Fort Lauderdale Stories and Tips

Quote: We took our first SWAMP trip! To the Everglades Swamp here in Florida. It is a habitat for all kinds of wonderful wildlife like, Florida cougars, alligators, panthers, razorback hogs, deer and many, many species of reptiles, fish and insects. We began our trip driving halfway…

Quote: Today I'd like to take you along on a day trip approximately 200 miles north of my home in Fort Lauderdale to Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a trip to explore our past, present and future in space travel. When you arrive at…

Quote: We were staying at The Sunterra Resort Fort Lauderdale Beach and not too far from Stop 3 on the All Day Water Bus. Stop 1 is at Shooters on Oakland Boulevard and the last stop, Stop 20, is at The Broward Performing Arts Center.…

Quote: From our 15th floor balcony a spectacular view of the sun rising over the ocean greeted us every morning. Color variations occur as it climbed up from the sea. Clouds interfered and hid part of the sun, causing it to split into various…

Quote: We enjoyed a really lovely week in January 1998 at Coconut Bay Resort in Ft. Lauderdale. This was a first-time visit for us to Ft. Lauderdale, and Coconut Bay was an excellent timeshare exchange for us. The location was excellent; it was just a block or…

Quote: Our Fort Lauderdale stay for this trip was limited to the evening before embarkation on the cruise and the morning before flying back home. We opted to explore the intracoastal and the Las Olas Riverwalk before we set sail. A perfect way to begin our…

Quote: Fort Lauderdale is a great destination for both young and old. I have been fortunate to have lived in South Florida all my life. You will find food, hotels, and activities to fit everyone’s interest and budget.We say there are two seasons here, wet (the…

Quote: The beaches near Ft. Lauderdale are clean stretches of near-white sand on the open Atlantic. We were there during the height of sea turtle nesting season and the beach was dotted with small enclosures of staked off areas which were numbered. We soon found out…

Quote: We went to a 2-day golf school at Bonaventure CC in Weston. They had excellent instruction - not just technical how-tos, but explanations of what causes our particular problems, easy swing keys to fix the problems, and drills to work on for the future. Both…

Quote: When I thought of going to Fort Lauderdale, I was imagining the place to be crawling with partying college kids running everywhere, but was hoping it was the wrong time of year. Well, it was the wrong year. From what all the locals say, it…