International Drive

[BRJARE3]

We will be spending 12 nights in Orlando this Aug. We have never been to International Drive. Can anyone tell me if there are some sites there to see. We have a 7, 5 and 3 year old. Thanks.

[NJGIRL]

I'm a little confused on your question but I will try to give you what I think is correct info. International Drive is not an attraction (as far as I know) it is a road. If you are driving down International Drive you will come to Universal Theme Parks, Sea World, Wet & Wild, Outlet shopping, Movie Complexes, mini golf, restaurants, a Ripleys and other Orlando attractions. WDW is mins off of International Drive also. There are plenty of things to do down that long stretch of road.

[DCDisney]

I haven't been to I-Drive in a couple of years, so things could have changed, but here's the things I can think of to spend time:
Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum, WonderWorks (like a science, interactive thing), tons of shopping (from inexpensive souvenir stores to name brand outlets), and lots of eateries (one that has a racing theme, to a very expensive steakhouse). There's also places like mini golf and go-karts. I-Drive has its own trolly (bus that looks like a trolly car) that can be used to travel up/down I-Drive. At the northern end of I-Drive are large complexes of outlet stores. Near the middle of I-Drive is a convention center. A hotel near there, The Peabody Hotel, has a feature of ducks that swim in the lobby fountain, and there's a ceremony for the ducks when they arrive and depart each day... the duck march.

If you have free time to spend and want to get off of the WDW property for a while, I-Drive is a decent option.

[magicalmom]

I-Drive

Wonderworks is extremely cool, we really liked Titanic, they might be a little young for Ripley's Believe It Or Not. There are a number of mini-golf places. There are also dinner shows along there - they might like the Pirate show, although it gets loud sometimes, and my kids were puzzled by the singing - they preferred the swashing and buckling. There's Medieval Times and Arabian Nights, if your little ones like horses.

[Joannelet]

Never been to wonderworks but it looks really cool. they have a website so check it out. You can see if you think your kids would be interested in it or not....

[magicalmom]

I just want to reinforce how great Wonderworks is - it's a giant science playground, and the kids will never know they're learning stuff! And you must photograph them as they enter the upside-down building - not only the facade is upside down, but the whole front lobby. IIRC there's also a comedy dinner show there.