End your night with Amphicar, a vintage convertible turned boat that literally drives guests into the water, then motors around Lake Buena Vista on a tour of Disney Springs ($125 per car). After dinner, don’t miss the Disney Springs entertainment like the hilarious, family-friendly freestyle rappers Signal Flow, who battle it out daily at the waterfront amphitheater outside the Boathouse. Kids can order hot dogs on a bao bun with boba tea ($12) from an origami menu parents should try Morimoto’s whole Peking duck ($27). Try Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s first Pan-Asian restaurant, Morimoto Asia, which has a 36-foot-tall dining room, grand staircase, and glass-enclosed exhibition kitchen. Head to Disney’s reinvented nightlife center, which opened as Disney Springs a year and a half ago, for upscale shopping and dining (including restaurants by five James Beard Award–winning chefs) set on a pedestrian-only island. Try the chicken-and-sausage cassoulet ($14) or the fried-chicken sandwich with honey hot sauce ($9) during the newly launched Sunday brunch. Former French Laundry chef Clayton Miller paired with local James Beard nominees James and Julie Petrakis for this modern brasserie. Try a West Coast oyster shooter with sake, dashi, and tobiko ($4) and the signature caramelized-onion soup with oxtail ($13) at DoveCote. Join the curator-led Sunday tours of the exhibition, then walk down Winter Park’s main street, Park Avenue, to the newly expanded Morse Museum, which boasts the largest collection of works from Louis Comfort Tiffany in the country. Don’t be surprised if you see professors conducting classes in the lobby: The 119-room luxury boutique hotel is owned by Rollins College and serves as a showplace for work from its Cornell Fine Arts Museum, with a new exhibition each April. In the morning, board a water taxi or jump on the nearby monorail for a quick ride to the park.ĭe-emphasize Disney with a stay at the Alfond Inn (from $299) in nearby Winter Park. Adjust the volume dial on the deck to tune in to the music that accompanies the Magic Kingdom nightly fireworks show and order up some tiki drinks from room service, or drop the kids off at Lilo’s Playhouse, an on-site “children’s activity center,” to enjoy a night out alone. Situated on the edge of resort property for maximum peacefulness, over the Seven Seas Lagoon, the bungalows continue the classic Disney South Pacific playfulness with surfboard headboards and bamboo furniture. You’ll pay for the luxe comfort, but if you’re splurging, it’s worth it (rooms from $470 bungalows, which house eight people comfortably, from $2,455). Reserve a bungalow so you can swing from a rattan hanging chair or take a dip in a personal plunge pool on a private deck at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort. (Photo: Courtesy of Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort)
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