Day 4: Sun 1 Sept: Lake Eola

Our Disney passes don't allow us to go in on Saturdays or Sundays so we thought that, as we had Joyce with us this time, we'd see what the are has to offer in terms of accessible attractions other than the parks.

We soon got a fairly good starter list together and it included a couple of places in central Orlando.  Now I'm a little embarrassed to admit that, in the almost 25 years that we've been coming to this part of the world, we've never actually ventured into central Orlando proper.

Being a Sunday it seemed like a good opportunity to see the place when less crowded with those at work.  I'd always wanted to see where the large lake was with the high rise buildings around it that features so often as a night time shot on publicity photos about Orlando.

It turns out to be a place called Lake Eola and here it is - 

Black Swans

Here they even give you bags!

$15 for 30 minutes

Disney's gift to the city of Orlando.  All part of good neighbourly relations, no doubt

Pooch Pampering Station!

Notice the heron quietly waiting for a fish!

We wondered what these were dotted around the lake - swan feeders!

Mixed race?

Our only disappointment was that there were no refreshments available.  The cafe was undergoing a refurbishment and The Scheduled Sunday Farmers' Market had been cancelled as there was no hurricane due!