Top Holiday Rental Destinations - No. 8 - Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida is one of the most exciting and visited family holiday destinations in the world. Home to more theme parks and attractions than anywhere else in the world it's no wonder why visiting Orlando is every child's dream. Although packed with all the children's favourite things including popular TV and movie characters, toys, games, rides, etc… Adults too can have the time of their lives.

As well as endless fun at theme parks Orlando also has great restaurants, huge shopping malls, water parks and wildlife excursions for everyone to get involved with, not to mention that Florida is the sunny state giving you great warm weather the majority of the year.

Here are some facts you may not know about Orlando, Florida:

1. After Las Vegas, Orlando has the second largest number of hotel rooms.
2. Orlando is home to over 100 lakes.
3. The city has more than 5000 restaurants.
4. The first suntan cream was invented in sunny state of Florida. Ironic?
5. Florida is the 4th most populated state, after California, Texas and New York.
6. Orlando attracts more visitors than any other amusement park destinations in the US.
7. The name Florida means "Feast of Flowers" in Spanish.
8. In order to experience all the attractions in Orlando, it would take an average traveller 67 days to do so.
9. Wet 'n Wild opened in 1977 and is one of the only water parks that is open 365 days a year.
10. Walt Disney World Resort is so big that you could fit two Manhattans in it.
11. Orlando is also known as the City Beautiful (or “O Town”).
12. The SunTrust Centre is the tallest building in Orlando at 35 stories.
13. Every year 52 million tourists come to Orlando.
14. Orlando offered the perfect location for Walt Disney which was far enough away from the ocean to avoid hurricane damage, and was consider the top choice over other states.
15. In Florida, it is illegal to intentionally feed a wild alligators.
16. Over 760 species of wildlife exist in Florida (nowhere else in the world has this many).
17. Clearwater has more lightning strikes per capita among US cities.
18. The maximum average temperature in Florida is experienced at Key West, in Miami.
19. Lake Okeechobee is the biggest of its kind in Florida.
20. Orange Blossom is Florida's state flower.
21. The Northern Mockingbird is Florida's state bird.
22. Florida is roughly the size of England and Wales combined.
23. The Everglades in Florida are the only place in the world where alligators and crocodile co-exist.
24. Walt Disney Studios was originally called the Disney Brothers Studios; the two brothers were call Walt and Roy Disney.
25. The names of 2 of the approach procedures that all aircrafts follow into their arrival at Orlando International Airport are named GOOFY TWO and MINEE TWO.