived there at 18 teen for 6 months, to much sun for me, I moved there from Maldon Mass. I like the east or west much better, but thats me....

Posted on 05/24/2008 at 4:05:19 PM

 
Very cool job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on 05/21/2008 at 9:05:21 PM

 
Summer is a great time for locals to take advantage of off-season prices!

Posted on 05/21/2008 at 4:05:15 PM

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