Dorling Kindersley would like to thank the following people whose help and assistance contributed to the preparation of this book.
Eleanor Berman is a widely published writer for magazines and newspapers and the author of 14 travel guides. Her books include two other guides for Dorling Kindersley, Top 10 New York City and the Eyewitness Travel Guide: New York City, which won a Thomas Cook award for best guidebook. She also contributed to DK Family Guide: New York City and Family Guide: Washington, DC.
Joseph Hayes moves between New York, Italy, Scotland, and his home in Orlando, while writing about travel, food, and art for print and online publications across the world. He is the restaurant critic for Orlando Magazine and has worked with DK Eyewitness Travel since 2003. He is also a playwright and a jazz event producer, whose work has been produced in New York, California, Florida, and the United Kingdom. Hayes worked for many years in the publishing field in New York before moving to central Florida to take up writing as a full-time career.
Stephen Keeling has been traveling to Florida since 1991, and covering the state for various travel guides since 2008. He worked as a financial journalist and editor in Asia for seven years before writing his first travel book. Since then he has written for The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, and various travel publications. He has authored an award-winning family guide to Tuscany and Umbria, and has researched travel guides to Puerto Rico, New England, Mexico, and Canada. Stephen lives in New York City.
Chelle Koster Walton, a travel writer, has written and contributed to 10 guidebooks – two of which won Lowell Thomas Awards – and articles for magazines such as FamilyFun, Caribbean Travel + Life, National Geographic Traveler, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Endless Vacation, The New York Post, and other print and electronic media. She is the co-founder of www.guidebookwriters.com and is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers.
Sharon Weightman Hoffmann is a freelance writer and editor based in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Although her primary work is in journalism and marketing, she also provides emerging authors with a range of “book doctor” services. Her first non-fiction book is a biography of blues musician Blind Blake, forthcoming from Blues Images.
Jennifer Greenhill-Taylor
Fay Franklin
Max Alexander; Dave King; Pearson Education: Gideon Carpenter; Rough Guides: Demetrio Carrasco, Angus Oborn, Anthony Pidgeon; Steven Greaves; Steven Greaves / Dolphin Research Center, Grassy Key, Florida, www.dolphins.org; Stephen Whitehorn; Linda Whitwam; Peter Wilson.
PUBLISHER Vivien Antwi
LIST MANAGER Christine Stroyan
SENIOR DESIGN MANAGER Mabel Chan
SENIOR CARTOGRAPHIC EDITOR Casper Morris
SENIOR EDITOR Georgina Palffy
JACKET DESIGN Shahid Mahmood, Nicole Newman, Tracy Smith
ICON DESIGN Claire-Louise Armitt
SENIOR DTP EDITOR Jason Little
PICTURE RESEARCH Ellen Root, Marta Bescos
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER Kerry Howie
READER Debra Wolter
FACT CHECKER Melinda S. Koster
PROOFREADER Lucilla Watson
INDEXER Hilary Bird
Avanika, Subhadeep Biswas Bharti Karakoti, Shikha Kulkarni, Priyanka Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Gaurav Nagpal, Todd Obolsky, Bandana Paul, Lucy Richards, Christine Stroyan, Avantika Sukhia, Sylvia Tombesi-Walton, Catherine Waring, Ajay Verma, Nikhil Verma
DIGITAL OPERATIONS, DELHI
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With thanks to Douglas Amrine for his help in developing this series.
Dorling Kindersley would like to thank the following for their assistance:
Kathy White at The Dalí Museum; David Carson at The Flagler Museum; Julian Ashmore & Martha J. Robinson at Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Kerry Falwell at Glazer Children’s Museum; John Kennedy at Kennedy Space Center; Jacqueline Luzunaris at LEGOLAND® Florida Resort; Rene Bell Adams at The Museum of Arts and Sciences; Kristi Ballinger Taylor at Museum of Science & History; Mark Schaub at Orlando Science Center; Brittany Tollerton Baron at Universal Orlando® Resort; Holly Blount at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens.
DORLING KINDERSLEY would like to thank all the museums, galleries, churches and other sights that allowed us to photograph at their establishments:
Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Air Force Armament Museum; Al’s Coffee Shop; The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum; The Barefoot Cafe; The Bass Museum of Art; Busch Gardens Tampa Bay & Adventure Island; Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens; The Florida Museum of Natural History; IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum; Imaginarium: Science Center; Indian River Citrus Museum; Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; The Lightner Museum; Museum of Science & History; National Naval Aviation Museum; Orlando Science Center; Wet ‘n Wild®; Walt Disney World® Resort.
Works of art have been reproduced with the kind permission of the following copyright holders:
Pink Snail © Cracking Art Group; Daniyyel © Boaz Vaadia; Sword Dance © Kent Ulberg; Trial Scene ©; Water-Breathing Dragon Fountain © Patrick McGee; The Indian Heritage Tableau © Cooley artists Bradley Cooley and Bradley Cooley Jr.; The Hallucinogenic Toreador © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS, 2012; Uncommon Friends © D. J. Wilkins.
Picture Credits
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The publisher would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce their photographs:
123RF.COM: Michael Ransburg.
ALAMY IMAGES: AAA Photostock; Ange; Jerry Ballard; Ron Buskirk; Chris A Crumley; Ian Dagnall; Greg Davis; Danita Delimont; Disney Magic; Findlay; Furlong Photography; Susan Gottberg; Jeff Greenberg; Eric James; Andre Jenny; JHP Attractions; JTB Media Creation, Inc. 1c; Klaus Lang; Judie Long; Dennis MacDonald; Rod McLean; North Wind Picture Archives; Michael Patrick O’Neill; Philipus; Peter Ravallo; RosaIreneBetancourt; James Schwabel; Jack Sullivan; Tom & Therisa Stack; Frank Tozier; Gregory Wrona; The Palm Beach Post / Bill Ingram; Joel Zatz; Zuma Wire Service.
THE BILTMORE HOTEL
BIRCH PATIO MOTEL
THE BREAKERS PALM BEACH
BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA BAY & ADVENTURE ISLAND
BUTTERFLY WORLD
COASTAL AND AQUATIC MANAGED AREAS
COLUMBIA RESTAURANT
CORBIS: Bettmann; Stephen Frink; NewSport / Walter G Arce; Patrick Ward.
CRAYOLA EXPERIENCE:
THE DALí MUSEUM, ST. PETERSBURG: Dana Hoff; Rixon Photography.
DORAL GOLF RESORT & SPA MIAMI
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FLAGLER MUSEUM
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; Thelma Proctor.
FLORIDA KEYS NEWSROOM
FLORIDA STATE FAIR
FLORIDAYS RESORT ORLANDO
FLYING HIGH CIRCUS
FORT DE SOTO PARK
FOTOLIA: se7enimage.
GETTY IMAGES: Encyclopaedia Britannica / UIG; John Coletti; Lonely Planet Images / Stephen Saks; Photographer’s Choice / Mitchell Funk; George Rose McClatchy-Tribune / Miami Herald.
GLAZER CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce: GREYHOUND LINES, INC.:.
HAWKS CAY RESORT
HILTON HOTELS & RESORTS
INTERNATIONAL PALMS RESORT
INTERNATIONAL POLO CLUB PALM BEACH
ISTOCKPHOTO.COM: no_limit_pictures.
JACKSONVILLE ZOO AND GARDENS
THE JOHNNY ROCKETS GROUP, INC
KATHRYN ABBEY HANNA PARK
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LEGOLAND® FLORIDA RESORT: Chip Litherland; Merlin Entertainments Group.
LOEWS® Don CeSar Hotel:
MASTERFILE: Alberto Biscaro.
MIAMI CITY BALLET: Alexander Iziliaev.
MID-AMERICA FESTIVALS
MOON UNDER WATER
MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDENS
MURDER MYSTERY DINNER TRAIN
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
NAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM FOUNDATION
OLD SALTY DOG CORP
ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER: Frank Weber.
ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
PIZZA AL FRESCO
PORT D’HIVER BED & BREAKFAST
EARL QUENZEL
SAILOR CIRCUS ACADEMY
SANDESTIN GOLF AND BEACH RESORT
SEAWORLD® PARKS & ENTERTAINMENT
SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO: Costea Photography Inc.
SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL
SUNSTREAM HOTELS & RESORTS
SUPERSTOCK: Joe Fox
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VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS; Bill Sumner.
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