So a buddy of mine called me up the other day and we came up with an idea that we both are needing a much-needed vacation. We decided right then and there to take a road trip with our bikes from the Chicago suburbs here to Orlando, Florida. I've visited Florida many times when I was young with the family and have been to Orlando, Miami, Tampa, and other areas as well. A good friend of mine lives in Jacksonville but not too sure how far that is from Orlando (haven't mapquested it yet). We plan to visit somewhere around the end of July and stay there for about 4 days to a week.

With that said, we plan to ride there which I believe says will take us about "18-19 hours" obviously we aren't going to go there nonstop so it will take us a day or two given we go probably on average about 70-80 the whole way.

What is there to do in Orlando that is fun yet not too expensive? I'd love to hit up the beach area since here in Chicago it's really nothing too special and I seriously love palm trees and just the overall feel of that atmosphere.

Any inputs, advice, and whatever else it'd be great. If anyone has the hookup on a hotel/motel in that area do feel free to chime in, I'd love to meet some Florida/Orlando G owners as well even though we'll be on the bikes. I'll be bringing my SLR with me of course to take pictures of the entire trip there and back.

 

jax is only about 2 hrs away from orlando. let me know if you decide to come up here, maybe we can do a mini-meet for you guys.

 

Lookie there. Your coming down to my neck of the woods and if i remember correctly I owe you a beer :-P But Definatly. Theres alot to do here in Orlando and just as W0ady said I can plan an Orlando meet for then to. Hmmmmm we havn't done a beach meet in awhile so that doesnt sound bad.

 

You're a good man IloveZ33
If I'm on the bike I'll only have one. !
Keep the suggestions coming! I can't wait for this much needed vacation, heck I know I won't want to go back to Chicago that's for sure.

 

I'm a roller coaster junkie, and Islands of Adventure & Universal have some cool ones.
Front seat of the ice side of Dueling Dragons is a must, and riding the Hulk is really cool if you can manage it on a day when the park isn't very full, ride it late, like right before the park closes, and it's empty... it's more intense.

Also, it's hard to go wrong with FL beaches

 

I'm terrified of roller coasters. I'm always down for the beach though.

Keep the suggestions coming, a FL g club meet with our two bikes (pending more possibly) is always a nice thought.

 

^Pansy!

Maybe you should start small... Cheetah Chase at Busch Gardens Tampa:

 

HAHAHAHA ^^^^^^ Ahhh come on Tofu face your fears. You can ride your motorcycle From Chi to here but you cant ride a roller coaster :-P

 

You guys don't understand I went on this roller coaster in six flags when I was young and I have no clue- after watching Final Destination back then and the sequels that ish freaked me out.

I'll stick to the tea cup rides and bumper cars

 

Dueling Dragons was replaced by Harry Potter's coaster...Hulk is still sweet! I-Drive has some pretty zany stuff so you should check that out...as always all the theme parks are cool too

Beaches here you have Cocoa Beach, Daytona, New Smyrna...even West Coast in St. Pete has some decent stuff

 

WHAT?!?!?

 

^ No

Its just called Dragon Challenge, The harry potter ride is separate.

 

^Oh good. That was one of my favorite coasters.

 

They just changed the name...ride is exactly the same...they added like Harry Potter flags and such

 

^Oh so it's more gay now. Great