WhirlyDome - Orlando, FL

One weekend my husband and I were trying to figure out something fun we could do with our 14 year-old-son.  Something new and different - he mentioned to be that he had heard about a new place that just opened on I drive that sounded interesting - the Whirly Dome.  I was like - what is a whirlydome? never heard of anything like that before and he said he wasn't really sure but he thought it was like a Dave N Busters.  I said let's not guess and go check it out instead.  

We had absolutely no idea what we were getting ourselves into.  The Whirlydome is an indoor facility that has different types of games - with their own game - Whirly Ball being the main focus - what is WhirlyBall? - well it is a combination of bumper cars and jai-alai together - you need at least 4 people to play with the most of 5 per side in a single game.  It is so much harder than it sounds - we did the 15 minutes and I think it took me 13 to figure out how to drive the bumper cars.

There are no age restrictions on Whirlyball - only height - must be over 54" to participate. - they have a court upstairs and downstairs

Whirlyball not your thing -  no problem they also have

formula 1 racing - drive like the pros

Bowling - laser bowling

Lazer Frenzy - can you make it all the way through without tripping a lazer?

Lazer Tag

Arcade

Full Bar and Restaurant - upstairs, downstairs and outside

If you are looking for something new and fun to do in the Central Florida area - come by and take a peak - http://whirlydome.com/


They have packages available to make it even more affordable or you can buy things ala carte!!!

Osceola County Fair and Rodeo - Kissimmee, FL

For Duane's birthday this year we decided to go to the Osceola County Fair and Rodeo held at the Heritage Park in Kissimmee, FL. The kids and I had never been to either the fair or the Rodeo before so it sounded like a good plan.  We waited until the last day of the event figuring that it would be a little quiter and his sister, her husband and daughter came with us. We arrived right when the fair opened at 12:00 and purchased the Rodeo tickets right away.  They were very reasonable, only $15/adults and $10/children.

The fair had a lot of things to do: pony rides, elephant rides, carnival rides, games and tons of different food vendors.  When we first arrived Harleigh wanted to ride the pony, I think it was only like $5 or $10 and she rode for a good 10 minutes, mostly because no one else was there. 

I tried to get the kids to ride the elephants but neither of them wanted to smell like elephant for the rest of the day so they passed.  After that we decided to eat, but while deciding what we wanted to eat, Cody saw this Hamster Wheel thing that he really wanted to try.  It was the most hilarious thing I think I have ever seen.  The boy actually did the Irish jig while walking around in this thing. He had people flocking to this attraction in droves just to laugh at him.

Since we were waiting for the Rodeo to begin at 2:00pm we walked around and the kids got to ride some rides and we played a few games.

Around 1:45 we started heading over to the arena and got settled in for the Rodeo.  I loved it!  I had never been to a Rodeo before but it was very exciting watching the different sections.  There was something for everyone and even the kids enjoyed themselves.  Apparently they have two Rodeo's a year, the one we went to in February and then another in June.  If you have never been to a Rodeo, I suggest that you go.  It was a good show and relatively inexpensive.  Even the drinks and popcorn was priced reasonable.  Below are some of the pics from that day.