A lot of people, when choosing an Orlando vacation, immediately think of Disney World and weary parents may resign themselves to spending several days chasing their kids around a theme park.
Here are some other ideas to enhance your Orlando vacation, and you may be impressed.
Family Fun SeaWorld Orlando

• Swim with a beluga whale
• Touch a stingray
• Discover the lost city of Atlantis
• Be a marine-life trainer for a day
• Sharks Underwater Grill - see for yourself!
• Ride the fastest highest roller coaster

Universal Studios

• See Shrek
• Hard Rock Hotel under water
• Blue Man Group
• See The Mummy
• See movies come to life
• Watch Spider Man and fight crime!
• Another great roller coaster
• Men in Black Alien attack
• Sky Suess Trolley Train Ride

Discovery Center

• Holy Land Experience; Bible comes to life

Discovery Cove

• Swim with dolphins

Parks

• Cypress Gardens Adventure Park; has a famous water ski show
• Winter Park; boat tour on canals, beautiful scenery and southern mansions, Park Avenue shopping district, The Wine Room wine tasting experience, Morse Museum, with the world's largest collection of Tiffany Art by Louis Tiffany
• Thornton Park; downtown Orlando near nightclubs and restaurants
• Vans Skatepark
• Wallaby Ranch; Hang Gliding Flight Park
• Typhoon Lagoon Water Park; body surf
• Blue Spring State Park; manatee sightings
• Fun spot Action Park; go-cart racing
• Gatorland; sit on one!

More Adventures

• G Force drag Racing
• Hang Gliding at Epcot Center
• NASCAR simulator at Full Speed Race & Golf
• Epcot Test Track; be a crash-test dummy!
• Also at Epcot: launch into space
• Richard Petty Driving Experience

Attractions

• Lake Eola; picnics, paddle boats; explore this large park in downtown Orlando
• Orlando Science Center; huge exhibitions that let you experience various climates, very cool - also has the world's largest refractor telescope
• International Drive; features the Titanic Ship of Dreams with objects from the Titanic
• Also on International drive is the International Trolley and Train Museum, with waterfalls and multiple trains running all at once.
  
• Central florida Zoolical Park; began as an animal collection-type area and now is dedicated to saving animals from extinction
• Ripley's Believe It or Not Orlando Odditorium
• SkyVenture Orlando; learn to sky dive indoors
• WonderWorks; experience an earthquake
• Lego Imagination Center
• Port Canaveral Whale Watching
• Pirate Dinner adventure

For Adults

• The Mall at Millenia; shopping at Coach, Jimmy Choo and more
• SunCruz Casino Cruise
• Sterling Casino Cruise
• Golf; see schedule for PGA, LPGA Tours, also over 20 golf academies
• Tony 'n Tina's Wedding Crasher; dinner attraction
• Rivership Romance lunch and dinner cruises
• Comedy; Dottie's Orlando Comedy theater, Orlando Improv
• Spa; Grande Lakes Ritz-Carlton
• Moonlight pedi-cab down International Drive
• Music at Hard Rock Cafe
• Rooftop bar at Sky 60 and Latitudes
• Concerts: Amway Arena, Hard Rock Live, House of Blues
• Dancing; Mannequins features a dance floor that spins
• Opera, Philharmonic
• Corona Cigar Company

For more leisurely activities

• There are a countless number of guided tours; go down International Drive,
• Visit the Harry P.
  Liu Gardens,
• Explore antique shops on Orange Avenue,
• Maitland Art Center

Depending on the season, there are always great activities,

• Zellwood sweet Corn festival,
• Florida Film Festival.
  
• Tampa Bay Buccaneer's NFL training camp,
• Atlanta Braves baseball spring training and more.
  

Log on to the chamber of commerce website to see which activities are happening during your Orlando vacation.
And please enjoy yourself!