Well let me be your tour guide. :-)

If you don't have kids, then my advice would be to go to Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. It's new, opened last year and it has five (Marvel Comics, Toon Lagoon, Dr. Seuss Land, Lost Continent and Jurassic Park) lands that you can visit. Each have their signature rides. My favorites are:

Marvel Comics
Incredible Hulk rollercoatser (kick a$$ ride that pulls 4Gs shooting you up the beginning hill)
Dr. Doom's Fear Fall (fires you 150ft straight up and lets you free fall about 100ft back down before slowing your descent)
SpiderMan (combination of hydraulics, 3D graphics and special effects give you a cool ride)

Toon Lagoon
Dudley Doright's Waterfall (combination rollercoaster and water ride - YOU WILL GET WET!!)

Jarassic Park
White Water ride (tour Jurassic Park once again YOU WILL GET WET!!!)
Pterodactyl (swing hanging from a track that puts you 30ft in the air - great for kids)

Lost Continent
Dueling Dragons (twin inverted rollercoasters that interwine with each other - each is a different ride)
Unicorn rollercoaster (mini rollercoaster for kids)

Dr Suess Land (If you don't have kids, you will probably bypass this.)
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (fish on hydraulic arms you control and other fish spit water at you)
Cat in the Hat (zany car tour of the Cat in the Hat story)
Sneetches (new this year - mini rollercoatser for kids)

Night Life
Universal City (open until 0200 just outside of Universal Studio parks)

Margaritaville

Hard Rock Cafe

20 movie theatres (stadium seating)

Disney Village

Pleasure Island (open until 0200 Disney's night club scene)
multiple bars with different themes (country/western, 50's, hip hop)

Planet Hollywood

Rainforest Cafe

shopping

Extra
Cape Canaveral (shuttle launch scheduled for day after DevCon)

Have fun!!

>I will be arriving Saturday morning (May 12th) in Orlando for Devcon and plan to spend the day sight seeing. I guess I have two questions.
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>1) What is good to see in Orlando? Note, I have neither to been to Orlando nor Disney. Are the attractions open at night?
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>2) What is realistic for getting away from the conference? As far as I can tell, I will have the following free time. Do you guys find you have the time or inclination to get away?
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>Saturday 12th: All day... Disney?
>Sunday 13th: 4pm-7pm for dinner and/or a pub?
>Monday 14th: after 6PM ??
>Tuesday 15th: 5pm-7:30PM dinner?
>Wed 16th: after 4:30PM some theme park?
>Thur 17th: a few hours until plane leaves in the evening.

Larry Miller
MCSD
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