Trip to the coast

We plan on taking an airboat ride in Christmas. Where is nice to go to the beach for the afternoon afterwards? We would want somewhere to chill, perhaps a bit of shopping or browsing, then a family meal.

Trip to the coast

More info needed. Where have you booked the airboat ride? Is this trip mainly a visit to Disney World and the airboat ride a side trip? How long is your stay? How many in the party?

Trip to the coast

Oh, did you mean Christmas, the town in Florida or is the visit at Christmas time?

We thought we%26#39;d go to Old Fashioned Airboats (or something like that!), we%26#39;re going to Orlando on Thursday. As we%26#39;ll be there for Labor Day weekend we thought we%26#39;d head out of theme parks for a day at the coast.

Just about all the beaches will be crowded on Labor Day weekend. Probably your best bet is the 1-hour drive to Cocoa Beach.

depends what you want.

Clearwater and St petes are busy and built up. Somewhere like Anna Maria Island is a bit further ( 1.5 hours drive) but far nicer - no high rise, no chain restaurants.

I%26#39;d do the airboat thing, and the beach things on differnt days maybe. And the above poster was right about LD weekend, you need a larger beach with more parking than St Petes/Clearwater as I think they will be heaving. the Atlantic has more long stretches of beach with carparking I%26#39;m thinking.