Jacksonville Fun Activities Guide

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  Adventure Landing

  Jacksonville

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  Adventure Landing is The Place to Play!

     We have something for everyone, from kids to adults so the whole family can enjoy all of the excitement that Adventure Landing has to offer. Adventure Landing is pay-as-you-play, so you can enjoy one or all of our attractions! Practice your putting skills on our Miniature Golf Courses, race your friends on the Go-Karts, take aim in Laser Tag, or perfect your gaming skills and win prizes in our Mega Arcade. Adventure Landing is affordable family fun...so close to home! (less) ... Read more

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  Amelia River Cruises & The Cumberland Sound Ferry

  Fernandina Beach

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  Historic and Wildlife Sightseeing Tours

     Narrated, historic and wildlife sightseeing tours bringing passengers face to face with dolphins manatees, alligators, sea otters, exotic birds and the wild horses of Cumberland Island National Seashore. Cumberland Sound Ferry links two historic, waterfront towns of Fernandina Beach, FL and St. Marys, GA with similar views. Best times for visit: Reservations suggested due to limited seating capacity. Subject to availability around group charters and black out dates. Exclusion: Subject to black out dates and availability around group charters. Contact the office at 904-261-9972 for availability and to reserve your spot. Media, interview and other owner-related questions can be directed to Lori Hoerl, Marketing Coordinator, at 904-491-7617 or via email at lorbell1@aol.com. (less) ... Read more

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  Conner's A-Maize-Ing Acres

  Hilliard

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  Conner's A-Maize-Ing Acres is a 5th & 6th generation working family farm. Our first goal is to put God first in everything we do and to treat people as we would want to be treated. Our Mission: To provide a wholesome, Godly environment where families can come together and enjoy good, clean fun on the farm. We strive to educate the public on the importance of agriculture and the American Family Farm through various Days and Hours of Operation October 1, 2016 through November 5, 2016 Tuesdays - Fridays 10am to 2pm by reservation only Saturday, October 15 - Flashlight Maze 7pm to 10pm Field of Screams - Saturday, October 22nd - 7pm-10pm Field of Screams - Fri. & Sat., Oct. 28th & 29th-7pm to 10pm Saturdays (Daytime) - 10am to 6pm Sunday and Mondays - Closed (less) ... Read more

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  Crayola Experience

  Orlando

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  SAVE $4 Off at the Crayola Experience

     Discover the magic of color with 26 hands-on attractions. More than 70,000 square feet of wonderful, whimsical adventures await your family at this one-of-a-kind attraction located at the Florida Mall in Orlando, Florida. Bigger, brighter and bolder than ever, the colorful adventures of Crayola Experience help kids and adults alike explore art and technology, express their creativity and experience color in a whole new way. Also, featuring live entertainment. To learn more, visit www.crayolaexperience.com or join the conversation (less) ... Read more

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  Everglades Holiday Park

  Fort Lauderdale

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  Everglades Airboat Tour & Alligator Presentation Performed by The Gator Boys Alligator Rescue Team!

     60-Minute Airboat Adventure at Everglades Holiday Park - Glide across the River of Grass on a custom-built state-of-the-art airboat before taking in a thrilling gator presentation performed by the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue team, where you'll learn all about the American alligator. Included with your adventure is *2 free professional grade Kodak photos to remember your fun-filled day. Ask us about our Animal Encounters program where you'll get up close and personal with some of the most interesting and exciting wildlife! Spend 45-minutes learning about, petting and interacting with several different animals - professional photos of your encounter experience included. Everglades Holiday Park has endless options for continued fun and features for your convenience, including: group & private airboat tours, boat rentals, world-class fishing, corporate and family events, birthday parties, bike trails, cafe, general store, gift shop and much more! There's Only One Everglades, and Only One Way to See it! *Limit 1 free airboat group photo & 1 free baby gator group photo per party. (less) ... Read more

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  Fort Menendez

  St Augustine

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  Take a step back into 1585 and right into St. Augustine's history. Travel along with one of our Spanish villagers to experience the birth of the "New World". Step into the neighboring native village of Seloy and see glimpses of their day-to-day life. Then set sail on our replica Spanish ship, Corazon de Madre, and image yourself voyaging to distant lands. As you enjoy our museum, you will get to participate in the life of early St. Augustine with activities, games, and hand-made projects to take home! Voyagers can even earn gold coins as they explore (Ducados) to spend on certain items in the gift shop at journey's end! For a truly one-of-a-kind look at St. Augustine, come take step back in history with Fort Menendez! Enjoy the fresh air, discover new wonders, and rediscover family and friends along the way. (less) ... Read more

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  Scott's Country Market and Maze Adventures

  Mt Dora

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  We are excited to say that, for the past 15 years, Scott's Maze Adventures has been drawing guests from all over the United States. Each year our seven acres of field corn is cut in a different design, creating a unique maze experience. We also add or update a new event or activity each year. During our maze season, which lasts a period of 11 to 12 weeks, we average a total of about 30,000 guests. Tuesday through Friday our doors are open to schools and corporate groups allowing them to learn and explore what the corn maze has to offer. Each guest is given a game sheet, which includes 18 questions and 9 pencil rubbings that pertain to a theme; the answers are found throughout the maze. This has proven to be a fun and exciting adventure for everyone.This years theme is a thanks to all First Responders! (less) ... Read more

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  Wild Adventures Theme Park

  Valdosta

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  Wild Adventures in Valdosta, GA is a Theme Park, Water Park and Animal Park - all in one. Enjoy thrilling rides and roller coasters for all ages, hundreds of exotic animals, shows and all-star concerts each season. Take a break from your daily routine and give your family a much-needed affordable Georgia vacation at Wild Adventures.

Events/Performances

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  Riverside Arts Market

  Jacksonville

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  Arts and Entertainment Venue

     Since its grand opening on Saturday, April 4th, 2009, the Riverside Arts Market (RAM) has introduced an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM provides a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelous family entertainment destination each weekend on the St. Johns River.

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  Theatre Jacksonville

  Jacksonville

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  Florida's Longest Running Community Theatre

     Theatre Jacksonville is a volunteer-based community theatre whose mission is to create opportunities for community participation in theatre arts.

Family Activities

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  Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure

  Key West

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  Looking for a way to turn Key West into a giant game board? Urban Adventure Quest has created an interactive scavenger hunt that combines the fun of the amazing race with a three-hour sightseeing tour of Key West, Florida. Guided from any smart phone, groups make their way among well-known and overlooked gems of the island, solving clues and completing challenges while learning local history. The adventure begins in the Historic Seaport and takes you on a well-designed course down Duval Street, in and around Mallory Square and through a famous cemetery and other unique stops. The tour requires a little over 2 miles of walking. Using a smart phone as "the guide" allows participants to start when they want and determine their own pace of play. Stop for a burger in paradise or a slice of key lime pie... why not, it's your schedule? Offered at a fixed price for a group vs. per person pricing, this city tour/game offers a great value to those on a budget. Sign up online. www.UrbanAdventureQuest.com. (less) ... Read more

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  Steam and Robotics

  Multiple Locations

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  A NEW Summer Camp from ROBOTS-4-U

     This unique program is a moving Art project, where children 7 to 12, build unique Art projects that are animated. Each project incorporates visual designs that the student arranges as their own creation and through a variety of devices ensures that this sculpture moves. Our unique Dynamic Art program combines art and technology while challenging your child to explore the relationship of these ideas. Through this program your child will be given the experience of making moving sculptures. Artists such as Alexander Calder used this method for his ceiling mobiles, which are seen all over the country. Each child will be given the opportunity to explore their creativity while incorporating the exciting elements of technology. Through the use of motors, gears and pulleys your child will learn how to turn their art to an exciting new level. They will be making beautiful and fun unique sculptures that exist as art and decorative objects. This class will challenge the functionality of the creative process as well as being fun and rewarding. It is more than your basic children's art class. Each kit contains motors, batteries, and circuits, which are essential to making moving sculpture as well as fun art tools such as construction paper, pipe cleaners, felt, pom poms, and googly eyes. All these items work together to create unique moving pieces of art and your child will closely examine the partnership between engineering and art. (less) ... Read more

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  Watch Ya' Mouth

  Watch Ya' Mouth

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  Watch Ya' Mouth Throwdown Edition is the evolution of the original, wildly popular, hilarious Watch Ya' Mouth game. Rather than just speak phrases, players now go head-to-head with hilarious and challenging tasks - while wearing mouthpieces. Throwdown Edition takes competition - and laughter - to the next level and builds on the multigenerational gaming phenomena. Throwdown Edition has already been Awarded Top Holiday Toy of 2017 by Toy Insider & selected for the 2017 Amazon Holiday Toy List.

Museums/Zoos

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  Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

  Jacksonville

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  More To See And More To Do

     Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, a top attraction in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, is the region's only walking safari encompassing 120 picturesque acres with more than 1,800 animals and 1,000 exotic plants. The newest attractions include Stingray Bay, where guests can feed and pet the Stingrays, and the Asian Bamboo Gardens and Komodo Dragon exhibit. The Zoo's 2.5 acre Range of the Jaguar has won two national awards for best South American Exhibit. It's home to seven jaguars -- the largest collection in North America; the Palm Plaza restaurant; rare giant otters and exotic birds in the Emerald Forest Aviary; and pygmy marmosets, bats, reptiles - including the anaconda - and more in The Lost Temple. In the Giraffe Overlook and Savanna Blooms Gardens, visitors can get eye-to-eye with and feed the giraffes in a beautiful African garden setting. African elephants, white rhinos, and other hoof stock can also be viewed from an elevated boardwalk in the Plains of East Africa. A rare breeding group of bonobos highlight The Great Apes area that also includes gorillas, siamangs, mandrills and lemurs. Play Park is a 2.5 acre kid's area that features a 4,000 square foot Splash Ground - its most popular feature. That's followed closely by the Animal Care Yard for petting and grooming the pygmy goats; the squirrel monkey and otter exhibits; the Forest Play area, with its three tree houses, rock climbing wall and mountain slides; and the Discovery Center. True to the Zoo's slogan -- there is "more to see and more to zoo" at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. For more information, visit the Zoo's Web site. (less) ... Read more

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  Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo

  Tampa

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  Recognized as the #1 Zoo in the U.S. by Parents magazine (2009) and Child magazine (2004), Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo features more than 1,000 amazing animals on 56 acres of natural habitats. Guests will find many interactive exhibits and opportunities to get closer to wildlife -- feed a giraffe, hold a lorikeet, touch a stingray and more. The Zoo's Manatee and Aquatic Center expands the traditional boundaries of a zoo, focusing efforts on critical care for injured, sick and orphaned wild manatees. Also at the zoo: splash ground water play areas, wild rides, educational shows and restaurants. Zoo daytime admission prices are: adults - $27.95; seniors (60+) - $25.95; children (ages 3-11) - $20.95; and children 2 and under are free. Daytime admission includes unlimited amusement rides. Parking is free. (less) ... Read more

Preschool Activities

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  Crayola Experience

  Orlando

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  SAVE $4 Off at the Crayola Experience

     Discover the magic of color with 26 hands-on attractions. More than 70,000 square feet of wonderful, whimsical adventures await your family at this one-of-a-kind attraction located at the Florida Mall in Orlando, Florida. Bigger, brighter and bolder than ever, the colorful adventures of Crayola Experience help kids and adults alike explore art and technology, express their creativity and experience color in a whole new way. Also, featuring live entertainment. To learn more, visit www.crayolaexperience.com or join the conversation (less) ... Read more

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  My Gym - Jacksonville

  Jacksonville

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  My Gym has developed an extraordinary program and facility devised to help children 6 weeks thru 10 years of age develop physically, cognitively and emotionally. We have hundreds of locations in more than 30 countries offering structured, age-appropriate, weekly classes that incorporate music, dance, relays, games, special rides, gymnastics, sports and more. Children have loads of fun as they gain strength, balance, coordination, agility and flexibility while developing social skills, confidence and self-esteem. Our state-of-the-art facility, extensively trained staff, award-winning class programs, and excellent student/teacher ratio have earned My Gym the reputation as the best early learning program of its kind. (less) ... Read more

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  My Gym - Mandarin

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  Looking for a fun activity for the kids? My Gym is a great way to get them up and moving! We have exiting age appropriate activities for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old. My Gym kids have a blast as they learn new skills, build self confidence, get physical and meet new friends. Come Join the fun!

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  The Litte Gym of Orange Park

  Orange Park

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  Development Made Fun!

     Parent/Child Classes, PreK/Kindergarten Gymnastics, Grade School Gymnastics, Sports Skills Development, Karate, Dance, and Cheer classes. We also offer Awesome Birthday Bashes, Summer Camps and Parent Survival Nights.

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  Tiny Tykes

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  TinyTykes Pre-School Soccer Programs - 23 Florida Programs

     Child development through Challenger's nationally acclaimed innovative pre-school soccer program! TinyTykes is an innovative program, created by childcare specialists that introduces children aged 2 to 5-years to the basic skills of soccer. Both our Cubs (2- 3 years) and our Lions (4-5 years) modules use fundamental soccer activities, games and stories to develop their skills in the following areas: Balance, Agility and Coordination Technical Skills Gross motor skills Physical Development Social skills Self confidence Communication Teamwork