Scott Showalter

Let your imagination run wild at Wonderworks, an amusement park that features plenty of mind-bending exhibits and attractions. More than 100 interactive experiences await, like biofeedback games and spaceflight simulators. WonderWorks Orlando is known as an amusement park for the mind, featuring optical illusions, interactive displays and cutting-edge entertainment for the entire family. The fun and wacky science adventures never seem to end in this wild laboratory, waiting to be discovered by kids of all ages. According to legend, the amusement park was created after a freaky science lab in an old house skyrocketed into space and fell upside down in the middle of Orlando. Inside, there are plenty of thrills and surprises to discover! The park features more than 100 interactive exhibits that will test your mental and physical powers. Inside WonderWorks Orlando is the city's only indoor ropes course. Guests can test themselves on over 3 stories of rope with different obstacles and activities. Another new attraction is the XD Theater 4D Extreme Motion Ride. Strap yourself into the theater's special motion seats, and you'll feel like you're inside the movie! Space explorers will get the chance to land a space shuttle in a special-action ride that simulates a shuttle cockpit. Or check out the biofeedback game that requires you to use relaxation techniques and brain waves to move a ball across a table. Discover the freedom of flight as you pilot the F14 and F18 fighter jets across the blue skies. The visual effects of three wide screen television monitors will immerse you into the experience.Pilot a fighter jet across the clear blue skies, experience the terror of a San Francisco earthquake or create life-sized bubbles that you can step into. If you need to take a rest, feel free to lay on the bed of nails - if you dare!

Slog back a mug of grog and feast on the entertainment at Treasure Tavern. The pirate-themed dinner and entertainment extravaganza includes a three-course meal with a show that includes acrobatics, comedy and live music.

An educational series on the Holocaust between Valencia Community College and the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando was so beneficial to the community, that leaders coordinated their efforts to create the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida. This triumph of the human spirit serves to prevent these atrocities from ever being repeated.