On a warm and sunny weekend in Florida’s summertime, the best place to be is in the water.  Whether you want to be in your own private swimming pool at your  Premier vacation rental home, or in a water park with friends and family, you will enjoy the pleasure of splashing and swimming .  There are many water parks here in Central Florida, and one of the latest is the attraction called Aquatica, close to Seaworld.  So, on a sunny Sunday, we took a trip to Aquatica to test the waters, so to speak.   The first thing to know is that you can take coolers into the park;  they have to be a certain size, about a 6 can size, but at least it means that you don’t have to spend a lot of money buying waters or cold drinks.  You can also buy an all you can eat ticket, whereby participants can go to the restaurant all day.  Some of the outstanding features of the entrance are the colourful carvings along the walkways.  Once through the entrance, it’s difficult to know which rides to choose first.  Probably most children will want to head straight for the highest rides; the latest is a twister of a ride through tubes and even round a big bowl before being ejected into the pool at the end.  The kids I saw kept coming back for more, and that’s one of the advantages of this water park.  Once inside, the whole palce is yours to play.   If the water coasters are not really your scene, then grab your beach bag, your sun cream and head for the beach umbrellas and sun loungers of the sandy beach and its pool.   Here you can while away your day, kids splashing round in the waters, you taking a cooling dip every so often.

If going to a water park makes a change from using your very own vacation home pool, there are plenty to choose from.  Aquatica is probably the latest in a long line of water parks that offer something for the whole family.

Whatever you choose to do on vacation, when it gets hot, the best way to cool off is to head for the water.  Beat the heat!