The Travel Chronicle

ORLANDO · FLORIDA THEME PARKS · 10 PARKS, 2 NOT IN ORLANDO Eight theme parks sit in the Orlando area, behind three separate gates: four at Walt Disney World, three at Universal Orlando, one at SeaWorld Orlando. Three water parks and two ticket-free districts push the count past a dozen named places, and no two … Read more

ORLANDO · FLORIDA · THE CITY GUIDE Orlando has two commercial airports, and they are not the same place. MCO, Orlando International, boarded 27,859,783 passengers in calendar year 2024, the busiest count in Florida, ahead of Miami. Sanford SFB boarded 1.4 million and sits north of MCO. How far north, we can’t tell you: the … Read more

FLORIDA · WES SKILES PEACOCK SPRINGS · 68 PARKING SPACES Florida’s own facilities inventory for Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park counts 68 parking spaces. In the same inventory it counts no designated swimming area, and no launch for a canoe, a kayak or a tube. Read together, those two lines shape a day here … Read more

FLORIDA · SILVER GLEN SPRINGS · OCALA NATIONAL FOREST You see Silver Glen Springs before you feel it. The sand shows through, small fish hold position over the boils, and your own shadow lands on the bottom of the pool as though the water in between were not there. The recreation area sits inside Ocala … Read more

FLORIDA · GINNIE SPRINGS · 72.7 °F Slide off the ladder at Ginnie Springs and the first thing you notice is how little the water hides. Sand, limestone ledges, a bass hanging in the current a few feet under your fins: the spring pushes water up so clear that depth stops reading as depth. The … Read more

FLORIDA · WARM MINERAL SPRINGS · 84.6 °F On 11 September 2026 the USGS gauge at Warm Mineral Springs read 84.6 °F (29.2 °C). That single figure settles how the visit starts: you walk in at a normal pace instead of standing on the step negotiating with your own shins. Warm water changes the length … Read more