International Drive’s quirkiest attractions

Orlando’s International Drive is known for many things: Wet ‘n Wild waterpark, outlet shopping, the Orange County Convention Center, SeaWorld, Aquatica, are among the biggest draws to the I-Drive tourist district, but there are a few more quirky attractions that visitors might not know about that are worth a second look.

Wonderworks: Located adjacent to the Pointe Orlando shopping, dining and entertainment center, Wonderworks offers hours of interactive indoor fun (which comes in handy during hot Floridian summers). Wear an astronaut suit, design and ride your own roller coaster, land the space shuttle, fly a fighter jet, experience an earthquake, and even play a game of lazer tag.

Titanic: The Experience: Walk back through time on the HMS Titanic. Each guest is given a ticket that represents a real passenger on the doomed ship. Actors in period attire take visitors through rooms that recreate the immigrant experience as well as the more luxurious suites that the first class passengers enjoyed. Guests will get to feel the April chill of the ship’s deck in the moments before the iceberg struck the Titanic, and then learn the fate of the passenger whose ticket they hold in their hand.

Ripley’s Believe it or Not: Would you believe that Ripley’s Believe it or Not world headquarters are based right here in Orlando? The Ripley’s Orlando Odditorium is filled with artifacts from around the world celebrating the strange, odd and unusual. Exhibits include a 1907 Silver Ghost Rolls Royce was made with 63 pints of glue and 1,016,711 ordinary matchsticks, and an oversized self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh created with 3,000 postcards depicting 115 different Van Gogh paintings.

And if those attractions aren’t quirky enough, check out the massive McDonald’s on International Drive and Sand Lake Road that was the world’s largest McDonald’s play place. This Mickey D’s is open 24 hours a day, so there is always something happening at Orlando’s International Drive.