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Subject: Re: Some advice req - New York and Florida Posted on: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:41:36 EST

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:59:11 GMT, Rita
wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:36:10 -0000, "mo" wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>Travellingto the USA in september next year.
>>
>>I wanna goto New York and do some touristy things but my friend wants to
>>goto the beaches of Florida.
>>
>>One thing we both wanna do is go to a couple of killer theme parks
>>
>>Anyone recommend an area in Florida that has beaches but has a coupel of
>>theme parks close by (i.e somewhere you can go in a day and back)
>>
>>Are these many large theme parks around the NY area? (i am guessing there
>>are no beaches?)
>
>New York City is in itself a theme park. And it is all real. Of course,
>if you prefer ersatz versions of life in the U.S., then Disneyworld it
>must be. And if Disneyworld is not touristy, then what is?

For theme parks, there is more than Disneyworld near Orlando. I
think, though, that by definition a theme park is touristy.


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