The Concise Guide to Sensory Fulfillment In the Bay Area
ATTRACTIONS
Caladesi Island Adventure,
This boat departs from the Honeymoon
Island Recreation Area at the
Galleria
west end of the Dunedin Causeway,
State Road 586, (727) 734-5263.
Here you can enjoy three miles of
uncrowded white sandy beach with
good shelling, tree-shaded picnic
areas, a three-mile nature trail and
many other amenities. Escorted island
tours are available. The boat departs
every half hour beginning at 10 am
(seasonally adjusted).
Morean Arts
Center for Clay,
at the Train Station, 420 22nd St. S.,
St. Petersburg, (727) 821-7162. In
combination with Highwater Clays
and St. Pete Clay, the Train Station is
the largest working pottery facility in
the Southeast United States. They offer
supplies, education, studio space and
have an incredible retail store with a
massive selection of locally produced
art pottery.
Morean Arts Center Glass Studio,
719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg,
(727) 827-4527. Here, you can watch
artisans create one-of-a-kind pieces
right before your eyes during daily
glass blowing demonstrations. They
sell unique glass art, or you can get
hands-on and create your own pieces
with their special programs and classes.
Mote Aquarium,
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota
(941) 388-4441. Ocean adventures await
year ’round at Mote Aquarium, home
to over 100 marine species. See sharks,
dolphins, sea turtles, seahorses, and fish
of all sizes. Discover world-renowned
research of the adjoining Mote Marine
Laboratory. Special behind-the-scenes
Aquarium tours are available.
Sunken Gardens,
1825 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg,
(727) 551-3100. The four-acre tropical
garden features cascading waterfalls,
flowing ponds, lush tropical displays
and exotic birds.
Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo,
1101 W. Sligh Ave., Tampa,
(813) 935-8552. Recognized as the #1 Zoo
in the U.S. by Parents magazine, Tampa’s
Lowry Park Zoo features 1,000 animals on
60 acres of natural habitats, water play
areas, wild rides and educational shows.
The onsite Florida Environmental Education
Center, or “Zoo School,” offers year-round
early childhood education, in addition to
a variety of camps, classes, programs
and field trips.
Walt Disney World Resort,
I-4, West of Orlando in Lake Buena Vista,
(407) 824-4321. This 40-square mile, worldclass
entertainment and recreation center
features four theme parks (Magic Kingdom,
EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios
and Disney’s Animal Kingdom); two
water adventure parks; 34 resort hotels;
81 holes of golf on five courses; two
full-service spas; Disney’s Wedding
Pavilion; ESPN Wide World of Sports
Complex; and Downtown Disney, an
entertainment-shopping-dining complex
encompassing the Marketplace, Pleasure
Island and West Side. Walt Disney
World Resort is also included in vacation
packages of Disney Cruise Line.
Open daily, year round.
Magic Kingdom is divided into
seven themed lands - Main Street,
U.S.A.; Adventureland; Frontierland;
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Liberty Square; Fantasyland; Mickey’s
Toontown Fair; and Tomorrowland.
Popular attractions include Pirates of
the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion,
It’s a Small World, Space Mountain,
Splash Mountain, “Mickey’s Philhar-
Magic,” and many more.
EPCOT is an ever-changing
international and discovery showplace
covering 300 acres. Future World
attractions focus on discovery and
scientific achievements, including
Innoventions, Spaceship Earth, The Seas
with Nemo & Friends, General Motors’
Test Track and Mission: SPACE. The
World Showcase consists of shops,
restaurants and shows from eleven
nations surrounding the World
Showcase Lagoon.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
is a working film, TV and radio studio,
as well as a theme park, on 154 acres.
Disney attractions include The Great
Movie Ride, Muppet*Vision 3-D, Backlot
Tour, Toy Story Mania, The Twilight
Zone™ Tower of Terror, Rock ‘n’ Roller
Coaster starring Aerosmith, the
American Idol Experience and many
more.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom features
high adventures with real exotic animals,
close encounters with prehistoric giants
and warm, fuzzy moments with beloved
Disney characters. Disney’s fourth major
theme park sprawls across 403 acres.
Jungles, forests and a vast savannah are
divided into five themed lands: Africa,
Camp Minnie-Mickey, DinoLand U.S.A.,
Discovery Island and Asia.
Downtown Disney is divided into three
separate areas: Pleasure Island,
featuring shopping and dining;
Marketplace, a shopping village; and
West Side, a dining and entertainment
district.
CATERING AND
SPECIALTY FOODS
The Candy Bar Sweets and Treats,
748 Broadway, “Sweet” 100,
Dunedin, (727) 474-3783. Patti Coleman
and Marsha Goins’ new go-to shop
“for your candy experience” specializes
in retro/vintage, sugar free, organic
and vegan candies and fine European
chocolates by Victoria Richards, as
well as personalized party favors
and gift baskets. And, stop by for
cupcakes on Fridays, Saturdays
and Sundays.
This premier juried fine art and craft exhibition and
sale will feature 80 local and statewide artists in the
air-conditioned comfort of the St. Petersburg
Coliseum on July 18th and 19th, (727) 916-0105.