ADVENTURE – THEME PARKS Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks (Busch Gardens, Sea World, Discovery Cove, Adventure Island) http://www.4adventure.com/home.aspx Cypress Gardens Adventure Park (Winter Haven)  http://cypressgardens.com/welcome.asp Sun Splash Family Water Park (Cape Coral) http://www.sunsplashwaterpark.com/ Sun-N-Fun Lagoon (Naples) http://www.colliergov.net/parks/SunNFunLagoon.htm Walt Disney World Theme Parks (Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, MGM Studios, Water Parks)  http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/landing/mediaSplash?id=MYW06LandingPage Weeki Wachee Springs (Weeki Wachee) http://mermaid.weekiwachee.com/ AQUARIUMS The Florida Aquarium (Tampa) http://www.flaquarium.org/ Mote Marine Laboratory (Sarasota) http://www.mote.org/ The Pier Aquarium (St. Petersburg) http://www.pieraquarium.org/ South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium, and Parker Manatee Aquarium (Bradenton)  http://www.southfloridamuseum.org CHILDREN'S HANDS- ON MUSEUMS Great Explorations (St. Petersburg) http://www.greatexplorations.org/ G.WIZ Hands -On Science Museum (Sarasota) http://www.gwiz.org/ Museum of Science and Industry-M.O.S.I. (Tampa)  http://www.mosi.org/  TOURS Around the Bend Nature Tours (Bradenton) http://www.aroundbend.com/ Canoe Outpost http://www.canoeoutpost.com/ Grande Tours (Englewood/Placida) http://www.grandetours.com/ HISTORY Edison & Ford Winter Estates (Fort Myers) http://www.edison-ford-estate.com/ Florida Holocaust Museum (St. Petersburg) http://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/ Historic Spanish Point http://www.historicspanishpoint.org/ MUSEUMS Circus Museum (Sarasota) http://www.ringling.org/circus_museum.asp Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota) http://www.ringling.org/ Salvador Dali Museum (St. Petersburg) http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/home.html Tampa Museum of Art (Tampa) http://www.tampagov.net/dept%5FMuseum/ NATURE AND WILDLIFE Big Cat Rescue http://www.bigcatrescue.org/ Conservancy of Southwest Florida Discovery Center (Naples) http://www.conservancy.org/ Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (Naples) http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/ Crowley Museum and Nature Center (Sarasota) http://www.crowleymuseumnaturectr.org/ Everglades National Park (Homestead) http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/ J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge (Naples)  http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/index.htm Marie Selby Botanical Gardens www.selby.org Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary & Rehabilitation Center (Punta Gorda) http://www.octagonwildlife.org/ Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary (Sarasota) http://www.pelicanman.org/ Six Mile Slough Preserve (Fort Myers) http://www.leeparks.org/sixmile/ Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary (Indian Shores)  http://www.seabirdsanctuary.org/ PARKS AND RECREATION Sarasota County Parks and Recreation http://www.co.sarasota.fl.us/Categories/CategoriesOne.aspx?B6B798A8B7B8=A7 Charlotte County Parks and Recreation  http://www.charlottecountyfl.com/parks/ Florida State Parks  http://www.floridastateparks.org/ Lee County Parks and Recreation http://www.leeparks.org/ Manatee County Parks and Recreation http://www.co.manatee.fl.us/ PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS Van Wezel Performing Arts Center (Sarasota) http://www.vanwezel.org/ PLANETARIUMS Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium (Ft. Myers) http://www.calusanature.com/ South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium, and Parker Manatee Aquarium (Bradenton)  http://www.southfloridamuseum.org YMCA Sarasota Family YMCA (Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto Counties)  http://www.sarasota-ymca.org/ South Sarasota County YMCA (Venice and Englewood) http://www.veniceymca.com ZOOS Busch Gardens (Tampa) http://www.buschgardens.com/buschgardens/fla/default.aspx Lowry Park Zoo (Tampa)  http://www.lowryparkzoo.com/ Naples Zoo at Caribbean Garden (Naples)  http://www.caribbeangardens.com/