- Locals sometimes refer to Orlando as “O-town”
- The world’s first water park was Wet N Wild in Orlando
- Orlando’s Lake Eola is actually a giant sinkhole with a depth of 80 feet
- Prior to it’s emergence as a theme park magnet Orlando was the center of Florida’s citrus industry and had a large number of cattle farms as well
- As well as tourism, aerospace and electronics are big in the Orlando area
- The only land animal raised at Sea World Orlando is Clydesdale horses, which are owned by the Budweiser Brewing Company, which also owns Sea World
