The City

Orlando, the most visited destination in Florida, features exciting attractions like Disney Park, Universal Studios, and many more. The city is visited by thousands of people in search of great vacations or getaways. The city-proper population is 235,860 making Orlando the fifth largest city by population in Florida.

Tourism

Orlando sees an estimated 52 million tourists per year and is consistently ranked as one of the top vacation destinations in the world, with more theme parks and entertainment attractions than anywhere else in the world.

Airport

Coordinates: 28° 25′ 46″ N, 81° 18′ 32″ W

With more than 35 million travelers per year, The Orlando International Airport is the busiest airport in Florida and 23rd in the world. Located in south Orlando, the airport is served by more than 50 airlines.

Airlines

The following airlines have flights to Orlando from Johannesburg, OR Tambo International Airport:

• British Airways
  
• Delta (from Cape Town as well)
• BMI
• SAA (from Cape Town as well)
• Virgin Atlantic
  
• Air France
  

What to see / do

• Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Disney’s first and largest theme park. More than 1700 animals.
• Disney’s Blizzard Beach – Disney’s water based theme park.
• Disney’s Epcot – celebration of technical innovation and the international culture
• Disney’s Magic Kingdom – A complete family package of entertainment.
• Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon – Another one for the water lovers -  one of the wildest and wettest attractions around.
• Fantasy Of Flight – World's Greatest Aviation Attraction.
• Islands Of Adventure Orlando – world's most cutting edge rides, shows and interactive attractions
• Kennedy Space Center – An amazing world of space and a unique place where the space shuttle is launched in the world
• Sea World Orlando – A marine animals-based amusement park
• Universal Studios Orlando – a thrilling experience with your favorite characters.
• Busch Gardens Tampa – a thrilling African safari and a sun-soaked Florida vacation all rolled into one

Events

• Orlando Carnival - Staged around Memorial Day, this nearly two decade old Caribbean-style Mardi Gras features a street parade downtown
• Mexican Fiesta – Commemorating Mexican Independence Day, the fiesta highlights Mexican traditions, food, music and more at Lake Eola Park.
• Oktoberfest in Celebration – In September or October the Celebration Town Center becomes a German biergarten, where the start of Autumn is celebrated with live music, food and assorted vendors, falling leaves on Market Street, hay rides and more.
• Mount Dora Arts Festival – Gigantic art museum with more than 300 artists, performers, temporary shops, and games.
• Florida Film Festival – A film extravaganza leading into Cannes.

Accommodation

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General Info

Weather

Orlando has a warm and humid subtropical climate with two major season each year.  Summers in Orlando are known to be humid with temperatures rarely below 21 °C. Average daytime highs of between 32 – 37 °C with thunderstorms are common in these months.  Winters have lower humidity and temperatures of around 10 °C  at night and 22 °C  by day can be expected. Temperatures rarely dip below 0 °C.