The Travel Chronicle

LEGOLAND FLORIDA · WINTER HAVEN · BEST TIME TO VISIT The calendar question at Legoland Florida comes down to two checks you can make before you book: how hot Central Florida runs in the month you’re free, and whether the water park is part of the plan. The operator’s own sitemap, read on September 17, … Read more

SEAWORLD ORLANDO · BEST TIME TO VISIT · FLORIDA SeaWorld Orlando is a day spent outdoors. The shows, the animal habitats and nearly all of the walking happen under open Florida sky, so the month you book changes the visit more than the order you walk it in. The weather record is blunt about the … Read more

EVERGLADES · FROM MIAMI · THREE ENTRANCES Three roads run into Everglades National Park, and each one leaves Miami in a different direction. Shark Valley sits on U.S. 41, about 25 miles west of the city. The Homestead entrance opens the Main Park Road, the one that ends at Flamingo. The Gulf Coast entrance waits … Read more

FLORIDA · EVERGLADES WILDLIFE · THREE ENTRANCES Most first-time visitors come for one animal on one rail: an alligator lying in the sun a few feet from a boardwalk. The park hands you three road entrances to try it from, Homestead in the southeast, Shark Valley on the Tamiami Trail and Gulf Coast at Everglades … Read more

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK · THINGS TO DO · SOUTH FLORIDA Everglades National Park has no single gate with one parking lot and one loop behind it. The National Park Service directions page, checked Sep 18, 2026, lists three road entrances: Homestead in the southeast, Shark Valley on the Tamiami Trail west of Miami, and Gulf … Read more

TAMPA, FLORIDA · THE PARK GUIDE · BUSCH GARDENS Busch Gardens Tampa runs two operations inside one fence. One is a coaster park, with steel visible from the parking lot and names like Iron Gwazi, SheiKra, Montu and Cheetah Hunt. The other is a zoo: the park’s own sitemap carries 22 animal pages and 6 … Read more