{"id":94608231,"date":"2012-05-18T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/family-travel-whirly-sports-laser-games-and-fabulous-food-in-orlando-fl\/"},"modified":"2014-09-11T21:52:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T21:52:35","slug":"family-travel-whirly-sports-laser-games-and-fabulous-food-in-orlando-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/family-travel-whirly-sports-laser-games-and-fabulous-food-in-orlando-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Travel: Whirly Sports, Laser Games, and Fabulous Food in Orlando, FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2012\/5\/WhirlySports%2cLaserGames%2candFabulousFoodinOrlando%2cFL.jpg\" alt=\"Family Travel: Whirly Sports, Laser Games, and Fabulous Food in Orlando, FL, Flickr: dalangalma\" title=\"Family Travel: Whirly Sports, Laser Games, and Fabulous Food in Orlando, FL, Flickr: dalangalma\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" align=\"middle\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<strong>WhirlyBall Anyone?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><a href=\"\/tag\/orlando\/default\">Orlando, Florida<\/a><\/strong> is certainly not lacking in family-friendly activities and fun.&nbsp; As a central hub of America&rsquo;s best and biggest theme parks, families have plenty of opportunities to have a great <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/travel\/travel_resources\/family-travel.asp\">family vacation<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; But if the crowds, heat and hype of the big <strong><a href=\"\/news\/universal-more-harry-potter-theme-parks-in-the-works\">theme parks<\/a><\/strong> are a bit too much for you, consider a brand new attraction about to hit the Orlando entertainment market: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/whirlydome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WhirlyDome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WhirlyDome&rsquo;s flagship attraction is WhirlyBall, &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s only totally mechanized team sport&rdquo; is growing in popularity across the nation.&nbsp; Participants 12-and-up ride in a WhirlyBug, a sophisticated and agile bumper car style vehicle, while playing a fast-paced game similar to basketball, hockey and jai-alai.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>If competitive mechanized sports are not up your alley, WhirlyDome has plenty more options.&nbsp; Traditional laser tag as well as Lazer Frenzy, an obstacle course\/maze that tests out your inner spy as you climb over and under laser beams as quick as you can.&nbsp; The first F1 Racing Simulator of its kind in the US allows guests to see what it is like to ride in a Formula 1 race car.&nbsp; A variety of arcade games, two self-service bowling lanes (no crazy shoes required!), and billiard tables round out the activities at WhirlyDome.<\/p>\n<p>WhirlyDome can accommodate groups and parties of any size from a well-planned out birthday party, to a massive family reunion.<\/p>\n<p>In case you work up an appetite, head to the on-site restaurant, Bloodhound Brew, Pub &amp; Eatery.&nbsp; This laid back, corner bar themed restaurant offers a variety of menu choices including street tacos, fried chicken, nachos, Cuban sandwiches and even the Bloodhound burger, a 10oz patty stuffed with macaroni and cheese, and topped with Havarti cheese, bacon &amp; pineapple glaze!&nbsp; For dessert, be sure try the funnel cake and the famous pineapple upside down cake if a special treat is in order.<\/p>\n<p>Entrance into WhirlyDome is free.&nbsp; Kids must remain supervised by adults.<\/p>\n<p>Open 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily beginning June 1st, 2012.<\/p>\n<p><em>Don&#39;t forget to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cheapoair\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/strong> for exclusive travel deals!<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\nphoto: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dalangalma\/22329971\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\">dalangalma <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhirlyBall Anyone? Orlando, Florida is certainly not lacking in family-friendly activities and fun.&nbsp; As a central hub of America&rsquo;s best and biggest theme parks, families have plenty of opportunities to have a great family vacation.&nbsp; But if the crowds, heat and hype of the big theme parks are a bit too much for you, consider [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-interests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97169075,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608231\/revisions\/97169075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}