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Family VIVA FLORIDA at no cost during their stay at the resort. There’s also story time, volleyball, life-size chess, ping pong and croquet. Another top-notch area resort is the iconic The Breakers Palm Beach (thebreakers.com), which in 2011 completed a 5-year, $80 million renovation and redesign of all guestrooms and offers up its own long list of family activities (think everything Florida was not ravaged as several other southern states during the Civil War from nature walks to historic bicycle tours, family fun golf and eco walks, even a glittery tattoo session and a glow in the dark scavenger hunt). There’s also an entertainment center, a kids’ manatees, and kids will love Sharky’s Sky Trail, a ropes course camp, and options for tweens and teens (maybe even glow in the adventure and the newest interactive attraction to be introduced dark volleyball). at the park. It’s a multi-level aerial obstacle course in which guests climb three stories in the air to encounter 18 challenges MIAMI including rickety bridges, suspended ropes and other balancing For those clients who are tired of the usual family vacation obstacles. Families can also opt for a dolphin encounter, although suspects, Miami offers a surprising and refreshing alternative. highly recommended is the very cool Sea Trek Reef Encounter, Miami has, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau an underwater walking journey through a 300,000-gallon tropical declares, evolved into “a best-kept secret for family travelers, reef in which clients wear a state-of-the-art dive helmet that allows offering more intimate-sized attractions—many in tropical them to breathe freely while “under the sea.” settings—without the long lines.” The Miami Seaquarium is one of the hottest tickets in Another must is Jungle Island, which has a few unique adventures of its own, including coming face-to-face (sort of) with town, with shows featuring Lolita the Killer Whale—and that royal white tigers and snow tigers, which started calling the park famous splash zone—and TV superstar Flipper. There are also home this past year. To get a real feeling for the “island” and its countless exhibits focusing on tropical fish, stingrays, sharks and offerings, recommend the VIP Safari Tour, a 90-minute, behind- Jungle Island in Miami 36 Official Florida Travel Industry Guide | 2013 24-39_2013_Family.indd 36 VISITFLORIDA.COM 1/16/13 2:50 PM http://www.thebreakers.com http://www.VISITFLORIDA.COM

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