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  • Old Town Kissimmee

    Posted on February 15th, 2009 admin No comments

    Written by: Anne Cannon
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    The old town at Kissimmee is just five minutes from our villa and it is well worth a visit. It has dining, music, shopping, thrill rides, nightly car cruises, and it is a great family place to visit as there is something for all the family. Old Town Kissimmee is a re-created pedestrian street of early 20th century buildings with eccentric shops and a small fairground with antique equipment; it is a shopping, dining and entertainment complex and has about 75 shops, 8 restaurants and 18 amusement rides.

    The Old town landmark is the Ferris wheel and the Sling Shot, another huge landmark at Old Town Kissimmee is the ever popular Sky Coaster. “This ride is not for the weak hearted and not cheap, but if you have the nerve… go for it…you will not be disappointed”. I did you are tied into a sling which is then pulled slowly up to 150 feet over a lake, you are then dropped and for the first 5 seconds go straight down then you soar out over the lake. It is a fantastic ride but don’t eat before you go on it! Along side Sky Coaster is G-Force which is drag car racing in a controlled environment.

    There is also for the younger children Fun Town where there are merry go rounds, frog hopper, spin on the teacups and much more. For the shoppers, there are around 75 specialty shops are on offer here in Old Town Kissimmee, you can find some good deals for sales and there is a Union Jack British shop selling only British goods. Old Town has plenty of places to eat choose from Caribbean, fish and chips or Italian not forgetting the good old American burger. There is ice cream, popcorn and it has its own Old Town coffee works.

    Every Thursday night there is a Motorcycle Cruise where bikers parade their Harley Davidsons and many other bikes through the town. Friday and Saturday there is the largest weekly car cruise in America. An average of 325 classic cars, hot-rods, street rods and antique cars come to Old Town every Saturday night. There is live music on the Main Stage every night and the car parking and entrance are free.

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