Now more than ever, families are making vacation plans for their whole clan: grandparents, parents, kids and grandkids, to share all-new experiences and bond over unbelievably real moments. Orlando’s world-class attractions and hidden gems offer something for every age, adding to the list of diverse, adaptable and accessible options for a vacation. In fact, Orlando was selected as a Good Housekeeping 2025 Family Travel Award Winner, so there’s no doubt Orlando is the destination for family members of all ages.

A full list of attractions is available at VisitOrlando.com.

INFANTS & TODDLERS

What’s New

  • SEA LIFE Florida at LEGOLAND Florida Resort, a brand-new aquarium experience, invites guests on an oceanic journey with vibrant marine life, hands-on exhibits and a finale spotlighting “The Theme Park Under the Sea.”
  • Fun Spot America Theme Parks Orlando features a 4,000-square-foot interactive splash pad for guests with over 30 active elements and nine “kiddie rides” for the smallest of guests. New in 2025 are the Tea Cups at the I-Drive location and Swing Around in the Kids Spot in the Kissimmee location.
  • Magic Kingdom Park will debut “Disney Starlight,” a new nighttime parade featuring characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios films “Peter Pan,” “Encanto,” “Frozen” and more.

Fan Favorites

  • Country Bears Musical Jamboree at Magic Kingdom Park highlights iconic Disney songs in different genres of country music that pay tribute to Nashville’s musical revues.
  • Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disney’s Hollywood Studios takes guests through the movie screen where they join Mickey, Minnie and friends.
  • The Disney Junior Play & Dance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is a high-energy musical celebration where families can sing and dance along with Disney Junior characters like Doc McStuffins, Vampirina, Timon and Mickey Mouse.
  • Journey of Water, inspired by Moana, is an all-ages attraction that allows even the youngest guests to explore and engage with water as it travels from the skies to the oceans and back again. 
  • Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT shrinks guests to the size of Chef Remy to race through Gusteau’s restaurant on a wild adventure.
  • DreamWorks Land at Universal Studios Florida is inspired by characters including Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Trolls, featuring interactive play areas, character meet and greets and live entertainment.
  • Aquatica Orlando’s Turi’s Kid’s Cove, a family play area for kids under 48 inches, features the Zippity Zappity tube ride, beginner’s body slides and waterspouts for kids to splash under.
  • Sesame Street Land at SeaWorld Orlando is an immersive opportunity to stroll through Sesame Street, meet beloved characters like Big Bird, Elmo and Cookie Monster, enjoy themed attractions like Abby’s Flower Tower, and dance along with the Sesame Street Party Parade.
  • Dolphin Cove at SeaWorld Orlando, one of the largest interactive dolphin pools in the world, offers guests an up-close view of bottlenose dolphins from both above and below the surface of the water.
  • The world’s first Peppa Pig Theme Park at LEGOLAND Florida Resort is a standalone theme park featuring multiple rides, interactive attractions, fun live shows, themed playscapes and water play areas catered toward little ones.
  • Legoland Florida is a blast for little ones, with gentle rides, fun play areas, and lots of kid-friendly spots, plus cool Duplo attractions that let them explore and get creative.
  • At SEA LIFE Aquarium at ICON Park, guests step beneath the waves and get closer than ever before to the creatures and features of the world’s oceans. Little ones will love the indoor playground as well.
  • Launch into space with the Peanuts® crew during Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s new show All Systems Are Go!, an exciting immersive experience featuring state-of-the-art puppetry, lights, sounds, and the beloved Peanuts characters.

GRADE SCHOOL

What’s New

  • SeaWorld Orlando’s Arctic-themed flying theater, Expedition Odyssey, immerses guests in the frozen wonders of the Arctic. Soar over icing landscapes, through the Northern Lights, below frozen waters and encounter belugas, walruses, seals and more.
  • A reimagined Test Track presented by Chevrolet will debut at EPCOT in late summer, celebrating the evolution of mobility over the last 100-plus years, while highlighting the past, present and future.
  • This summer at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, guests can enjoy two brand-new stage shows: “The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure,” a fully reimagined production inspired by the classic film debuting at the refreshed Animation Courtyard theater, and “Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After,” with appearances by dozens of infamous evildoers — including Cruella de Vil, Captain Hook and Maleficent.
  • On Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, guests will join characters from “The Princess and the Frog,” including Princess Tiana, Naveen and jazz-loving alligator Louis, on an adventure through the bayou as they prepare to host a one-of-a-kind Mardi Gras celebration where everyone is welcome.
  • SeaWorld Orlando’s new immersive family coaster, “Penguin Trek,” features snowmobile-style cars transporting riders on an expedition through the Antarctic wilderness and a grand finale arrival at the park’s penguin habitat.

Fan Favorites

  • Toy Story Land, a colorful, 11-acre world in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, features three themed attractions, “Slinky Dog Dash”, “Alien Swirling Saucers” and “Toy Story Mania!”.
  • Crayola Experience brings the magic of color to children while stimulating their creativity with dozens of hands-on attractions.
  • WonderWorks, the original “indoor amusement park for the mind,” melds education and entertainment into more than 100 hands-on exhibits for all ages. Guests explore six Wonder Zones and experience more thrills, including an XD 4D motion simulated thrill ride, indoor ropes challenge course and laser tag arena.
  • The LEGO Movie World at LEGOLAND Florida Resort offers three attractions based on the THE LEGO MOVIE and THE LEGO MOVIE 2: The Second Part films: Unikitty's Disco Drop, Battle of Bricksburg and The Lego Movie Masters of Flight, a unique 180-degree rotating theater attraction with additional 4D elements such as smells and water sprays.
  • In The Game ICON Park is a family entertainment center and arcade featuring 70 games, virtual reality experiences, themed escape rooms and more.
  • Orlando Tree Trek Adventure Park, an aerial obstacle course set atop the trees in a natural pine forest, offers two kids courses featuring 21 challenges.
  • Discovery Cove, an all-inclusive day resort, lets guests' hand-feed exotic birds, snorkel crystal-clear waters with tropical fish and rays, and even swim and interact with bottlenose dolphins.
  • Chocolate Kingdom – Interactive Factory Adventure Tour educates visitors on how chocolate transforms from the bean into the creamy chocolate bar. A personal Chocolate Tour Guide joins forces with a handsome Prince and his Dragon sidekick to take guests through this unique chocolate museum.
  • Kidstown at the Orlando Science Center allows children ages 7 and under to splash, climb, tinker and explore as they partake in imaginative roleplaying, teamwork and creative play throughout the exhibit.
  • Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Planet Play – a multiple-story experience designed for space explorers ages 2-12 – is an indoor, interactive activity area that brings space down to earth.
  • Green Meadows Petting Farm is a 50-acre farm with hundreds of animals including alpacas, bunnies, cows, goats and pigs. Visitors can interact with the animals, take a scenic hayride through “Old Florida”, spot grazing cows and enjoy a day outdoors.

TEENS & ADULTS

What’s New

  • Universal Orlando Resort’s highly anticipated new theme park, Epic Universe, features over 50 attractions across five immersive worlds, such as Celestial Park and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD, How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk, and Dark Universe.
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run, at Magic Kingdom Park is one of the fastest coasters at any Disney theme park in the world. Based on the Disney sci-fi film TRON: Legacy, guests speed across a world with no horizons in a high-stakes race in their very own Lightcycle. 
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT is a family-friendly adventure featuring a new storytelling coaster that rotates 360 degrees to focus guests on the action, including the first reverse launch on a Disney coaster.

Fan Favorites

  • Pipeline: The Surf Coaster, SeaWorld Orlando’s is the world’s first “Surf Coaster,” offering immersive design elements, including a dynamic surfing launch and “wave jumping” motions, for a one-of-a-kind ocean adventure.
  • Jurassic World VelociCoaster, Florida’s fastest and tallest launch coaster, features an original story with intense maneuvers sending riders catapulting up to 70 mph and over 150 feet in the air with the swiftest of prehistoric predators.
  • SeaWorld Orlando’s Ice Breaker features four launches, both backwards and forwards, culminating in a reverse launch with a 93-foot-tall spike at a 100-degree angle, the steepest vertical drop in Florida.
  • Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Universal’s Islands of Adventure hurls guests past obstacles and dodge beasts on a freewheeling roller coaster flight that will bring them close to some of the wizarding world’s rarest magical creatures.
  • Avatar Flight of Passage at Disney’s Animal Kingdom sends explorers swooping and soaring on a state-of-the-art 3D simulated flight above the awe-inspiring world of Pandora on the back of a winged banshee.
  • Dezerland Action Park features Florida's longest indoor go-kart track with four skill and speed levels; bowling; more than 300 video and arcade skill games including vintage pinball machines and modern video gaming consoles; a 30,000-square-foot trampoline park; laser tag maze; bumper cars and more.
  • Nona Adventure Park, a water sports park, features an inflatable, floating obstacle course, wakeboarding cables and a 60-foot climbing tower with a ropes course. 
  • Madame Tussauds at ICON Park lets guests get up-close to take the ultimate selfie with their favorite celebrities like Taylor Swift, Ryan Gosling, Selena Gomez or save the world alongside the Justice League.
  • Screamin’ Gator Zipline at Gatorland takes guests on an aerial adventure 1,200 feet above live alligators and crocodiles.
  • iFLY Orlando features a high-energy vertical wind tunnel that offers indoor skydiving, allowing visitors to float on a column of air. No parachuting, no jumping and no experience is necessary.
  • Andretti Indoor Karting & Games offers indoor kart racing on a track full of turns and high speed. Other activities include laser tag, ropes course and classic arcade games.
  • The Museum of Illusions Orlando, a mind-bending “edutainment” experience, offers 50 interactive, immersive and mentally deceptive exhibits based on math, science and psychology.
  • Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on the remote planet Batuu, features two signature attractions, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, putting guests in the cockpit of the famous spaceship, and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, where an escape from The First Order turns into all-out battle.
  • The Escape Game Orlando offers guests nine different immersive adventures that bring stories to life in a one-of-a-kind tactile experience allowing visitors have one hour to complete their mission and escape. Other options include LockBusters Escape Game, Jewel Escape Rooms, The Escape Effect and Escapology.
  • TopGolf Orlando is an entertainment and golfing facility featuring 102 climate-controlled hitting bays that can host up to six players at one time and advanced technology to track the accuracy and distance of players' shots.
  • TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition lets guests step back in time and learn the stories of the real passengers and crew aboard Titanic, told through more than 300 real artifacts and historical memorabilia recovered from the wreck site.
  • K1 Speed Orlando is a single-track racing center with performance-focused electric go-karts that can reach speeds of 45 mph. It also features a miniature bowling alley, arcade games, pool tables, ice cream parlor and a full-service, made-to-order kitchen.
  • LONELY DOG IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE lets guests step into an enchanting environment and be completely absorbed into the family-friendly story of Lonely Dog. This 360-degree projected digital show immerses guests in original art, animation, storytelling, songs and music.
  • Main Event Entertainment lets visitors explore over 55,000 square feet of fun with state-of-the-art bowling, laser tag, high ropes adventure courses, billiards and over 100 interactive video games.
  • EARTH ILLUMINATED invites guests of all ages to re-discover the beauty of creation through unique sights and sounds. The experience features vibrant theatrical lighting and sound design to immerse viewers in over 40 unique scenes from air, land and sea.

 

About Visit Orlando    

Visit Orlando is The Official Tourism Association® for Orlando, the most visited destination in the United States, Theme Park Capital of the World® and No. 1 meeting destination in the country. A not-for-profit trade association that brands, markets and sells the Orlando destination globally, the organization represents more than 1,600 member companies comprising every segment of Central Florida’s tourism community. 

Visit Orlando connects consumers and business groups with all facets of Orlando’s travel community, whether for a vacation or meeting. Home to 15 of the world’s top theme parks and water parks — as well as nature and outdoor adventures, vibrant neighborhoods, a dynamic dining scene with Michelin-recognized restaurants, and a robust calendar of entertainment and sports events — Orlando is a diverse, welcoming and inclusive community for all travelers. Find more information at VisitOrlando.com, VisitOrlando.org or OrlandoMeeting.com. 

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