The Tampa area is a fantastic place to live and play. Come and take advantage of all the fun and educational Tampa has to offer. The historic electric streetcar and the in-town trolleys are a fun and easy way to navigate the downtown/convention center core. Stroll along park-like Bayshore Boulevard, the world's longest continuous sidewalk, for a great panoramic view of downtown Tampa. Shop the wonderful stores at Hyde Park Village and when you get hungry, you'll have plenty of choices to dine along South Howard Avenue, known as SOHO. Later you can see some of the world's best entertainers at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. Other must-see venues include the Salvador Dali Museum in downtown St. Petersburg, cross the magnificent Sunshine Skyway Bridge to Sarasota's John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, or beat the heat with high-speed thrills and water-soaked fun at Adventure Island. In the evening, take a relaxing and romantic dinner and dancing cruise on Tampa Bay aboard the Yacht StarShip. Or scoot over to Ybor City, the nightlife capital of Florida's West Coast, where thousands converge on the lively Latin Quarter in search of a good time and go club hopping on Seventh Avenue.
The Museum of Science and Industry is a scientific playground of over 450 hands-on activities in the largest science center in the southeastern United States, where you can also enjoy an astronomy show in The Saunders Planetarium. MOSI also houses Florida's only IMAX Dome Theatre. MOSI is a not-for-profit, community-based institution and educational resource dedicated to advancing public interest, knowledge, and understanding of science, industry, and technology. MOSI offers over 400,000-sq.-ft. of permanent interactive exhibits and is the largest science center in the southeastern United States, and home of the only IMAX Dome Theatre in the state of Florida. Disasterville, featuring Bay News 9 WeatherQuest, MOSI's newest permanent exhibition combines education and 10,000-sq.-ft. of interactive exhibits on the remarkable science behind natural disasters. This dramatic and engaging public exhibition invites guests to walk through interactive towns and experience the impact of a variety of simulated natural disasters. Disasterville covers nine types of disasters: floods, hail storms, hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, wildfires, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Then pedal a high wire bicycle balanced on a 98-foot-long, 1-inch steel cable, suspended 30-feet above the ground! It's the longest high wire bike in a U.S. museum and as death defying as it sounds, it's actually quite safe as the bike is counterweighted as the laws of physics make it impossible to fall off. Next is the Ropes Course. You can conquer your fears and experience an adrenaline rush like no other on MOSI's new Sky Trail Ropes Course, featuring 35 elements on a 12- to 36-ft. high, multilevel structure. The course is designed with challenging high-energy feats ideal for all ages. Then try the Zip Line. Daring riders will zip over a building to a tower more than a football field away. They then turn around and do it all over again for the return trip, launching from 65 feet above the ground and traveling more than 700-feet altogether.
Adventure Island is a 25-acre waterpark with loads of twisting and turning slides and water attractions. The Water Moccasin is a 6-story-high twisting, high-speed, extra-wide water slide. Tampa Typhoon has a 76-foot near free-fall drop. Splash Attack is a 12-level tree house with more than 50 slides, water jets and rope climbs. Visitors young and old will entertained for hours. Paradise Lagoon is a giant swimming pool for the whole family with waterfalls, jumping platforms, cannonball slides, and translucent water tubes. Riptide is a four-lane mat slide with a 55-foot drop inside your own enclosed tube. Aruba Tuba is a twisted slide ride that is fast, wet, and a whole lot of fun. Calypso Coaster flume ride will get you soaked then spill you into the calm Rambling Bayou River. Caribbean Corkscrew swirls you through 230-feet of intertwined translucent tubes giving you the tumbling of your life. The last blast is a wet, whirling ride through the 47-foot decelerator lane. Everglides is a floating toboggan ride that speeds down a 72-foot watery incline then skims you across the pool's surface while you hydroplane up to 20 yards before coming to a stop. Gulf Scream propels you down a massive 210-foot body slide at speeds exceeding 25 miles per hour till you make one big splash in the pool below.
Key West Rapids is a 6-story tube ride through more than 700-feet of gnarly twists, turns, speedy slopes, gushers, water mines, pools and showers before landing in a splash pool. Runaway Rapids is a high-speed adventure combining altitude with attitude. Push off the peak of a 34-foot mountain, then twist and turn your way to a watery finish. Wahoo Run is the ultimate family raft ride that plunges up to five riders more than 15-feet-per-second through a twisting, turning 600-ft. half-enclosed tunnel water flume that corkscrews into a waiting splash pool. Four waterfall curtains make sure riders get soaked. Water Moccasin is a triple-tube thriller that snakes through an unpredictable spiraling slide and delivers maximum fun. Attractions include Endless Surf, 17,000-sq.-ft. wave pool where every few minutes, you'll be treated to rolling surf with waves up to five feet high.
Canoe Escape offers self-guided, downstream trips; hourly rentals; shuttles for canoe/kayak owners; and guided paddling adventures. Spend some quiet time enjoying the Hillsborough River on this one of a kind canoeing adventure. Explore the river through a 16,000-acre wilderness park and discover the natural Florida - birds, turtles, gators and more on a 2-hour to full day, downstream paddling adventure with family, friends or business associates.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for these annual festivals: the Gasparilla Pirate Fest in January, The Florida State Fair in February, the Florida Strawberry Festival in March, the Ruskin Tomato & Heritage Festival in May, and the Ruskin Seafood Fest in November. Visit Tampa now and discover how historic Old Florida blends well with the modern, upscale style of some of the most beautiful, master-planned communities for families and retirees. Yes, climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, educational and business opportunities, and the beautiful beaches help make Tampa home to a wonderful lifestyle. Tampa is a lot more than beautiful sunsets! Make it your home, too.
The Museum of Science and Industry is a scientific playground of over 450 hands-on activities in the largest science center in the southeastern United States, where you can also enjoy an astronomy show in The Saunders Planetarium. MOSI also houses Florida's only IMAX Dome Theatre. MOSI is a not-for-profit, community-based institution and educational resource dedicated to advancing public interest, knowledge, and understanding of science, industry, and technology. MOSI offers over 400,000-sq.-ft. of permanent interactive exhibits and is the largest science center in the southeastern United States, and home of the only IMAX Dome Theatre in the state of Florida. Disasterville, featuring Bay News 9 WeatherQuest, MOSI's newest permanent exhibition combines education and 10,000-sq.-ft. of interactive exhibits on the remarkable science behind natural disasters. This dramatic and engaging public exhibition invites guests to walk through interactive towns and experience the impact of a variety of simulated natural disasters. Disasterville covers nine types of disasters: floods, hail storms, hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, wildfires, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Then pedal a high wire bicycle balanced on a 98-foot-long, 1-inch steel cable, suspended 30-feet above the ground! It's the longest high wire bike in a U.S. museum and as death defying as it sounds, it's actually quite safe as the bike is counterweighted as the laws of physics make it impossible to fall off. Next is the Ropes Course. You can conquer your fears and experience an adrenaline rush like no other on MOSI's new Sky Trail Ropes Course, featuring 35 elements on a 12- to 36-ft. high, multilevel structure. The course is designed with challenging high-energy feats ideal for all ages. Then try the Zip Line. Daring riders will zip over a building to a tower more than a football field away. They then turn around and do it all over again for the return trip, launching from 65 feet above the ground and traveling more than 700-feet altogether.
Adventure Island is a 25-acre waterpark with loads of twisting and turning slides and water attractions. The Water Moccasin is a 6-story-high twisting, high-speed, extra-wide water slide. Tampa Typhoon has a 76-foot near free-fall drop. Splash Attack is a 12-level tree house with more than 50 slides, water jets and rope climbs. Visitors young and old will entertained for hours. Paradise Lagoon is a giant swimming pool for the whole family with waterfalls, jumping platforms, cannonball slides, and translucent water tubes. Riptide is a four-lane mat slide with a 55-foot drop inside your own enclosed tube. Aruba Tuba is a twisted slide ride that is fast, wet, and a whole lot of fun. Calypso Coaster flume ride will get you soaked then spill you into the calm Rambling Bayou River. Caribbean Corkscrew swirls you through 230-feet of intertwined translucent tubes giving you the tumbling of your life. The last blast is a wet, whirling ride through the 47-foot decelerator lane. Everglides is a floating toboggan ride that speeds down a 72-foot watery incline then skims you across the pool's surface while you hydroplane up to 20 yards before coming to a stop. Gulf Scream propels you down a massive 210-foot body slide at speeds exceeding 25 miles per hour till you make one big splash in the pool below.
Key West Rapids is a 6-story tube ride through more than 700-feet of gnarly twists, turns, speedy slopes, gushers, water mines, pools and showers before landing in a splash pool. Runaway Rapids is a high-speed adventure combining altitude with attitude. Push off the peak of a 34-foot mountain, then twist and turn your way to a watery finish. Wahoo Run is the ultimate family raft ride that plunges up to five riders more than 15-feet-per-second through a twisting, turning 600-ft. half-enclosed tunnel water flume that corkscrews into a waiting splash pool. Four waterfall curtains make sure riders get soaked. Water Moccasin is a triple-tube thriller that snakes through an unpredictable spiraling slide and delivers maximum fun. Attractions include Endless Surf, 17,000-sq.-ft. wave pool where every few minutes, you'll be treated to rolling surf with waves up to five feet high.
Canoe Escape offers self-guided, downstream trips; hourly rentals; shuttles for canoe/kayak owners; and guided paddling adventures. Spend some quiet time enjoying the Hillsborough River on this one of a kind canoeing adventure. Explore the river through a 16,000-acre wilderness park and discover the natural Florida - birds, turtles, gators and more on a 2-hour to full day, downstream paddling adventure with family, friends or business associates.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for these annual festivals: the Gasparilla Pirate Fest in January, The Florida State Fair in February, the Florida Strawberry Festival in March, the Ruskin Tomato & Heritage Festival in May, and the Ruskin Seafood Fest in November. Visit Tampa now and discover how historic Old Florida blends well with the modern, upscale style of some of the most beautiful, master-planned communities for families and retirees. Yes, climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, educational and business opportunities, and the beautiful beaches help make Tampa home to a wonderful lifestyle. Tampa is a lot more than beautiful sunsets! Make it your home, too.
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