Having detailed that fairly comprehensive list of alternatives with which to compile your essential Orlando plan, you might like to add a few of our favourites from each category, what we like to call the Best of the Best for the theme parks, the alternative attractions, the nightlife and dining. Park by park first, they are:
Best Thrill Ride |
Best Family Ride |
Best Show |
Best Fine Dining |
Best Fast Food |
| Magic Kingdom |
Splash Mountain |
Pirates of the Caribbean |
Wishes fireworks |
Liberty Tree Tavern |
Tomorrowland Noodle Terrace (seasonal) or Cosmic Ray’s |
| Epcot |
Test Track |
Soarin’ |
IllumiNations |
Teppanyaki Dining Rooms |
Tangierine Café |
| Disney-MGM Studios |
Tower of Terror |
Great Movie Ride |
Fantasmic! |
Brown Derby |
Studio Catering Co Flatbread Grill |
| Disney’s Animal Kingdom |
Expedition Everest |
Kilimanjaro Safaris |
Festival of the Lion King |
Rainforest Cafe |
Flame Tree Barbeque |
| Universal Studios Florida |
Revenge of the Mummy |
ET Adventure |
Shrek 4-D |
Lombard’s Seafood Grill |
Monsters Cafe |
| Islands of Adventure |
Incredible Hulk |
Cat In The Hat |
Eighth Voyage of Sindbad |
Mythos |
Enchanted Oak Tavern |
| SeaWorld |
Kraken |
Wild Arctic |
Blue Horizons |
Sharks Underwater Grill |
Spice Mill |
| Busch Gardens |
SheiKra |
Rhino Rally |
Katonga |
Crown Colony Restaurant |
Zambia Smokehouse |
| Best Large-Scale Alternative Attraction: Kennedy Space Center |
| Best Small-Scale Alternative Attraction: SkyVenture
(International Drive) |
| Best Nature Attraction: Boggy Creek Airboats |
| Best Dinner Show: Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede |
| Best Night-time Show: Cirque du Soleil – La Nouba (Downtown Disney)/Blue Man Group (Universal Oralando) |
| Best Nightclub: Adventurers Club (Pleasure Island) |
| Best Fine Dining Restaurant: Victoria and Albert’s (Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort) |
| Best Themed Restaurant: Rainforest
Café (Downtown Disney)/Hard Rock Café (CityWalk) |
| Best Buffet Restaurant: Boma (Disney’s
Animal Kingdom Lodge Resort) |
| Best Steak Restaurant: Old Hickory (Gaylord
Palms Resort) |
| Best Seafood Restaurant: Fulton’s Crabhouse
(Downtown Disney) |
| Best Asian Restaurant: Tchoup-Chop
(Universal’s Royal Pacific Resort) |
| Best Family Restaurant: Bahama Breeze/Maggiano’s (Point Orlando) |
| Best Romantic Restaurant: Jiko (Animal
Kingdom Lodge)/bluezoo (Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel) |
| Best Fast Food Chain: Steak & Shake |
| Best Food Court: Mall
at Millenia |
| Best Hotel Dining: Shingle Creek Resort |
| Best Sunday Brunch: Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress |
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